The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02
CLEAN up DIARIES
State Campaign VIII Begin in
Topeka Monday.
City Council to Be Asked for an
Ordinance.
STAMP OUT DISEASE.
Many Milk Cows May Be Affected
With Tuberculosis.
Grading of Milk and Cream Be-
ing Looked After.

A state wide campaign for cleaner
dairies and the elimination of tuber-
culosis from dairy herds will be COM
menced in Topeka Monday night,
when D. M. Wilson, state dairy COM
mission, comes here and will CO.
operate with DIR. S. ]. Crumbine of
the state board of health and the city
health officers in securing the passage
by the city council of new city
ordinance regulating the milk bust
ness of the city.
The only way to insure clean, pure.
unwatered and unembalmed milk is
to get back to the dairies where the
milk is produced and see that they
are properly conducted.
Dairy Commissioner Wilson expects
to make it his special business to see
that the diaries of the state are kept
on a more sanitary basis, and es-
pecially the diaries which supply
milk to the inhabitants of cities and
towns. He has sent an ordinance to
the Topeka authorities which he con-
siders a good sample of what an ordi-
nance ought to be, and Will probably
urge the passage of a similar ordi-
nance by all other first and second
class cities in the state.
Dr. Crumbine is not only interested
in the cleanup of the diaries, but goes
further and wants to clean up the
dairy cows. There is no use trying
to combat tuberculosis among human
beings says DR.. Crumbine las long
as we permit tubercular cows to sup
ply milk for our tables. We must
determine which cattle in the dairy
are tubercular, and eliminate them
from the dairy herds. The condition
Of cattle can not be determined oy
their looks; the only way is to have
a scientific test made by competent
experts in that business"
It is likely that the ordinance
which the state authorities want the
city of Topeka and other cities to pass
will give the state board of health the
right to investigate at any time the
condition of dairy cows with reference
to tuberculosis. In Topeka 1t is pro-
posed to create the office of city
veterinarian, whose duty it will be to
pass upon the health of all dairy
cows, and inspect them for tuber-
cular symptoms. A COW afflicted with
tuberculosis, while it is dangerous for
dairy purposes. may be saleable for
beef as the United States inspectors
pass tubercular cattle provided the
issues of the flesh are not affected.
The clean up of the diaries of the
state will not be limited to those
diaries which furnish milk for sale
in cities. Dairy Commissioner Will
son is trying to improve the character
cream for the big creamery COM
panies The creameries are much in
terested in the Improvement of the
quality of cream, and are trying to
induce Kansas farmers to be more
careful in handling cream, and deliver
it more promptly to the cars for ship
ment. But there is such a heavy de-
mand for cream that almost any kind
of cream is readily bought at the
cream buyers, and farmer does not
get any better price for good cream
than for poor cream. An effort is be-
ing made to introduce a system of
cream grading by which the better
grades of cream shall receive a higher
price than cream which is not as
carefully handled or as fresh.
This system of grading cream is
having a most peculiar result in some
places. Cream buyers are making it
appear that a farmers cream is better
than it really is. SO that the farmer
will sell them his cream instead of
taking 1t to some rival buyer. The re-
suit Of this policy is told of in the fol-
lowing item which appeared in the
Concordia Kansan a few days ago:
Complaint was made in the district
court and a warrant issued to the
sheriff for the arrest Of one Ed Brown,
who is manager of a creamery station
at Aurora. for violation of the statute
made and provided, in that he gave
credit to a customer for a higher test
was really entitled to. thus discrimin-
ating in favor, of the customer. The
complaint is made by D. M. Wilson,
state dairy commissioner, who took
the matter up with the attorney gener-
al, and who directed the bringing of
the complaint. 1t seems strange that
man should be arrested for giving
more for milk than the customer
shauld have. Usually the howl is on
the ground that not enough Is being
paid. The outcome of this suit will be
watched with some degree of interest
by the patrons of Swimming stations"
In the meantime the pure food au-
thorities, under the direction of Dr.
S. J. Crumbine, are making analyses
of milk samples taken in some of the
principal cities of the state. These
analyses are largely for the purpose
of determining whether water is being
used in the milk. Milk which is up to
the standard must contain 1926 per
cent of butter fat. That is the mini
murn. Good milk contains and s
per cent. The following is the result
of the tests made Of milk sold in To-
peka:
Per Cent Fat
Pure Food restaurant ............... 6.65
Cremeries restaurant .................. SOS
capital care SO