Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-13
FOR CERTIFIED MILK.
Government Prepares Publication of
Interest to Dairymen and
Consumers.

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Interest to Dairymen and
Consumers.
Washington, D. c., June 12-"Med-
ical Milk Commissions and the Pro-
duction of Certified Milk in the
United States" is the title of publica-
ton of interest alike to dairymen,
consumers and sanitarians which has
just been issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. It is
designated as Bulletin Led of the
bureau of animal industry, and the
author is Clarence B. Lane, assistant
chief of the dairy division.
There are about twenty-five such
commissions in this country, and
under their auspices important steps
have been taken for supplying clean,
wholesome milk for infants and in
vallds and toward raising the standard
of the general milk supply. Each
commission enters into an agreement
with one or more dairymen whereby
milk produced in conformity with
certain requirements receives the in
entitled to be sold as certified milk
the word certified" having been
registered in the United States patent
office. A veterinarian examines the
COWS to see that they are in perfect
health. Samples of the milk are
tested by chemist and must be free
from foreign matter and contain a
certain percentage of butter fat. A
bacteriologist examines the samples
for any trace of disease-producing
bacteria and for the presence Of Excess
sive numbers of bacteria of any sort.
Representatives of the commission
make personal inspections of the dairy
to insure that the milk is handled
under strictly sanitary conditions
Only in case all these reports are
satisfactory does the commission
certify the milk.
CERTIFIED AND ORDINARY MILK.
The principal difference between
certified milk and ordinary market
milk is that the former is the cleaner
milk. For it's production the barn
yard must be kept free from manure
and we'll drained. the stable must be
we'll ventilated and drained, with
walls and floors easily cleaned and
free from dust, and the water supply
must be plentiful and of good quality.
The COWS are frequently groomed, and
the mixers must be healthy and
dressed ia clean clothes. The milk
must be drawn by clean hands into
clean vessels, cooled quickly in an
atmosphere free from odors, sealed in
sterile containers, iced in transporta
ton If necessary and delivered prompt
~. AS would naturally be expected,
certified milk, with its small number
of bacteria. will keep sweet for long
time. Instances are on record where it
has been taken on ocean voyages and
has kept sweet for thirty days or more.
DEMAND FOB CERTIFIED MILK INCREASING.
The. demand for certified milk is
increasing. and properly equipped
dairies have little difficulty in
producing milk that meets the
requirements. The inducement offered
the dairymen is the increased price,
which varies with the locality from 8
to 20 cents quart to the consumer,
the price of market milk varying
from 5 to 10 cents. In some cases the
business has not paid, owing to the
great cost of the buildings and equip
ment, but according to this bulletin
much of this expense is entirely I'M
necessary. Sanitary conditions and
extreme care are shown to be far more
important than fine architecture and
complicated apparatus.
In 1907 twenty-one commissions held
a conference at Atlantic City in con-
nection with the American Medical
association, and later there was
organized the American Association
of Medical Milk Commissions, which
held it's second annual meeting in
Chicago last week.