Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-17

| learned that the water supply this
gentleman was using at the time for
| both dairy and house, and had beei
| using for more than five Years, was
| taken from Seba2O lake, coming from
the same source as that supplying
the cities of Portland and WeStbrouk
| as well as the town Of Gorham. and is
! reckOned to be one of the best in the
! State | fail to understand how it car
be possible for an inspector doing care
! tul, conscientif us work to be I'D into
| such an error as this.
| The report says. Milk horses ami
| milk rooms appear to be unknown. and
milk is stored in many or most cases
in Objectionable plades and under Oh
jectionable conditions Our Inspections
show, that instead of being unknown.
there were 80 out of the SO diaries pro-
vided with milk rooms or milk houses.
| In all other cases with one exception
the milk was poured in S-quart cans.
| and cooled ana stored in metal lineI
tanks or in tubs, with covers to proven:
! the introduction of dust and dirt into
the water Every farmer visited is
provided with ice, and ice water is
used with the single exception noted
/
Only two men out of the SO wer. scored
| off on account of cooling their milk and
only four men We're scored off on ac-
| cunt of the storage of their milk.
| THE report says, a number of dis
eased cows We're noted The actual
inspection shows that Of the 999 cows
inspected, We're found to have swollen
udders III one quarter, and cows were
IN hn, h,,n ~
Other than these, the animals appeared
to be sound and in good health. Those
with lunches were apparently in good
health and the bunch was in no case
of such a character, or located in such
place as to injure the quality of the
milk. None of the farmers visited, milk
with wet hands In preparing the COW
for milking, one farmer washes aEl
| dries the Hanks and udders Of his
| COWS, seven use q moist cloth and y
use dry cloth in wiping down the COW.
We found the dairymen, in the
towns visited. prosperous and pro-
gressive, anxious to improve the con-
ditions under which they are produce
ing milk in every way possible con
Sistent with the price received Tor the
milk. which at the present time is 3.
l
can We are unable to learn that there
has been AIRY complaint entered on ac-
count uf the quality OF their milk eth
er by the consumer, the Boston Board
of Health or the contractor to whom
they ar" selling.
"On the other hand we have every
| reason tc believe that the milk shipped
from these towns has been almost con-
| q 81 ~ in al -.
all parties concerned, except, as it APP
pears by this report, to the Massachu-
sets State Board of Health. Their rep
resen:ative used no score card in his
work. Whenever we were able to learn,
| he visited at least twice the number
of dairies in a day that we were able
| to do. and quite Il percentage of the
farmers told us that neither they nor
| their families were aware that any one
had examined their dairies until they
received letters informing them of that
fact. and telling them Of changes that
must be effected. These farmers do not
object to having their daires inspected.
do however sharply resent the manner
| in which this inspection was conducted
and the severe and as they feel I'M
| warranted criticisms made"
| 1t is learned from the office of the
commissioner of forestry that most of
the lumber operators have pretty well
| finished their winters work, and that
| according to the present outlook all the
| logs cut during the winter will be safe
| ~ landed on the shore of the nearest
driving water before the roads break
up. Early in the winter the outlook
was dubious at times when lack of
snow threatened to tie up the opera
tons and leave many of the logs in
the woods, but after awhile snow came
in plenty, and ever since hauling to
the landings began on most of the lots
there has been good shedding on most
of the logging roads.
The prospects for the driving sea-
son are fairly good, though the small
amount of snow in the woods doesn't
promise as much water as some of the
lumbermen would like. There is about
an average of snow in the woods in
the country drained by the Penobscot
and Kennebec, Notwithstanding the
Iateness of its arrival. Most of the
snow storms were fairly heavy and the
snow was the sort which makes much
water. But even if the snow in the
amount in places the large amount of
water in the lakes and ponds last fall
will make up for the lack of snow wat
err. Many of the large lakes and ponds
were almost full when they froze over
and there will be good head on most
of the streams when driving begins.
Hon. A. w Gilman. commissioner of
agriculture. was at the department
yesterday on matters of business. Mr..
Gilman left in the afternoon for Frye
burg to attend the opening of the
spring series of farmers institutes.
which will be held in that town today.
The following corporations have filed
their certificates of organization at the
office of the secretary of State:
American Life SECURITIES Co organ
lied at Augusta, for the purpose OF
dealing in stocks. bonds, mortgages,