The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-18
GREAT CHANCE FOR
BETTER SHOWN
BY Tests
Only Five Per Cent Of Cows
Tested This Year Have
Been Condemned
MILK SUPPLY BETTER
THAN IN OTHER CITIES
The Comparison Shows Grand
Forks in Favorable Light
Feeding Of Babies
MILK SUPPLY BETTER
THAN IN OTHER CITIES

At the meeting Of the city board Of
health held this morning the appli-
cations for license to sell milk in
Grand Forks Of twenty dairyHen were
acted upon favorably and the licenses
ordered issued. There are still re-
naming about sixty applications on
which the board cannot take action
until the tests have been made by
the inspection department. AS soon
as these tests are concluded, the
other licenses will be issued and II
the conditions found are satisfactory
to the board and are. up to the re-
quirements Of the city milk ordinance.
The applications filed with the
board cover in all about 600 cows from
which the milk supply Of the city is
secured. The twenty applications
granted cover in the neighborhood of
175 cows. Up to the present time, ac-
cording to Inspector Dr. A. L. McDon-
aid, about five per cent Of the cows
tested have been condemned, which is
remarkable improvement when COM
pared with the conditions two years
ago and year ago. The first inspec-
ton was responsible for the condemn
ing of about twenty-five per cent of
the cows. The second test, q year
since, brought the number down to
nearly ten per cent, which this year
1t will show less than per cent.
"The dairymen are just as DESTROYS
OF Kidding their herds Of diseased
cows as are the members of the board
of health" said DR.. Mcdonald to the
Evening Times today. "The dairymen
have made study of the situation and
realize that for their own welfare It
Is to their best interests to get the
diseased animals out and they are do
ing everything in their power to as
sist the department in rendering the
people of Grand Forks good service
and securing for them the best possi-
BILE supply Of milk. We are we'll
pleased with the attitude they take
towards the proposition.
Milk Supply Good
THE report Of DIR. Gustave F. Rued-
iger as to the condition of the milk
supply we believe is very good. 1t
shows. that fifty per cent of the milk
supply of Grand Forks is below the
$4,000 mark, that is, has less than
$4,000 bacteria to the cubic foot. In
comparison with the tests made in
other cities of the United States, this
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true that one or two samples showed
considerably larger number Of bac-
terra, we believe these are isolated
cases and easily remedies, and we
will do our best to see that necessary,
changes are made as early as possi-
BILE. It Is possible, also, that the
sample of milk showing this extraor-
binary large number Of bacteria Is
not fair sample of the regular sup
ply obtained and we will make fur
Their tests to learn whether or not
this Is the case"
Herd Milk Supply a.
DR.. H. H. Healy this morning
brought up a proposition on which
the people seem to have but little
knowledge. 1t is that of the superior
ity Of the milk obtained from herd
as compared with that obtained from
single COW.
"The milk purchased from q dairy
man having herd is vastly superior
to the single COW milk supply" said
DR.. Healy. ut has been said that for
babies the supply of milk when OBJ
tanned from one COW steadily is bet
ter than that taken from herd. This
however, is not the case as the real
situation Is exactly reversed.
"For instance, II COW from which
the milk of an infant is being supplied
goes to the bad one day or two or.
three days, the child receives the full
effect, whereas IL one COW in q herd