Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-12
THE POND DAIRY
Pure and CLEAN
Territorial Board Speaks
In Praise OF
Condition

In view of the alarm expressed By
many of its customers as a result of
the popular agitation of the milk
question, The POND Dairy applied to
the Territorial Board Of Agriculture
for a statement Of the examinations
made front time to time OF the meth
DDS and condition OF this dairy dur
ing the past FIVE years. The follow
ing Is the answer:
Percy Pond, Esq, Proprietor, The
Pond Dairy, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-.Your letter of the ith
instant, addressed to the Honorable
Mars'6n Campbell president aud e%-
ecutiye officer OF the Board OF ARrl-
culture and For estry, requesting q
| statement In regard to the hygienic
and sanitary condition of your dairy,
your milch cows and your milk
with permission to publish the same
has been referred to me for an
Hwcr,
In reply take pleasure in stating
that during the several years in
which | have visited your dairy of
and on as Territorial Veterinarian,
have always been struck by the
cleanliness of your premises and the
general good appearance of your
cows.
would further testify to the fact
that have always found you imbued
with the proper spirit in regard to
having a clean herd-free from tn.
berculosis and other diseases-and
that you have endeayored at great
cost and through the sacrifice Of
many valuable animals, to suppl
your customers with a superior prod
uct, whether milk or cream.
It is in my opinion due to these
continued efforts that you were en-.
abled recently to present for exam
ination and tuberculin test a large
herd of clean. well-kept, well-condi
toned animals and dairy equipped
with modern utensils and machinery,
while your dairy methods, with spe'
cial regard to preventing the con
tamination Of the milk with dirt aud
feces. come close to those required
by the American Asso 'iatlon of Med
ical MIX Commissions for Certified
MIX"
The above statement Is based on
the following data: On May 81 t.
June | submitted To. the tubercu
lin test cighty.siX cows, and on Jun.
1G to II fifteen cows, on your prem
iscs. or this total of 10l cows only
! three reacted to the test, and these
were immediately removed from the
premises and taken tn the slaughter
house, where, on post norton exam
nation, they were found so slight?
affected with localized tuberculosis
that II Is safe to conclude they could
not possibly have been passing tn
bcrCle bacilli or transmitting the dis
ease to other animals. The CarCasse'
of these animals were passed fol
human consumption. | am there
fore of the opinion that with thu
subsequent disinTcctiOn OF YOU
premises all infc tlon was remove,
with the three animals In question
The cows In your barns are pro
vIded with the official ear tags, sig
nifying that they are free from tn
berculOsis, and so long as no untest
ed or reactlng animals are intro
duced or allowed to come In contac
with them they will remain fire,
from infection.
In regard to the purity of you
milk and the cleanliness of you
premises and methods, 1t Is Onl!
necessary to say that bacteria
count of various samples of you
milk have shown the presence o
only $4,000 to 225.OO0 bacteria pc
cubi, centimeter, while the milk or
dinance allows 100000, and sam
Piles of milk obtained from Othe
sources have shown as high as %,
600, 900 per cubic centimeter,
In conclusion | may say that dur
, ing the five years In which | hay
! used your milk daily, have neve
, seen a trace of sediment on the bot
r tom of your bottles and that frequen
- laboratory tests with the ccntrifug
have failed to produce any. Yer
Y truly yours,
D VICTOR 4, NORGAARD.
Territorial Veterinarian.