Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-22
MAKES SHARP CRITICISM
DANISH EXPERT DISCUSSES ORE.
CONS DAIRYING.
Natural Advantages Better But Meth
ods Not up to Those in Denmark
He Declares.

He Declares.
DR.. Bernhard Boegghild, the Danish
dairy expert, admits the natural ad-
vantages of Oregon as a dairying
country, but does not hesitate at the
same time to deal out statements con-
cerning the present development of
that industry in this state. which must
be anything but soothing to the vanity
of Oregons dairymen. DIR. Boegghild
is member of the faculty of the Roy
al Danish Agricultural College, and
has, for some time recently, been a
scientific tourist in this state, study
ing the subject in which he has gained
his great eminence-dairying.
His comments in recent interviews
are, to say the least, somewhat start
ling, and frequently far from compli-
mentary, but coming from one of such
widely known authority will be re-
garded with interest and attention by
dairymen of the state.
Speaking of highways DIR. Boegghild
bluntly declared that Oregon had
some of the toughest roads he had
ever seen and, as for the dairying in
dustry, he said he could not under
stand why civilized people, with all
natural advantages, should be so far
behind. No judgment, he said, is used
in the selection of cattle, and as for
the fodder, he thought it shameful
Natural Advantages Great.
"Oregon dairymen should be produce
ing twice as much as now" he said.
'They are neglecting a great oppor-
tunity. Climatic conditions are perfect
and the soil so far superior to that of
other dairying regions of the world
that l cannot see any reason for so
great waste"
DR.. Boegghild said, incidentally,
that the Willamette valley has larger
acreage for dairying than all of Dem
marks region. Yet that country, he
said, is considered the greatest dairy
ing district in the world.
II cannot understand why your
methods should be so primitive" he
said. "Your are wasting your oppor-
tunities disgracefully."
Under the guidance of Paul v. Mar
is, deputy inspector of the state dairy
and food commission. Professor Boeg-
Child was taken in an automobile on an
inspection trip of several dairies in
Multnomah county. On account of lack
of time, only three places were visited,
but the inspection served to make the
professor acquainted with the various
methods employed by the dairymen III
that vicinity.
Mistake to Deliver in Bottles.
Systematic contamination" was the
startling expression which the profess
or used in the course of a conversation
regarding methods of delivering milk
to customers. This term he applied to
the system of delivering milk in bot
ties as it is being practiced by many of
the dairies at the present time.
Considering the average dairyman"
said the professor, II think 1t is one
of the greatest mistakes to permit
milk to be delivered in bottles. 1t
would be all right if the bottles were
always thoroughly sterilized, but in
most cases this is not done. OF course
the same people would not sterilize the
cans but 1t is better to put the milk in
one unsterilized can containing a large
quantity of milk than to place it in
500 unsterilized bottles.
For certified dairies bottling is all
right, but there are so few real reliable
establishments that they really do not
make much difference when the whole
source of the milk supply is consider
ed. In Denmark we are trying to work
away from the bottling system.
Favors Central Depot.
The thing to do is to take the milk
to a central depot in cans and have II
bottled there where it is certain the
sterilizing methods are followed out
strictly.
Fifteen cents per quart certainly is
a handsome price" said the professor,
providing you can sell enough quarts.
In Denmark the best milk for babies
brings only one third as much. / think
however, the hotels and high class eat
ing places can well afford to pay is
cents per quart for certified milk,
considering the prices they get for SER
vice. As 1t is, understand that so far
they have refused to buy the certified
article here. This Condition, OF course
discourages a high class system OF
dairying"
In discussing methods of treating
tubercular cows, the professor said
that in his country the afflicted ami
mails were not killed. but that their
milk is pasteurized and they are kept
for breeding purposes. Concerning the
system OF keeping the animals clean
during milking. the professor said:
1T is a mistake 10 wash the cows
with water. Keep them well curried
and wipe their udders on with q
damp rag"
The dsirying industry in oregon II
only In its beginnings. and IL is moi
surprising that DR.. Boegghild should
find IL in a state, which. to one fresh
from a country where dairying has
been developed for years. would ap-
pear primitive and unprogressive
However. there is every probability
that a repetition OF his visit within q
few years would elicit from the ex.