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

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In view " Tho alarm expressed By
many of It's customers ~ 4 result Of
the popular agitation NJ the milk
question, The Pond dairy applied Ia
the Territorial Board of Agriculture
for a statement of the examinations
made from time to time of the meth.
DDS aud condition of this dairy dur
lug the past i've years, The follow
liiE Is the answers
Percy Poiid. Esd, Proprietor, The
Pond Dairy, Honoldlu.
Dear Sir: Your letter of the ith
instant, addressed to the Honorable
Marsten Campbell president and p,-
ecutive officer Of the BOARD of Agri-
culture and FoI estry, requesting n
| statement in regard to the hygienic
and sanitary condition Of your dairy,
your milch cows and your milk
with permission to publish the same
-hns been referred to me for an.
swar,
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 lmbued
with the proper spirit In regard to
having d clean herd--free from tn.
berculosis and other dlseases--and
that you have endeavored at great
cost and through the sacrifice of
many valuable animals, to supply
your customers with 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
lnation and tuberculin test large
herd OF clean. well-kcpt, well-condl
toned animals and dairy equipped
with modern utensils and machinery,
while your dairy methods. with spe.
clal regard to preventing the con.
tamination of the milk with dirt aud
uy the American Asso ,iatlon OF Med.
teal MIX Commissions for Certified
MIR"
| The above statement Is based on
the following data: On May 81 to
June | | submitted to the tubercu
! lin test elghty.siX cows. and on June
J l6 to n fifteen cows, on your prem.
Uses. OF this total of l0l cows only
three reacted to the test, and these
were Immediately removed from the
| premises and taken to the slaughter
house, where, on post norton exam
inatiOn, they were found SO slightly
affected with localized tuberculosis
| that IL Is safe to conclude they could
not possibly have been passing tu-
bercle bacilli or transmitting the dis.
ease to other animalC. The carCasscs
of these animals were passed for
! human consumption. | am there
fore of the opinion that with the
subsequent disinfectiOn of your
premises all infe ton was removed
with the three animals In question.
The cows in your barns are pro-
vidcd with the official ear tags, sig
nifying that they are free from tn.
berculosis. and so long as no untest
ed or reanting animals are intro
duced or allowed to come In contact
with them they will remain free
from infection.
In regard TO the purity Of your
milk and the cleanliness of your
premises and methods, 1t is only
necessary to say that bacterial
count OF various samples OF your
milk have shown the presence OF
only $4,000 to 225.0OO bacteria per
cubi' centimeter, while the milk or
dinance allows 100000. and sam
pies of milk obtained from other
sources have shown as high as 2j,'
900, 900 per cubic centimeter.
In conclusion | may say that dur
ing the five years in which | have
used your milk daily, | have never
seen trace of sediment on the bot
tom of your bottles and that frequent
laboratory tests with the centrifugC
have failed to produce any. Very
truly yours,
! VICTOR A. NORGAARD,
Territorial Veterinarian.