The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

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The ruddy-fRced Holland milkmsn. N
spotless uniforms. were sending the
cattle-Jerseys and cross-breds-back
from the cemented milking sheds to
their grazing fields.
The milk of each COW Il weighed and
a record set down after the names
Daisy, Kate OF Beckie-so that at any
time the attendants can tell If the
cows average falls or increases. This
is one of the ways that sickness Is
watched. The first evidence Of a dis
eased condition is IN the quantity and
quality of the milk.
The day any COW fails below the
average she is separated from the rest
OF the herd and later Is given every test
as to her condition.
From the clean-smening milking
sheds we followed the milk to the milk
house, where, in spotlessly clean ce-
mented room, stands the cooler. Here
the milk is poured over a timed cop
per cone and cold artesian water at
temperature Of "a degrees nows up
through the inside, cooling the milk to
the same temperature as the water.
This water comes from wells 342 feet
deep and sunk at a cost OF $500 during
the past summer.
After the milk has been cooled to "a
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sealed. It is now ready TO go on the
wagons. Newt Wallace" now has
charge Of all the bottles. He packs
them in the wagons so as to keep the
temperature at practically the same as
at bottling. In this condition It
reaches the family IN the city.
We went into the next room to md
the same cleanliness, the cement floor,
the polished glass and shining machin-
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the washing and sterilizing Of bottles.
cans and all utensils. AL Of this work
is done by machinery.
In the first place, all the empty bot
ties are returned TO the dairy clean
That is the condition on which the
customer buys milk OF the Eldredge
Farm. Mr.. Eldredge said that none OF
his regular customers would think OF
returning q bottle that had not beer
thoroughly cleaned, consequently he
takes as much pride in his patrons as
they do in his milk.
Our city ordinances also includes 9
measure aimed at having all bottles
and containers Of milk properly cleaned
Immediately after the contents are re-
moved. But to make sure that each
bottle is thoroughly sterilized they are
all carefully washed in boiling water
by rotary brushes. Then Robert gives
them a steam sterilizing, and finally
they are taken to the sun-sterilizine
room, where the bright morning sur
shines upon them through the great ex-
panse Of glass walls.
Some of the most unsanitary milk
in Salt Lake City is from the family
COW. The family stable is not clean
and the facilities for handling the milk
are not adequate to preserve healthy
conditions" Mr.. Eldredge said.
at takes a large outlay Of ma.
chinery. buildings. general equipment
and help to give the public pure milk
and PURE milk is CLEAN milk"
We went from the light and air.
buildings down a macadamized lane
absolutely mud-proof in the wors
weather, we were tOld-put in at a cos
OF over S200-tO the grazing fields
where the sleek Jerseys and grades
were feeding or drinking from the clea,
artesian stream that flows through TIL
fields Mr.. Eldredge knows each Of hi
cows by name. They would give SOM
sign Of recognition to his calling T.
them. either coming to him to be pet
ted or quietly standing and gazing a
us from their big, calm eyes.
"They live out of doors the yea
round That is one Of the best point
] make as to keeping healthy COW:
That open shed over there in the mid
die OF the field. you see. they use
the worst weather. mostly when It
windy. but at all other times they pre-
fer TO sleep out in the open, each COZ
having her favorite knoll or grass plo
In a stable where the cows are bunche
together they cannot help from gettin
dirty And if any are diseased tn
whole herd is soon in the same shap
The fresh air, careful feed and after
ton accounts for their fine looks ar
glossy coats. Our milk Is 4 per Gel
butter fat That is the percentage Il
higher authorities give as being ide
milk. ANY per cent over that is Il
rich for infants. Four per cent is Il
proper food for babies. modified a.
cording to a physicians formula.
great deal Of my trade is from the pr
scriptions Of different doctors who ha7