The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-27
GREAT RESULTS
Continued from page one.)

among the population of
the Territory However, it is unnec-
essary here to recall the appalling
of affected animals which
a number of dairy owners,
and which made it practically impos-
sible to enforce the municipal milk
ordinance without causing a milk
famine, while, at the same time, mis-
disposal of the carcasses of reacting
animals made it next to impossible
for the owners of infected herds to
rid them of the disease, except at
complete, and often ruinous, sacri-
fee. Under these circumstances
there seemed for a time little pros
pect of a speedy solution of the milk
problem, and the fact that we are
now, less than eighteen months from
the beginning of this campaign, en-
tering upon an era of clean milk for
the city and county of Honolulu is
due, principally, to two men, to whom
consider it a privilege here to give
the credit which so fully belongs to
them.
Where Credit Is Due.
"Mr. Isenberg and Mr.. Pond, or Mr..
Pond and Mr. Isenberg, while en-
ploying Numerically opposite meth
DDS, have both accomplished what
might have seemed the unattainable
Both captains in the dairy industry
each counting his milk producers by
the hundred, have cleaned their heav-
lily infected herds from tuberculosis,
Voluntarily unsubsidized and at great
financial sacrifice, blazing the way
for others to follow, way which no
ordinance, statute, rule or regulation
could have enforced, and obviating in
Identification and litigation ad infni-
tum.
while Mr.. Pond has worked for
years, keeping at it steadily, famil-
iarizing himself with the various di-
agnostic agents and methods, elimin-
ating the diseased animals whenever
physical symptoms made their appear
ance, replenishing his herd only with
tested animals, and drawing freely on
the time and advice of the local Of
ficials, he was able when the crucial
test came to present for eXamina-
ton a herd which to all intents and
purposes was clean, literally as well
as technically.
No More Infected Animals.
"Mr Isenberg, on the other hand,
had always been a breeder, raising
his own COWS, using imported tuber
culin tested sires and, from the APP
pearance of his herd, had no reason
to suspect any extensive infection
among them. This surmise was alsi
borne out by the tuberculin test. II
was, therefore, a great surprise wher
the official test disclosed the presence
of a large number of infected ami
mails. MI Isenberg, however, decid
ed at once that no milk from affected
animals should be allowed to reacl
the human consumer and began i'm
mediately to destroy all reactors. no
satisfied with this, and realising thu
necessity for some means whereof.
the milk consumers of Honolulu
might be protected from infection, .
least during the period which neces
sarily must elapse before all tubercul
Gus COWS could be done away with, lac
, as President of the Honolulu Dairy
mems Association, began at once =
make inquiries for the most effectiy
and reliable milk purifying machir
, cry, for which purpose he visited tn
=, department of Agriculture in Wasl
ington, d. c. He finally decided o
the installation of one of the COuche
Electric Milk Purifying Plants, whic
may now be seen at work in the Al
i sociation's establishment on Sherida
street. What l most want to emphi
I size, however, is the fact, that eve
Il though this purifying plant, which ha
d been placed under the immediate s.
Ipervision of the Division OF Anim
Industry, is known to destroy all di
r ease germs, which might be prese'
d in the milk, Mr. Isenberg has M
D alone persisted in disposlns o. all
Il his reacting animals, so that he no
o has an absolutely clean herd but ha
n in conjunction with Mr.. Pona a
20 the other officers of the Dairymer
r. Association, issued orders that, fro
d and after July 18th, the Associate
in will receive no milk from dair es III