The Newtown bee., 1909-07-09
The NeWtown Bee. Newtown, Friday, July ?, 1909,

tions which make the selling of lm- pure milk to the public almost an ex- ception. It is greatly to the credit of the Borden firm that instead of having to modify their methods to meet the demands of the United States Government and of State and local boards of health they have al- ways been, and are to-day, fin ad- vance of these demands.
 The form of contract which has governed the business of the Borden company with dairymen for many years past is for them an educational working code and constitutes a safe guard for the consumer, which, in a large measure, accounts for the success of the company enforcing 1t, If this contract were here reproduced it would furnish a first-class object lesson in sanitary science as applied to the handling and dispensing of milk. An epitome will show the in- telligent oversight constantly ex- erted. The contract requires the dairyman to sell and deliver to any one of the compaIy's plants as desig- mated the whole of the output of his dairy, the milk to be whole, sweet, unadulterated and uncontami- mated, containing all the cream and to be delivered at low temperature about 50 degrees summer and win ter. It provides also for the proper situation, condition and ventilating of the COW stables, also for the thorough cleansing of the vessels in which the milk is stored and of all the utensils used, and that the milk house shall be apart, perfectly clean, ! light and airy, the inside to be paint ed or whitewashed. Nor does the company stop here, but follows the milkman into the stable and insists that the milking shall be done in accordance with sanitary rules and the entire treatment of the milk carried out on the same basis. Brewery or distillery grains and en- silage are, under this contract, ab- solutely forbidden foods. Sickness among the herd or in the household must be at once reported, so that if the company deems it necessary the supply of milk is discontinued A clause providing for the dairyman's remuneration is included so that he snail not suffer loss during the period of discontinuance, and there fore he is under no incentive to evade such a condition. The com panys own representatives have the right at any time to visit and in- spect cows or stables, milkhouses or feed or dairy utensils themselves, so that nothing escapes notice All this involves a constant and alert surveillance which is exercised in every direction and over all sources of supply. Such cooperation on the part of the dairymen who supply the factories and stations is valuable educational agency for all those di- rectly concerned. It is of equal im- portance to the public in that through it the company is enabled within the districts covered by its city business to deliver pure products to the consumer. This holds good, 100, whether these products be in the form of cream or fluid or unsweet- ened condensed milk deposited at his door in the early morning hours, or in the form of a can of sWeetened condensed milk which may be pur- chased everywhere throughout the civilized world ant- Ael for any length of time in any climate.
 The firm of Gail Borden is the largest single handler of milk pro- ducts in the world. 1t wl4l tnere- fore be readily understood that as time went on new avenues of acti- vity opened before its enterprising managers. In consequence of this the business has been extended along lines of natural development until they are now manufacturing, } besides their famous matted milk, a superior milk chocolate and cream caramels, which for economy in cost and purity of composition are pro- bably unequaled. The making of milk chocolate is only a minor DOT tion of the, great business done, neverthless the firm are direct i'm porters, roasters and grinders of the chocolate beans used which come from widely separated places thous- ands of bags at time.
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