Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-07

milking cows, COOllnS anu ndHullllS IiIS
milk which is forced upon the public
in this condition.
Fishes Out Fly
Henry Rich's dairy-A dairy con-
sisting of twenty-SeVen cows, owned by
Henry Rich, who is said to sell his milk
to the Belle Vernon dairy, was next In
spected. We found a filthy corral next
to the stanchions, which the proprietor
claimed had been abandoned, but we
found fresh COW tracks in this same
corral. In an adjoining corral were
horses and COWS together. The pro-
prietor claimed that the horses were
kept there only during the day, AS to
that we cannot say, as we were not
there during the night time. The drain
from the stanchionS was poorly con-
structed, allowing urine to collect
around the COW barns. We visited his
milk house and found cans of milk with
tops loosely placed over them. We
called his attention to some apparent
dirt in the milk. He ran his finger in
the milk, held it aloft and said:
This is not dirt; this Is fly
'The milk house is inadequate to cool
the milk in a proper manner.
"Dochterman's dairy-A farm of
twelve COWS, owned by Mr.. Dochter-
man, said to sell his milk to the Belle
vernon udlTy, WAS lllS oeiihC SbOly Va
filth and poor care. His stanchions
were drained into the corral where the
cows were allowed to stand. His milk
was cooled in washtubs, while his milk
house was used as a StorehouSe, which
is contrary to the rules of this board.
"Segrist's dairy-We found farm
owned by Mr.. Segrist in fairly good
condition. He is to be commended for
at least trying to show some sense of
cleanliness.
"Musselman's dairy-Mr. Musselman's
corral was in q dirty, filthy condition.
allowing the urine from the stanchions
to empty in this corral, feeding his
cattle in the same corrol. We noticed
a number of heaps lying around In the
filth just waiting for the cattle to pick
them up His milk house was in q
fairly good condition but poorly
screened.
Call Conditions Inexcusable
"McCIure's dairy-Mr. Mcclure sells
his milk to the Maple Grove dairy,
which in turn makes butter for the
market. This dairy was the next in
spected. The condition was positively
inexcusable, the stanchions were un--
kept, the COWS were dirty and fed in a
filthy corral. The horse stable was ad-
joining the stanchion, with horse
outside the stable. The horses were
standing in muck at least six inches
or one foot in depth. Flies were buz-
zing around. The result of this we can
all imagine.
Rogers ranch--E. G. Smith of the
Rogers ranch has cattle which are
very poor, probably due to lack of
feed Otherwise his dairy is in fair
condition.
ATan,,inos, doirxy-Mr Tapninos vul1o
does not milk his COWS but allows ma
chinery to do it for him, could, If he
would make an ideal farm, but he has
economized too much on space, keeping
too many cows in small corral
I'VE found one apparently very sick
COW running among his herd. We asked
him if he milked that cow. He replied
that he did but used the milk to feed
his calves.
$50 gentlemen, you see a few of the
conditions of a very few dairies which
supply a part of the milk for our city
trade. We have at the present time
three milk inspectors; one lately gem
erously allowed by our honorable city
council-having previously had but two
to inspect dairies within a radius Of
twenty miles of the center of uor city.
Want Council to Act
1--WE physicians, who deal more or
less with the public and perhaps come
i'm contact with the proposition more
than the laity, appreciate this deplor-
able condition.
1--WE have infants to feed and wonder
why it is we cannot get results from
milk as a food.
These farms should be visited at
least once a week, but with the pres
ent force of milk inspectors it is im-
possible to do so.
IF the honorable council will not
of their own free will allow us more
help the public should become ac-
quainted with these facts and demand
IL. The health of our city should be
first, and the sooner the jublic find this
out the better 1t will be for all parties
concerned
u. H. SEYMOUR.
sc. b. DICKSON,