Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-05
FRAZIER FINDS
FILTH TIL IN MILK *
City Food Inspector Rounds Up
Unclean Diaries and De
Ilvers Ultimatum.
PREMISES MUST BE c NED
Otherwise, He Threatens, Permits to.
Dispense Their Product VIII be
Withdrawn from Offenders.


City Food Inspector Frazier found
upon tour Of inspection yesterday
three dairies where filthy conditions ex.
list in an extent that is truly alarming,
In one OF the four diaries inspected he
found cond ftions almost ideal. but iii
4 the others he has warned the proprle.
|stors that II they did not mend Their
ways he will close them UP and with
draw their permits The only good dairy
tstound yesterday was the Meadow Farm
dairy. conducted by George Guest. This
is new dairy and the score was 21a
points. The minimum number Of points
allowed by law which will permit the
continuance of a dairy is 45. The other
three places fell considerably under
this. IN 5 fa5
Probably the worst place visited yes
terday, if it is posi- BILE to pick any, with
| good points out OF the lot OF three bad
ones. was the North Star dairy con-
Quoted by Mrs. Annie Berg. Mr.. Fra
lSzier regrets that the conditions found
there exist, because Mrs Berg is d
widow and Is proba bly, not so mech at
feult as others. whose circumstances
would more readily admit OF improve
ment. Filth. the accumulat ton Of years,
was found in the milk trough This
trough is also used to water the stock.
The barn is crowded and the cows have
been MIXED in this filthy place whichBis
little more than; a pen. Bad doors
#stifed the inspector and the, milk WAS
allowed to stand until strained in the
midst of these unsanitary condi lions
without q cover. Flies. dust and other
substances We're falling
into the milk. The inspector has told
Mrs. Berg thatif she4Will milk her cows
in the open air and place covers on the
milk, keep the COWS clean and provide
Ia more sanitary drinking place for
them, she Will be permitted to sell her
milk pending the Improvement of con-
sdltions in her COW stable.
FILTH DROPS INTO MILK.
Dirty boys milking dirty cows and the
gstraining cloth so clogged with flies.
dirt, hair and filth that the milk would
hardly pass through 1t, sums up the.
conditions. found b at Howe Brothers
dairy just out OF Afurray y, according to
the score card Of Mr.. Frazier. The cows
are all good on this dairy but three.
and these have varying affltcttons
which drew comment from the Slnspec-;
Tor. He has advised this dairy that 1T
must milk, In the open air, cover the,
milk cans and clean up generally on
pain of withdrawal Of its permit to sell
milk in this city. The score was 81 u
points, or 1915 points under the require
mem of the city dinance. vi
Fiji Horses, chickens, pigeons and cows all,
s1ningle in Il happy family under a roof
ssheltering with them breeding. place
for yermin and an abiding place for All
odor that Is revolving, al coupled With
a. swishing Of liquid filth beneath the
5tiecaying boards of the stable floor When
one treads about at the COW barns of
the Family Dairy conducted by Mar
croft Brothers. This place scored &c
and the product Is selling at IL quarts
for a dollar. Just without the barn IN
I manure pile which is the accumula-
$tion of many years. and q visitor to the
place yesterday in company with In
spector Frazier declares that when the
cows get tired they might easily lean
against the fumes from this ancient Of
sfal heap to rest Through the cracks
In the floor offensive filth oozes and
swishes about with every tread of the
foot, emitting an odor that assails the
nostriI with such ferocity that the in-s
truder seeks q hasty escape from the
place. The same demands have been
made at this place as at others. and
unless 1t complies, Inspector Frazier de-
Sclares that he will close 1t up.
NOT ASKING TOO MUCH.
81 .,rhe people OF this city should be
willing to pay 81 for 10 quarts of milk
znp to the government standard, as We
require. = said Mr.. Frazier today For
been drinking for the past years, they
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