The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
CLEANER MILK WANTED.

No branch of agriculture has made
greater progress in the last decade
than has dairying The first dairy
school in America was Established in
Wisconsin in 1890, with two students
This may be set down as the starting
point in directing attention to the es-
sential requirements for the proper
production, distribution and utilization
of milk. In this subject city and
country are alike interested. Kansas
City, Mo-, receives milk from 1000
farms, within radius of IS miles from
that city. New York City consumes
100000 pounds of milk daily, from
$4,000 farms at 700 shipping stations
Every American city would use more
milk if it were accessible.
There is no product so sensitive to
faint and contamination as milk;
therefore cleanliness is prime essen
tial. No milk can be kept pure If pro
duced from a filthy food, filthy water,
filthy yards, filthy stables, in impure
air, drawn by slovenly mixers, or
cared for in filthy pals. cans or other
utensils Cleanliness is one of the
points to which city and state dairy
and milk inspectors rightly and neces-
sarily must turn their attention. 1t
is essential alike to the health OF the
COW and of the consumer. Lack OF
cleanliness in some of the points emu
merated is the most potent cause OF
infantile diseases and of the preva-
lence of tuberculosis so frequent in
dairy stock and in mankind.
The board of health of New York
City declared that there is but very
small per cent of milk received there
that is fit for human food without pas
teurization, and some so dirty and
laden with manure and other foreign
matter that even this process Will not
make it fit. Other cities make similar
reports.
recent bulletin written by DIR.
e. C. Schroeder on 1.-THE unsupported
but DANGEROUS Tuberculosis~Cow" and
issued by the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, u. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
contains much valuable information
on diaries and dairy products. AS an
indication of the prevalence of unclean
milk in Washington, D. c., in expert
ments made by the bureau, it was
found that 121 out of 172 samples OF
milk showed visible deposits of dirt.
The closing sentence of Mr.. Sen
Utsuno miya's article, entitled, The
Dairy Industry in Japan" which ap-
peared in Hoard's Dairyman, is very
pertinent 1t reveals clearly the oD-
servations which he made during his
recent visit to this country. He Wis
tied a great many breeders of cattle
in search for dairy animals to take
back with him to Japan, and this, OF
course, gave him a splendid opportu-
nifty to see just how farmers are breed
ng and caring for their stock.
He saws: 81 believe American dali
ries need first more sunshine in the
stables, more care regarding clean
illness in milking, more attention to
stamping out tuberculosis, and lastly,
better pure bred sires."
To this subject the dairy officials
of this state have been devoting con-
siderable attention with more or less
tangible results This is evidenced by
the howls that have followed their WIS.,
it's to the dairy sections, where they
have required dairymen and milk deal
ers to clean up and occupy better quar-
ters in better locations. In this mat
ter the larger concerns are frequently
the worst offenders.
Several who have made from $4,000
to $4,000 year have milk that Is
rich in butter fat and up to every re-
uuirement except those OF purity and
cleanliness, and condensaries are 90
operating with the state and county
authorities in bringing about re-
form. This will be for the good of
a valuable industry.