The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-12
POND COWS ARE
CLEAN AND HEALTHY
STRONG ENDORSEMENT FROM
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF AGRI-
CULTURE.

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 from time to time of the meth
DDS and condition of this dairy during
the past five years. The following
is the answer
Percy Pond Esq Proprietor, The Pond
Dairy, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-Your letter OF the 4th in
slant, addressed to the Honorable
Marston Campbell, president and exc
cutive officer of the board of agricul-
ture and forestry requesting a state
ment in regard to the hygienic and
sanitary condition of your dairy, your
mich cows and your milk-with per-
mission to publish the same-has
been referred to me for answer.
In reply take pleasure in stating
that during the several years in which
l have visited your dairy off and on as
territorial veterinarian, have always
been struck by the. cleanliness of your
premises and the general good appear
ance of your COWS.
would further TESTIFY to the fact
that have always found you imbued
with the proper spirit in regard to
having clean herd--free from tuber-
culosis and other oiseases-and that
you have endeavored at great cost and
through the sacrifice OF many valuable
animals to supply your customers with
superior product, whether milk or
cream.
1t is in my opinion due to these con.
tinued effort that you were enabled
recently TO present for examination
and tuberculin test large heard OF
clean, well kept well conditioned ami.
mails and a dairy equipped with mo-
dern utensils and machinery, while
your dairy methods, with special re-
gard to preventing the contamination
OF the milk with dirt and feces, come
close to those required by the Ameri.
can Association of Medical Milk Com.
missions for Certified Milk"
The above statement is based on the
Following data: On May 81 to June l
l submitted to the tuberculin test
elghty-six cows, and on June 16 to II
hfteen COWS on your premises. OF
this total of 1O1 COWS only three react
ed to the test and these were imme-
dlately removed from the premises
ana taken to the slaughterhouse,
where, on post norton examination,
they were found so slightly affected
with localized tuberculosis that it is
safe to conclude they could not pos
slbly have been passing tubercle ba.
cilli or transmitting the disease to
other animals. The carcasses of these
animals We're passed for human con.
sumption. I am therefore of the OPT
Mon that with the subsequent disin-
lection of your premises all infection
was removed with the three animals
in question.
The COWS in your barns are provid-
ed with the official ear tags, signify
ing that they are free from tubercu-
losis and so long as no INFESTED or
reacting animals are introduced 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 it is only necessary to
say that a bacterial count of various
samples of your milk have shown the
presence of only $4,000 to 225,OOO bac-
terra per cubic centimeter, while the
milk ordinance allows 100000 and
samples of milk obtained from other
sources have shown as high as 25,-
C00,000 per cubic centimeter.
In conclusion | may say that during
the five years in which l have used
your milk daily | have never seen a
trace of sediment on the bottom of
your bottles and that frequent labora-
tory tests with the centrifuge have
failed to produce any. Very truly
yours,
VICTOR A. NORGAARD,