The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-09
BENNINGTON MILK
PRODUCERSaAEET
REQUIREMENTS
Diaries In Town Show Marked
Improvement
PRESENT STANDARD HIGH
Local Board of Health Near End Of
Examinations and Has Issued
38 Licenses

The President of the local board of
health, Frank Cromack, and Health
Officer II. l.. Stillson, have about
completed the annual examinations
of the diaries producing the milk and
cream supply of the villages and
town of Bennington. The result
shows remarkable progress in sani-
tation.
In 1903 this labor, imposed by Act
No. us, Laws of 1908, was COM
menced March 20, and was not con-
Guided until August Z, the date of the
last of the 43 licenses required but,
on April 80, 1909, the number issued
was 80. The delay in administration
was caused by the state printers in
the issue of the essential blanks.
There was eyinced by the regular
producers and dealers in milk and
cream, without exception, desire
to obey both the spirit and letter of
the statute, and the average chemi-
cal test afterward made was one OF
the best of any we have seen pub
lished. Aside from the entire absence
Of sediment or dirt, the average but.
ter fat was 4.44 for milk and 1921
for cream.
This year the board, through its
president and secretary began its
labors under Act. No. lis, on March
20, 1910; and, on April 6, had issued
80 licenses. The examinations In
1910 show that nearly all the condi.
ditions imposed last season have
been met, and those not completed
will be finished during the coming
summer. The. herds are In prime
condition; the stables cleanly, the
utensils are beyond fault: and, as
one remarked, the change for the
better is astonishing. The truth OF
this statement may be verified by any
one In contrast with several diaries
not licensed.
The organization of the board Is
the same as last year. and as printed
in the town reports. The rules OF
the Local Board of Health, in addi
ton to those of the state authorities
which were In force last year. as well
as in 1910, and not printed in the
aforesaid reports. are as follows:
l. Voted. That until the Legisla
ture shall provide an adequate sun
for tuberculin testing. this BoarC
will require the test only where sus
picious cases exist.
! 2. Voted. That 10 points shall bC
given for the non-use Of the small
top pail"
3. Voted, That the sale of milk Of
cream at wholesale requires a II
cense where the product Is to be re
tailed to citizens Of. Vermont, o.
manufactured for retail purposes.
4. Voted. That icecream manu-
featured within the town OF Benning
ton, shall be from certified cream,
from diaries duly licensed by thi
Board.
8. Voted, That druggists and 9th
ers TO retail drinks from soda-foun
tains. do not require a license. bu
the milk and cream used shall b
that Of duly licensed producers, o
statesmen.
6. Voted. That non-residents O
this town shall be duly licensed b
this Board, before their products O
milk. cream. and icecream can b
lawfully retailed in the town of Ber
nington.
Z. Voted. That special cases shal
be the subject OF special examine
lions and licenses.
S. Voted, That peddlers of mil
and cream. and statesmen alike sha
be liable, unless licensed by thl
Board.
.. Voted, That producers OF mil
or cream shall be required to compl
with the Rules and Regulations {
the State Board OF Health, undt
Act No. ilS, whether the number {
COWS kept be one or more, where tn
product Is sold to duly licensed pc,
dlers or statesmen, or retailed by Ii
owner, excepting only the CASE
named In said law. specifically II
second paragraph of section one.
So many Of our farmers and othel
having Loyalty complied with this II
portant statute. Il would seem Il
duty Of all good citizens to suppo
those interested In the productiC
and sale OF pure milk and cream I,
the people OF this town, irrespectl'
of the heavy. penalty for violation
imposed by the Legislature. The I
suits on the health OF the communi
? by the use OF certified milk al
? cream, and their products cam
3 helD but be most salutarv