Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-18
WESTERLY AND VICINITY
Death of Alfred Bourdeau, After Service in the United States Army-9ractical Addresses at Farmers lnsti- tute-Dairy Commissioner Harwoods Talk to Milk Producers-Miss Helen Thompson's Address.

said the interests of the consumer and producer were-uidentical, the producer wanting the very best, and the pro- ducer was ready to meet the demand, the matter of price being adjustable. Milk, he said, was perfectly pure Of itself and it is outside conditions that brings about the impurity and perhaps among those who milk the COWS before washing the hands in the morning He advocated cleanliness and the straining of freshly drawn milk through steril- ized cotton. Flies should be kept out of sanitary barns or sanitary milk rooms, as they are the most dreaded of disease spreaders. The milk should be quickly and thoroughly cooled in order to insure it's sweetness and purity. The public must be protected and the farmer must see to it that there is no unsanitary milk in the market and if to do this requires slight additional cost the consumers would be glad to pay the difference. He said the farmers should receive easonable recompense for their work and product and when this is done other difficulties will be adjusted
 There are not cows enough in Massa- chusetts, or Rhode Island, either, to feed the people of those states Con- densed milk comes in as competitor Each of these cans should bear the label of formula of milk for family use. When the allowed amount of water is added this condensed product should be required to come to the official standard test. He said it was an i'm position on the public to advertise raw milk, especially when fed to in fants. Milk is never so digestible as when it is raw, although pasteurized milk is less injurious than sterilized milk The quicker milk is used the better it is for the consumers. So it is up to the dairymen to furnish fresh clean milk, and the consumers, MT. Harwood said, would be glad to pay a slight advance for the pure arti- cle.
 He denounced the sensational news paper attacks against the use of milk, because disease happened to come through that medium, for milk proper ly handled is among the cheapest and most nutritious of foods. As a result of this attack there was a falling off of over 6,000,0O0 quarts of milk in a single year in the city of Boston, but now the sense of reason is returning to the residents of the city of culture. There had been falling off in the number of cows in Massachusetts at the rate of 4.500 a year, which is evidence that there is not sufficient recompense for the work of dairymen.
 Farmers retailing milk, he said, should mix the milk of the herd before canning For bottling. thus insuring 8 square deal to customers, and a meas prosecution under the milk standard law.
 Prof. Harwood answered questions of interest in the subject propounded by Edward H. Buffum and Tristan D. Babcock
 Miss Helen Thompson of the Rhode Island State college at Kingston next gave an interesting discourse upon the Economic Selection of Food. Her talk was in the main along scientific lines. She explained the proportionate nIItri- m ent of food and the refuse of the same and cited interesting incidents relating to the loss in weight of meat by cooking and the disagreeable effects of improper cooking. Food must be se- lected with special reference to age es avoided, and as a rule people are not any more competent to select their own food than they are to prescribe for themselves in case of sickness. The highest priced foods are not always the most nutritious, for in many cases inexpensive food has more nutrition than that which costs more. Good food can be purchased for a little money. Bread is nutritious but enough can not be eaten at a, single meal to meet requirements. To eat too much is a waste of health and money. It is a waste to put more food on the table at a time than is actually required. a waste of fuel and a waste in reprepara- tion. The average waste in food is about 25 per cent.
 Miss Thompson spoke enterta iningly and gave good instruction to her hear CTS, which was mostly composed of ladies, and what she said was fully appreciated, as evidenced by generous applause.