, 1908-06-20

the free use OF ice, be Kept absolutely fresh;
and the society shall take all necessary pre-
cautions to prevent any alteration IN It's
purity or value. (4)Under no circumstances
shall the price of milk be so increased as to
put a sufficient supply beyond the reach OF
The poor, for in that case the s~ociety's efforts
will have done more harm than good.
In order to carry out these ideals, a com
plete revolution in the production and
handling of milk had to be brought about.
Stables were rebuilt and old ones cleaned
and disinfected, and careful instructions
were given as to housing in general. Briefly
expressed, the following are the principal
regulations in force at the present time:
Objectionable fodder stu ifs are interdicted,
and o general food regimen prescribed.
The COWS and such calves as are to be kept
for COWS are submitted to frequent tubercu-
lin tests, and those found to be infected
are to be isolated, and to be disposed OF
as soon as possible nor is milk from these
or any other sick COWS to be sent to the
company. Careful directions as to clearly
milking are laid down. To insure proper
cooling of the milk, each supplier is requir-
ell to put up the necessary amount Of ice.
Sickness in the family OF the snpplier or
among bis worknen is to be ut once report
ed and as long as it continues, all milk
must be kept at home but it shall be Did
for by the company. 1t is the policy Of the
company to encourage cO-op@ration TO good
milk by bearing the burden of Incidental
Losses instead Of throwing it upon the t.
diyidual producers.
70 carry out these provisions Tho society
employs veterinarians to VISIT each dairy
twice a month, inspect every COW, and re-
port the number of COWS in milk, the num-
Der in repose, the number sick, together
with the nature Of their malady and the
disposition made of their milk, and the
general condition Of the ola ~. An in-
spectOr is also sent around to give advice as
to general management and to report as to
how FIR rules are observed. Furthermore,
a skilled dairy maid is employed to visit
the diaries ara to give instruction as to
clearly milking, the cleaning of milk uten-
sils, etc. This force of inspectors cooper
Ntes with the city health authorities and
reports regularly to them.
The company furnishes Ill cans and cleans
them before returning. The mi * is shipp-
Q III specially constructe | vans, and when
necessary refrigeration is employed. The
milk IS delivered twice each day to q splen-
di central plant, whore the most modern
scientific appliances are emplo ed, and
everything IS ~scrupul0u5ly sweet aud clean.
Each can of milk, when taken into the fac
tory, IS W. ghed, and a sample of the milk is
taken for the pu pose of dete mining its
fat content and purity it is next tasted
t. determine its sweetness and freedom
from all faint and, lastly, its temperature,
which must not be above 50 degrees F.,
is taken. All milk which does not pass
these tests may be set aside for other pur-
poses or returned to the %supplier, It is
never sold as fresh milk. To show how
splendidly the farmer has responded to these
rigid demands l need only state that, on my
visit to the factory, I was told that for
twenty seven years not a single can of
milk had failed to pass inspection.
The milk is of three classes az That for
general consumption, consisting of whole
milk and partially skimu ed milk-that is to
say, milk from which the cream has been
removed after it has been on ice for twelve
hours, aud which contains one per cent but
ter fat ~ children's milk (~Bornemmlkl
and (3) infants milk (Spade Borns Melk).
After the milk has passed inspection it is
subjected to special filtration and put in
cooling watts. The infants milk, obtained
from cows specially selected and cared for,
undergoes further filtration, is variously
modified to meet the requirements of nurs.
lings, and is put up in bottles of such shape
and size as to be suitable for nursing
bottles and only enough is sold at one time