The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-24
CERTIFIED MILK
Inspection of Bennington Supply Of
MIX and Cream Completed.

fesenlallNe OF the local DOdTu vi
health began their duties, under Act
No. 1lS, Laws OF 1908. on March 20,
last, and completed their labors April
q, 1909, in time to report 20 the full
board on Thursday afternoon of this
week. The esseptial time involved
gives ~ idea Of the magnitude of the
labor. The stormy days of this month
and the execrable roads made the
progress of the work, much slower
than would have been the case had
the inspections been possible in the
month of March, the period intended
by the legislature but. like many
other forward steps. wind and wealth
or did not cut much ice. From
time to time this work of providing
the people of Bennington with certi-
fled sanitary milk and cream has
been noted in your columns, and the
object Of this communication is TO
tel of some things found, give list
of the lawful producers and dealers
in town, and to INFORM the people
who consume these products Of the
facts.
The questions asked which requir-
ed full hour TO answer and record,
have been made the butt of many
Iokes. One editor inquired whether
it required the inspectors to wear
evening dress etc, gives an mixing
of the nature of the gibes and jeers by
which this important subject has
been attacked. Not in this part of
the state. however. the writer is
pleased to say as he predicted at the
outset. Indeed it is the exception
that almost ideal conditions were
not found In this respect we per-
sonally know that Bennington, and
the dairyman supplying it with milk
and cream, should be rated higher
than is possible in many localities.
Take the question of water How
many know that dairy after dairy is
supplied with pure mountain spring
water? The spring protected by con-
crete curbing, covered, piped at great
distance to the pasture, the barnyard,
divided there with separate troughs
for cattle and horses, runs to the
separate milk house. to the farm
house itself? That the hands of the
mixers are washed in this water be-
fore milking, the utensils are also
water boiling? OF the questions
asked are these: Source of water
for cows? Method of watering? Is
the water used pure? How do you
know? What is its source? Is the
source protected from contamina-
tom" This is true OF not one, only,
nor of five or six, or a dozen, but the
rule.-the absence of these condi-
tions in the affirmative being the eX-
ception. Why should not these facts
score perfect for their possessors?
In the matter of stables the ex
animation was equally analytical
the weather? Width of stall?
Length? Height? is it comfortable?
How are the cows tied? Number
and size of windows, etc" The
standard set up was AS light as
well-lighted living room, with 4
square feet allowance for each COW.
BY autumn next the stables inspect
ed will conform to this stipulation
Several were found 20 do SO now; but
the men who had already placed the
supply Of pure running water at the
stable doors, or therein. will not stop
at the question of light. 1t was
found that most OF our dairymen
discarded the fore.milk" All will
do SO hereafter.
There was not one place found
where the hoghOuse. henhouse
privy. etc, were near the stables
nor any where the separator stood
in the barn, nor where the milk was
handled in either the stables or barn
We heard of instances whore this
was true of people in other localities
The negative here was the reply
every time.
Instead, the mixers are required to
be clean. personally: free from con
tagious disease or contact Herewith
(Which has been the Bennington rule
since 1892; mixers to wear clean
overall suits, often washed: the milk
for market is cooled at once to 80
degrees or below and kept so; if
separated, done at once, and cream
cooled as above: i'm milk-rooms used
III nO OAuti pul ppSt' WIN very lew
exceptions, and in these the. place
was found to be sanitary: a number
use iceboxes in marketing these pro-
ducts. And yet. while scoring
good and excellent, the rating
depends upon conditions of better
ment promised during 1909.
That those who buy milk and cream
for family or other uses in town.
may know who is licensed to produce
or sell these products the entire list
is given. as follows:
l. William j. Hicks, Orchard Grove
farm.
?. S. Everett Harwood, Harwood
Stock farm.
8. Rice Brothers, Hillcrest Dairy
farm.
4. George f. Davis, Maplehurst
farm
8. Martin ]. Cone, Francis Cone
farm
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