The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-04-15
BETTER MILK FOR CITY USE.

MANY Clues nave endcCeu Ut are
considering the enactment of plan
of controlling the milk supplied for
use therein that involves a veterinary
examination of the cows and their
sanitation conditions, especially with
regard to cleanliness, light and ven
tilation. The national capital city is
leading off in this work with one of
the most important municipal meas
ures ever promulgated. Much inter
est has been taken in it's provisions
by scientists in other cities and even
abroad. So great an authority as the
London Lancet, in a recent editorial,
said the work of the committee will
establish a standard for Great Brit
ain, as we'll as for the United States.
The main provisions of the new law
are that no milk, cream, ice cream,
or other dairy products shall be
brought or sent into the district UNI
less it shall be produced under abSo-
lutely sanitary conditions, in accord
ance with a license to be issued by the
health department.; and that no milk
or dairy product shall be offered for
sale in any manner to deceive the pur-
chaser as to it's origin and the SAM
tary conditions of it's production and
that the health officer of the district
and his agents shall have power to
enforce these provisions, enter into
and make a thorough inspection of
all places wherein milk cattle and
vehicles are kept, and also stop all
wagons and vehicles of any sort used
in the sale and conveyance of dairy
products.
In a recent interview, Prof. H. G.
Van Pelt, of Iowa Agricultural Col
lege, made the following prediction
concerning the future of the dairy in
dustry, especially in regard to the
matter of certified milk:
at is but question of time when
all consumers will begin to demand
that the milk be certified and of the
best quality. 1t is becoming an impor-
tant factor in the dairy business the
world over. The people are becoming
educated along the lines of sanitation
to such an extent that they will refuse
the milk which is taken from cows
housed in dirty stables strained
through non-steriliZed cloths and
treated in crude and unhealtful way.
Milk prices have advanced throughout
the country and the people are want
ing to know what they are getting for
their money"
Chicago's Health Commissioner is of
the opinion that the surest method OF
securing a supply of pure milk for the
babies of that city is to keep the COWS
in the city. He estimates the cost as
not greater than that of milk pro-
duced outside, when the expense of
handling, transportation, middlemen's
profits, ETC., are considered. 1t would
only be an application of the princi-
Piles involved in the work of the Long
Island farmer, who keeps 80 COWS on
one acre of land. He buys all his feed
at high prices and manufacturers it
into milk that he sells at 10 cents per
quart.
But the farm with pure air, pure
water and it's possibilities for va
riety of feeds at first cost and with
out transportation, is the better place
for the production of pure milk at
reasonable prices. An example Of this
is furnished by e. H. Marshall, Of
Ithaca, N. Y. He has established "a
sanitary milk plant at cost of 1900
His well-ventilated dairy barns will
house, furnished with steam and a
refrigerator, the milk is aerated,
cooled to 40 degrees and bottled for
use in single service, paraffined paper
bottles. 1t is delivered in neat wag-
ons, zinc lined for icing, and is sup
piled to customers at cents per
quart. Surely these conditions can be
duplicated in many locations.