The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-16
Simple Treatment of Milk
May SaUe LiUes Of Babies

Mothers in every land and cline
doubtless will be Interested in Nathan
Straus' open letter TO them regarding
the milk furnished their babies. Mr..
Straus IS more interested In the babies
Of the world than the majority Of
men, and has made the milk supply,
dangers Of infection, source Of sup
ply. and pasteurization a close study.
In his letter Mr.. Straus argues for
prevention rather than cure, and
points out 10 mothers the right course
to pursue in order to rear sound,
heElthy. and robust mon and women.
Mr.. straua' letter follows;
Care Of the Baby.
How do you feed your babyg,
This question is addressed In all Sc
riousness to every parent. and partic-
ularIy to every mother. am q lover
ut tsa hirS .asNses., as Fsf+. - .
lighted to see yours should rejoice
with you II he or she were the tra.
ditional 'fina child and sympathize
heartily II baby were for any reason
not OF the proper size weight. and i've
Illness. But / am thinking Of the fu-
II want all those babies to have the
hast POSSIBLE chances Of battling sue
cessfully with iife's early troubles, ana
I want all those that grow up 70 pe
strong, healthy men and women. reaoy
fnGtT
generation that shall be healtnier anu
happier than the last.
s.The future constitution of the infant
danands largely on how II gets over
the early months OF Its life. the al
important question. then, Is the iced
ing. That fortunate mortal, the breast
fed baby. is getting rarer nowaasys,
especially in our large towns SO L ia
more and more children are depenaln9
Syon the first on what has been called
tha inica OF the cow. That Is what y
comes "a. sooner or later, In every case.
put vou cannot do without milk IN
sorne form 81 other. Baby sooner or
later begins drinking cows mix
and what sort Of milk DO you 81
for your baby3 The best you So can. 80. =,
course: but what is that best DO you
,y,,o,, isere the milk comes fromF FROM
new many different farms and cows.
NM "A. { cooled. Uttered and SKINNED
~, NV many different farm servantsf
DO you know how many miles hes
come by rail how many hands y nas
uassed from milking pan 70 niiik can
or stoppered bottle?
impossible to Know.
t"no you know, or do you care 70
knovv whether the milk is properly
5000 nv your dairyman after ~
rsarhes hirnf DO you know whether y
a. nroperIy treated In your own mouse !!
%Under the existing conditions OF
modern town life II Is Impossible TOT
you to procure satisfactory Shs~ S 49,
II, eaa questions II you woodland now
fevv there are who trouble their heads
ahout such matters At all! Yet II 10 OF
the rtunost Importance that everythlnS
~ Al With the production OF milk lot
he market should be carried out In the
cleanest. deftest. most rapid msnne'
possible. .,..,a -.
IAN the utensils employed should De
r1aanabIe and cleaned; all the persons
y their work should be healthy and
rsrtlcular in their habits. The stables,
shs nren1Ises where the milk IL handied
. "A sold. should be airy and free from
ART 4 Dust is the enemy OF gooo mix,
"You will tell me that you 40 not
give baby the same milk as you nave
yoarself--you pay . higher price Ioa
nursery milk, and that ought to De
GOD AZ any rate Yes. perhaps. But
SeTe' again, what do you know as to It's
nr,oin and treatmont7 You have the
rnaIIsman's word for II that II Is sup
nIied by special cows. II seems TO be
rieher In cream II comes In special
cans or bottles. But are you convinced
can you be sure--that the cows are
healthyT ,.
and thought / was safeguarding the
health OF my family. But as that COW
aied suddenly. and OF consumption. J
feel I have some right to distrust spe-
eiai cows. That was years ago. ana
n was not then possible, as II Is now
10 ascertain by test whether the COW
was consumptive or not. But suppose
your nursery cows are under veterin-
80 ,nsneetion. Does one medical ex-
| animation insure the health OF the COW
for months to come before the aext IN
auectIon? Does Il shield every bucket
~ rolis In that dairy from Infection
on it's way from the COW to the In
/ fants7
Isfeetlos the Danger.
'fnfection-that Is the word. MIX
is easily liable to Infection; An UNI
| beatty animal Is likely to give un-
ssPerfectIy good milk may acquire
| the germs OF disease while II Is stand
ing In the milk pail OF being poured
| from one can 20 another IN dusty
| street. Il may pick up disease germs
/ 10 your own living rooms u you leave
l It exposed. Bacteria--bactih Btrepte-