Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-06

The milkmen in this neighborhood ar,
getting very much stirred up over th'
requirements of the inspectors as to bet
ter conditions about the stables. Thi
is not without cause, either. AS both ;
producer, buyer and handler of milk,
should be able to look impartially or
both sides of the shield. | stand, as
always have stood, for clean milk from
healthy cows. But to turn things up
side down all at once is neither neceS
sary nor wise There is no epidemic
produced by contaminated milk coming
from the farms; therefore to ask men tC
build new stables or to spend imme
diately large amount on old ones at {
time when the margin of profit is ex
ceedingly small, demanding better
product costing more TO. produce, will
no corresponding increase in the price tC
be paid for it, is to set the dairymeI
against any improvement at all. III
view of such, | can't much wonder at 6
modern Xsntippe, who, when delivering
her milk to the station below me recent
", on being told all she must shortly
do, delivered philippe said to have
been more forcible than elegant, finally
consigning the inspector, station man
ager and all their works TO region
where milk will not keep because of the
bad odor, extreme heat and entire alb
sence of ice or water.
Recently widow came to me in great
distress to know what she must do
She has control of four farms, the
property of an estate. She had been
told that she must put in cement floors,
cell the sides and overhead of the sta
bles, as we'll as make more space. This
would demand an outlay of not less than
ing high rent, and, as it chances, on two
of them large ostlay has been made
this season for new roofs. As she put
it, this outlay would eat up her entire
profits, and, in fact, her living for the
wear: in return for which neither she
nor her tenants would receive one cent.
| advised her to do what she could
afford; those things which seemed most
necessary, and thus manifest desire 10
''do what she could" The stables on
these farms are better than the average,
and three of the tenants are, and have
been, considered for years among our
best dairymen, aud if in need of it in his
business the writer would gladly buy
their milk tomorrow.
Too often the so-called inspection is
of such character as to excite ridicule,
contempt and anger. One man was Tx
ing his hydraulic ram when the in
spector called. Matters we're in such
shape that he could not leave for per-
haps ten minutes. When he reached
the barn the gentleman e? had gone.
He was there just five minutes. He had
left several demands, most peremptory
There were two Dorset sheep with their
lambs that had pen in one end of the
stable. This was most severely con,
demned. He was scored As, while a
ueig hbor, notorious for his filth and
squalor, got ten points higher.
The result of all this is TO stir up a
spirit of contempt and opposition which
will prevent real improvement and CO.
operation. If those purchasing the
milk are reasonable and just and ask
only such things as are practical and
absolutely necessary, realizing that all
real reforms come slowly and by edu
cation; then show their willingness to
do their part by paying premium fol
milk produced under better conditions,
which is simply just business prOpo'
sition, they will have the hearty CO,
operation and good will of the farmers,
and a better product and greater profit
will result to both producer and hand
Ter, and the consumer villas he should
pay little more for better article
which he is now made to appear at least
to demand for the same comparatively
low price which he is now paying for a
sO-called inferior one.-Edward Van
Alstyne, Kinderhook, n, Y, in Tribune
Farmer.