Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14
Plan Whereby Menace May Be
Demonstrated.
MILK SHOW TO BE HELD
idea of Commissioner Macfarland
and Health Officer Woodward.
PART OF PURE FOOD EXHIBIT
Experiment Tried in Cincinnati
With Success Last May, Gov
eminent Bureau Aiding.

In the interest of improving the milk
supplied to the residents of the National
Capital. Commissioner mcfarland and
Health Officer Woodward have suggested
the holding here of a milk show.
Its purpose will be to give ocular
demonstration of the dangers of bad milk.
the advantages of good tactical fluid and
the methods of procuring and serving
good milk to a large community. 1t has
been suggested by Health Officer Wood
ward that the milk show could be held
as a part OF the proposed pure food
show to be held In Washington next fall.
and this has the support of Commissioner
Mcfarland
The milk show idea was suggested to
the local officials by receipt of report
on similar exhibition held in May in
Cincinnati. This show attracted much at
tention and comment all over the coun-
try among those who are trying to inn
prove the milk supply of cities. At that
show much aid was given by the bureau
of animal industry of the Department of
Agriculture. and efforts would be made
to secure similar cooperation with the
Washington milk show.
Attracts Attention Of Thousands.
THE moment the plan of the milk show
:" DIS pidCcu UclOTe luo CIVIC
organizations the milk commission (Which
promoted the show was given their
hearty support" says a report on the
Cincinnati milk show by DIR. w. A.
Evans. commissioner Of health of Chi
cago. "And with what results? Twenty
thousand people visited the pure milk
exhibit In five days, and hundreds of
dairymen attended the four sessions of
the dairy institute. where addresses were
made by some seventeen authorities. The
cooperation of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. bureau of animal
industry: the Ohio State University. the
Ohio Dairymen's Association and other
local associations. as we'll as of the Bust
ness Mems Club, Anti-tuberculosis
League. Women's Club, chamber of com
merce and federated organizations was
secured
In the pure food exhibit of the show,
arranged largely by the dairy division of
the Department Of Agriculture. there
were displayed many enlarged photo
graphs SO arranged that good and bad
dairy conditions were brought out in
startling comparison. Charts OF all kinds
indicated the meteorological findings in
milk produced under good and bad condi-
lions. The tnberculous cow was shown
next to a healthy one: badly ventilated
barns next to modern ones: sanitary
methods of milking alongside Of slovenly
methods. Thus in one glance the public
ton for the Improvement of the milk
industry.
Tuberculous Lessons Shown.
One of the most popular exhibits was
that arranged by the pathological d.
vision of the bureau of animal industry.
In large glass refrigerator were shown
fresh specimens from the abattoir, show
ing tuberculous LESSONS In dairy cattle.
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alcoholic specimens of the same human
LESSONS under glass. On the wall near
by were hung colored drawings of bovine
and human tuberculous LESSONS in the
various organs. A series of colored
plates showed the transmission types of
the tubercle bacilli. While the presence
of tuberculosis In dairy cattle and its
attendant danger are accepted without
discussion by the medical profession, an
ocular demonstration like that was re-
garded as valuable in convincing the lay
mind of this menace to public health.
In q completely equipped milk labora-
tory the government sought to enlighten
the public and dairymen in the details of
milk examination. A complete laboratory
for meteorological and chemical work
had been provided by the local commit
tee and consumers and producers were
invited to send in their samples of milk
for report thereon. The simpler methods
of judging milk were explained and there
strator continuously.
The farmers found much of interest in
the miniature reproduction of model
dairy buildings. which showed every de-
tail of construction, location of buildings,
interior OF barn, ventilation and other
features.
Milk Commissions Exhibit.
In the exhibit of the milk commission
of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
were the products of the diaries inspected
by the commission, whose milk is certi-
fed by the commission. Views of these
farms under certification were shown.
A contest between the producers Of
certified milk all over the country was
another feature of the show. There
were fMenfY-fiNe SAMPLES of milk sub