Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-14
As Result of Milk Ordinance They
Have Improved Their
Facilities Generally.
FRAzlER'S ANNUAL REPORT
Food Commissioner Throws Some In
tcresting Sidclights on Questions
Affecting the Public Health.

Walter J. Frazier, city food and
dniry commissioner. submitted his an
nual report to Mayor John S. Brans-
ford, Thursday in which he reviews
the work of the past year. He recon-
mends that the supervision of weights
and measures come under the dairy
and food commissioner, that his SAL
ary be increased to $500 a year and
that he be given another deputy. He
also recommends that the milk ordi-
nance be changed to include shipments
OF cream and butter.
AS the result of the milk and meat
ordinance. the dairymen have spent
100000 and the slaughter house men
$4,000 In the last six months improy-
ing their places In order to live up to
the standard of the ordinance.
POOR GRADES OF BUTTER.
In reference to the butter question
Mr.. Frazier says
There have been large quantities OF
poor grade of butter sold on this
market he says, "the past summer.
Your commissioner has corresponded
with authorities on the butter question
and the consensus of opinion seems to
be that IT Is more a matter of educa-
tion among the producers than any law
on the subject could do.
"If we could change the milk ordi-
nance so that all producers of cream
who ship to this market would be com
pclled to place their dairies in such a
condition that they would score NOT
less than SO points and then educate
the farmer how to take care of the
cream before shipping the same to
O m H.
not over 80 per cent of the acidIty
when delivered to the factory, in my
opinion we would have better grade
of butter on the market
There can be no doubt in the public
mind but that they are paying for but
ter here In Salt Lake City CAS- cents
per pound at the present time this
price being 10 cents above Chicago's
highest quotation for the best grade
of butter), what extras and frsts are
quoted at on the eastern markets ex-
tras scoring 9S points or higher and
frsts scoring 81 points or higher.
This office had the city chemist
test some butter shipped to this city
In November, 190S from Ypsilanti
Mich, 29 12 cents a pound-the said
test being made in April. 1909. which
showed the butter was sweet and good
and of first-class quality. I am salts
fed that the greater bulk of butter
sold on this market would not score
during summer months over so points,
and would be classed on the eastern
markets as thirds and in some in
stances as fourths. to wit: Fourths
Shall be grade below thirds and may
consist of promiscuous lots. Flavor
may be off-flavored. and strong on
tops and sides. Body not required to
draw full trier. Color may be ir-
regular. Salt high. light or irregular
LII vi Af
toned at time of sale"
THE EGG QUESTION.
The commissioner has this to say In
regard to eggs:
There should be some way to meet
the egg question. so that the public
gets what it pays for. This office will
In the near future make a test case in
the courts and possibly a solution of
the matter can be obtained. Storage
eggs being sold for fresh eggs Is no
doubt fraud, and the merchant should
be prosecuted who sells as fresh eggs.
eggs that he knows, by the price he
pays per case, are not fresh ranch
eggs"
VALUE OF MILK.
Mr. Frazier touches on the value Of
scoring as follows:
TO the consuming public, milk from
dairies scoring between go and so points
Is worth cents per quart. and from
dairies scoring S5 to 30 points and up,
the consumers get their milk cheap.
even II they pay as high as 10 cents
per quart, for 1t is an expensive prop
ositlon to produce milk in which the
bacterial count Will run less than 10000
bacteria to each 10 drops of milk"
Mr.. Frazier touches on the new
laboratory for testing milk by the
microscopical process, and says: I'VE
are in such a condition for doing the
work that We hope a recurrence OF
last years epidemic of typhoid fever.
which there is no doubt was caused
through the milk supply, will not oc-
cur again"
ICE PROBLEM.
Cnder the heading of Ice plants, the
report says: There are seven icc
plants and two artificial plants supply
ing Salt Lake City with ice. They
were inspected. and all the samples
taken for analysis were found in very
good condition. the Ice meeting all of
the requirements of the Salt Lake or
dinance.
Ion account of the excessive heat and