Putnam patriot., 1910-01-07
10 Connecticut Farmers aud Dalrymen.
TIE DAIRY AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
COMMISSIONER ArfEAL.


COMMISSIONER AfPEAL
This circular letter Is sent to You IN
anticipation Of more or less general
inspection OF the condition Surround.
Ing the production and handling ii
milk which an awakened public sehti.
menl Is demanding We believe that
instruction IL better than destruction,
and we ASK you to read this letter care
fully, Ia then examine your stables efi-
llcally and II you hnd any conditions
that you feel you would have TO apollo
gise for 10 the inspector, we recommend
that you, OF your own free will and nc.
cord, correct the evil before the inspec.
tors visit.
ther than court cases.
"Gieaniiness In next TO Goodness,
Is a tate saying, which applies 10 the
stable and It's occupants as forcibly AZ
To the home aud the home-makeIs. In
managing and successfully conducting
The business of dnitying AT the present
time Goodness Is II virtue that Is very
desirable, but cleanliness Is a practice
that is absolutely necessary Ia the sta.
ble aud III HE handling 81 milk.
IL has come to be recognized that bo.
Vine tuberculosis Is primarily stable
disease, that IL i. fatels communicated
from ene aninal IL another while In
the pasture, aud that hi, terrible
sennfgc witt uvset he efa,heated ftan
the herds in this state until more sani.
taty conditions aud practices ATE into
dncod into "a majority OF Tie statutes
" here COWS ATE kept
A. fnot, Than enc hall 81 The life q
the dairy COW is spent Ia tine staale.
and AZ many babes and insalisls afs
dependent upon COW 5 milk Tor tlse8
entite tstntishment, and IS nlikefll#Es
ve4S laieels into the diet II nearly eee=
l., person IN the state. 1t Is lhs flshl
AND Ills duty II The STATE e Insist taHf
The ee~ u lloh produces MIX Ia "a so5a
ottiet n whole milk OF It's pfesi#Hef
shalI l,e housed and cared tor
fhe esssutiais for a favorable ciFsff
onmenl for the eow are light, cleaait
ness aud goud sentiiatian tishl IS
cheap and cllcien, gelmieidc: thc son
shining directly apea the germs et H.
Tuberculosis Will destroy their Vitality
and power to do harm N les than ons
hour nillNsed or reflected light Vii
accomplish the same result IA leneei
time. The health and well belng ~ ths
COW demand that rs much light a
possible tic admitted into the static
additional windows In the stables tc
admit mow sunlight, meFv " hlte~ ash
ed alls and ceiling To reiieci the light,
better ventilation and greater cleanli-
ness In the stables "a provide = sum.
Cheney Of pure air for the cattle confin.
ed thefvia. will do mere 10 keep them
healthy and make them profitable than
all the pAtent feeds and medicine IA
the market.
A large percentage Of COWS affected
NTH tuberculosis, cough and raise, hal
unlike the human body they do mol
ejeei tie svfm. laden spasnm hai swat
low il. and A. il Is Thoroughly miNe,.
With tbs l9od 10 the process % dises
lson INC germs are found very uniform.
~ distributed Throughout the leees.
Is ~eltss.ssisfi ~afsTsntsnaeni at The
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oi Agriculture. iaeaa Animal iates-
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u ii 8Ass tssee Iie has also aseef
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