The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-29
At THEIR SECOND ANNUAL MEET
ING DECLARE FOR MILK
SUPERVISION.
ASK new LEGISLATION
DESIRE ACTION TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF DISEASE
AMONG CATTLE.

Denver.-Laws more stringent for
the safeguarding of the public health
through dairy products than the ply
sicians have proposed were advocated
by the Colorado State Dairymens As
sociation at the second annual meet
ing in the ST. James hotel, Wednesday,
says the Denver News. The poinr
raised was that milk should be guarded
as closely as possible TO insure the.
health of the community.
The typhoid fever epidemic of three
months ago in Denver, in which six
deaths We're traceable to one dairy, wag
he direct cause of this strong sJaH3
taken by the state dairymen. The ali,
solute necessity for pure milk as a
guaranty OF public health was the main
theme OF the meeting.
To bring the dairy products of Col
! ofado to their highest perfection B. G-
ID. Bishop, present dairy commission,
er, was employed as travelling repre-.
sentative at salary of $500 year
and expenses.
His work will be in addition to that
the latter's inspectors and in addition,
too, to the city milk inspector of Den
yer. II is believed by the state dairy
men that Bishop will be the means of
iEaugurating campaign of purity, to-
gether with the enforcement of new
laws they hope TO have that VIII place
Colorado in the front rank OF states
with a nuro milk SynnIv
The meeting was one of the most
important ever held in any state by
the dairymen. The steps the Colorado
dairymen have taken for pure dairy
products are more advanced than that
taken by any other similar organiza-
ton. This, in tabloid, is what the Cot
orado dairymen are after:
Efficient state and local commission
ers, whose appointment and conduct
of office are removed from political In
fluence.
| A system of registration of all herds
and individual cows by means of per
nit issued after inspection by recog-
nized authority
A model dairy plant at the State Ag-
ricultural college to teach approved
methods to dairymen and ranchmen.
Compelling all dairy and import cat
tic for breeding purposes to be tuber-
culin tested and properly marked and
branded.
Legalizing a medical milk commits
sion for the certification of milk.
Regulating, supervising and render
| l. n.~f,t al; tx.,r f,f
milk.
A system of grading by the state
dairy commissioner, with a publication
of the grades
Senator Skinner. in his address be-
fore the association, said that Colora-
do with its natural facilities for the
production of milk. in its climate and
the facilities for the culture of alfalfa,
if the dairy industries were fully de-
veloped, would equal, if not surpass,
any similar industry in this state; thar
alfalfa was shipped out of Colorado fol,
feed for milk-producing cows, whils
their products, in the form of butter
and cheese and even cream. were ship
ped into the state.
the requirements for admission to the
State Agricultural College. The col
lege, he said. should be a storehouse
of knowledge, where dairymen could
get information desired, and that such
information should be furnished free.
A committee was appointed to act IN
conjunction with the committees FROM
the State Medical Association, and the
committee from the different wonl-
an'c clubs, to place before the Lesis-
lature certain bills for the prevention
of the spread of disease especially tia
berculosis, among the cattle Of the
state. The committee is composed af
NJ A. Skinner of Colorado Springs, p
j. Hornbaker of Boulder and B. G D
Bishop of Denver
The following officers were elected.
President, NJ. E. Penrose of DenBer;
vice president, NJ. M. Sinton Of CoSe
rado Springs: secretary, B. G. d. Bish-
op of Denver, and treasurer, w. 4.
Groom of Boulder The board of .li-
rectors for 1909 is " l. Provost, Pu-
eblo; |. S. Morse, Denver creameries.
c. w. Hall, Denver; NJ. A. Skinner.
Colorado Springs; w. A. Groom, Bout
der: the president and treasurer Dy
virtue of their office.