The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-08
SANITARY cow BARN
DIR. GAsTON GREIL OPENS MODEL
 STRUCTURE.
Dutch Luncheon Given to Dairymen, City Council and Board of Health
 At "Greilhurst," on Norman Hrfdge Road.

brf0Ge hOn0. Dr, Gaston J. Greil, City Health Of- ficer, gave an informal Dutch luncheon yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at his farm, "Greilhurst." on the Norman Bridge Road, for the dairymen of the city, the Aldermen of the City Council, the members of the Boards of Health of the City and County. and for others interested in pure milk products. The luncheon was given as a formal open ing of the new sanitary barn which pr. Greil recently completed at his place. The lunch was served in the barn, and about 125 were counted when the seats were taken around the festive board to enjoy the hospitality of Dr. Greil. Every dairyman in the city was present. and nearly all the Aldermen and many others interested In the pure milk products. The dinner was given for purely educational purposes. and was an effort on the part of Dr. Greil to bring the dairymen snd the citizens in- to closer contact.
 After the lunch. s. D: Dow. of Au- burn, chief of the dairy division of the United States Government for the State l of Alabama, gave short address in | which he brought out the score card
 system for keeping cows. the value of
 sanitary barn and the advantage of | such a barn to the dairymen from an economical standpoint. MT. Dow used | the barn and a cow in the stall as a demonstration.
 | Professor Ben Gray, of Auburn. fol-
 lowed with a few remarks on dairy products He said that other people ought to be induced to start up dairies
 here in Alabama and make dairy pro-
 ducts instead of importing them from outside the State. He also gave statis~
 tics showing the profits in such bus | mess.
 | n-.sa..o. ~ Fsora,, 1S tho uaHar. | mary Surgery Department of Auburn
 and also State Veterinarian, made a
 few remarks, advising the people to
 visit the dairies in this city where they
 bought ther milk, and by these visits
 they could see for themselves the
 cleanliness of these places. Besides.
 this, he stated that the dairymen, ex- pecting these unexpected visits would
 naturally keep their premises in bet.
 ter condition.
 l Commissioner of Agriculture J. A.
 Wilkinson, followed with a short talk on dairying and dairy farms. Dr.
 Gaston J. Greil also made few re-
 marks on the subject of typhoid fever
 in milk stating, however. that most of the cases of typhoid fever in Mont-
 gomery, which were very few, had pur- chased their milk from private cows and not from tke dairies. Dr. Greil also made a statement as to the ad- vantage of sanitary barns.
 | pr. B. A. Taylor, City Chemist, bacteriologist and chief milk and meat | inspector. was present and gave small milk exhibit. He had his micro scope with him and demonstrated some | of the methods for testing milk for impurities and bacteria.
 After these addresses and demonstra- | tions. the many guests of pr. Greil rambled over the farm. inspecting the 1 chickens, pigeons and other things Of 1 interest on the place, and returned to
 their homes in this city, expressing
 themselves as having royal good | time and spending an enjoyable and profitable afternoon.
 l Dr GreiI Is a great exponent of anti l tuberculosis, hence the building of the barn under the most sanitary condi- tions. The barn is a twenty-cow barn | and has been built according to the
 plans of the United States Government,
 under the personal supervision of MT.
 Dow Drl Greil built the barn and 1t
 Is the first sanitary barn ever con-
 structed in Montgomery County. | There are only about seven sanitary l harms in the whole State of Alabama,
 and MT Dow, who has constructed all these barns, stated yesterday that none
 of them were as complete as Dr GreiFs. | There is running water in the barn and every part or the StruClure ID | drained to a central point, where the
 excretIons are carried out through a
 sfx-inch terra cotta pipe to distance
 of 200 feet. The dairy room where
 the milk Is handled, is about 100 rect l from the barn, and 1t is so arranged
 that every part of the room can oe
 washed thoroughly with hose. 1 Dr GreiI built the barn for private
 use. He stated last evening that any one could visit the barn at any time
 and would be shown every courtesy ,hut no milk would be for sale.
 Al the meeting of the City Council
 Tuesday evening, Dr Greil caused to
 he introduced an ordinance containing
 thirty-six sections, governing the sale | of roilk and ice cream and regulating
 tbe sanitary conditions of dairies and
 roiIk depots in the city of Montgom-
 erv The ordinance was turned over
 to the Sanitary Committee of the City
 Council.
 The regulations as set out in the va | r,ous sections of the ordinance are
 saIt explanatory, and have been as-
 aomb1ed for similar ordinances now in
 force in other cities, especially in At
 ienta which city, Government experts l claim has the best laws on the sub
 oct The different sections embody
 nermits. milkers, vehicles. milk depots,
 the care of milk. the care of vessels
 skinned milk and cream.
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