The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-20
CLEAN THEM UP.
Topeka Diaries Are Not Neat
Enough.
Inspector Whitaker Uses His
Score Card.
BELOW THE STANDARD
Marks One FOrty-one and An
other Sixty-siX.
Little Care Exercised in Han
ding the Milk.

swat the Fly Wash Your Hands,
as notices might well replace What is
Home Without a Mother" on the dairy
farms around about Topeka.
This at least showed itself when the
inspections were made on Wednesday
afternoon by government and state Of
ficials. Headed by d. NJ. Wilson, state
dairy commissioner. party made up of
Or. George NJ. Whitaker, inspector from
the bureau of animal industry United
states deDartment of agriculture, F.
u. Coburn, secretary of the Kansas
board of agriculture. DR.. c. B. Van
Horn. of the city board of health and
DR.. II. J. Cheney. veterinarian, who has
been recommended for the position of
city inspector of milk made a tour of
a number of the dairies that supply
Topeka with milk On a grade of 100,
two of the dairies inspected were
scored Al and sc per cent respectively.
The last was above the average dairy
while the former was below the aver
age for sanitary conditions. DR.. Whita-
ker, who is making tour of the Uni
ted States in the interests of better
dairy conditions arrived in Topeka on
Tuesday and will remain in Kansas
for month. He has started out today
again and made a number of other in
spections and scorings and will leave
Topeka on Sunday for Wichita, Cof-
feyville. Lawrence, Emporia, Hutchn-
son. Fort Scott, Independence, and Par
sons.
Used a Score Gard.
regular score card giving the
number of points allowed for perfect
government, together with a blank
space to be filled out in which the in
spector places the marks allowed by
him. basing his figures on the perfect
score. The state has similar score
card but slightly different in a number
of particulars. In general the inspec-
ton covers the condition of the cows,
health, comfort, cubic feet of space
per COW. feed, water, location of sta BILE,
It's construction. the light provided.
ventilation. stable yard location of
milk room, construction of the same,
its arrangement equipment, water sup
ply for utensils and milking suits.
cleanliness of the cows. cleanliness of
the stable, stable air, removal of
manure, cleanliness of stable yard,
cleanliness of milk room, cleanliness of
milking, cooling of milk. storing of the
same. and transportation of milk to
the city.
Fell Below Standard.
The first dairy inspected was the one
that was scored low. The cows had
comfortable stabling and from outward
appearance appeared to be in good
condition, they were fed with good ard
proper feed and they were watered
from well and not a pond, ponds are
tabooed by inspectors who regard them
as disease breeders. The stable, how
ever, is poorly situated. 1t is located
down in a draw and the drainage was
all towards the barn and not from it
as it should be, consequently water
stood in little pools here and there over
the stable. The floor was in bad shape
and a portion of the barn had no floor
at all, simply dirt hard packed. There
were no communicating surroundings
about the barn but the manure was
not handled in as satisfactory a man
ner as 1t might be in it's removal from
the stables The ventilation and the
light were not approved The barn
was an old one and there were numer-
GUS cracks in the board siding but
though the wind was blowing through
with a strong draft it could not be con-
sidered as the best sort of ventilation.
No screens were provided for doors or
windows and flies were thick. The
stable was not kept cleaned. Dust and
. cobwebs had accumulated on beams
and uprights of the stable and the
floors were not kept cleaned up, ma
nure and other refuse being permitted
to lie about.
The air is bad" said DIR. Whitaker.
There is odor from manure and also
a musty odor from a heap of hay over
there. The interior should have an
other coat of whitewash"
The milk room is fairly we'll located
1t is a short distance away from the
stable in the basement OF building
The floor was cement and the walls
and ceilings had been whitewashed but
accommodations of dust and dirt were
and on the joists of the floor above
which served as the ceiling. 1t was
considered fairly convenient but the
ventilation and light We're pronounced
poor. There was no steam by which
the milk utensils were sterilized though
hot water was used. the character of
the utensils is not perfect and the cans
are not inverted when washed. On the
cleanliness of the room and care and
cleanliness of the utensils it was
graded zero
THE milking is carried on under very
bad conditions said DR.. Whitaker
The milk is emptied into these cans
standing here in the stable and the
flies are crawling all around and drop
into the strainer with the milk, The
men In milking don't milk with clean
dry hands and don't wash the udders
before each milking with a wet CLOTH
The milk should be removed imme-
diately from the stable upon milking
and not permitted to stand" The
dairyman explained that he was ac-
customed to let the milk stand only
long enough for the cans to become
filled. DR.. Whitaker, however con-
tended that the method was not good
and pointed to the flies which were fly
Ing thickly about over the cans and
the sides of the stable right near The
use of the water from a pump which
was located in shed attached to the
barn was condemned for washing out
the utensils used in milking, it was
the opinion of the inspector that con-
taRlOn is liahla 70 he
tinued use of the water
The men that rnilkad the corrs ,,-oro