Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-25
MELICE ON DAIRY SANITATION
Expert Lectures at Land Show on I'm.
portant Milk Problems.
$40 IS A MODEM FEATURE
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The subject % dairy sanitation is Of
vital Importance 20 every home" declared
Prof G, W Melick IN lecture al the
land show yesterday. MIR In us pure
and natural state IL the most perfect
food known. Il has every constituent nee
essary to sustain lfe and in It's most cas-
nv diecsted form. Unfortunately how
ever, q frequently becomes. through un-
sanitary and careless handling medium
Tor the distribution 81 fifth and disease
The fact that milk Is perfect food for
human beings makes Il also a perfect food
Tor bacterial growth.
The first slide shows an average barn
on the ordinary farm without windows
Il has no place for liEht and ventiiat on
The large manure piles against the side
% the barn furnish breeding place for
flies and the odor from them penetrates
the milk as Il is drawn from the cows
The next slide shows the cows wadinR
through manure piles knee deep In getting
20 the barn The interior % this barn :
composed entirely Of wood which absorbs
liquid manurcs and retains the bad odor
Cows stabbed here lie down IT, nth which
readily gets into the pail while milking.
This MIX Ia frequently delivered in small
cans from which q is poured into the con
surners receptacle and exposed to the
street dust. which Is heavily laden with
undesirable bacteria, Such barn also
furnishes a hotbed FOR tuberculosis which.
although goncrany attacking the lungs OF
the animal occasionally finds its way into
the milk
The next represents a manure carrier
taking the manure from the barn on a
track and emptying 1t into the manure
spreader. Il e. thus taken to the field
dain where Il makes better fe-:liEer than
when allowed TO rot In the yard A slide
secured from the Connecticut experiment
station represents the relation OF NOR.
tally from Intestinal diseases to the prev
alence " files, The lines describing the
two are almost parallel. The legs Of flies
are covered with short hair and coming
from places % filth they frequently carry
large numbers OF putrefying bacteria on
their legs They are thus one OF the worst
snemes OF the dairymen.
These cows are well fed and az we
see, are allowed to rest In the modern
sanitary barn. The numerous windows In
the side OF the barn furnish ample space
for ight and ventilation. The interior Of
this barn is OF cement. easily washed and
cleaned
The silo Dy the barn represents one Of
the modern features OF practical dairying
In Il there are conserved about seven acres
Of succulent. pslatables corn stalks which
II left In the field would be dry. weather
beaten fodder, containing only one-tenth
Of their original nutrition. Many attempts
are made 20 improve dairy conditions.
sometimes successfully and sometimes not.
When eairymen are told 20 sternlze their
dairy utensils. either by steam or direct
sunlight, they sometimes use steam or hot
water, and then spoil Il all by rinsing with
cold or unsterile water before milking. We
show group Of cans showing fermented
cream running over the top. They are
evidently. filled with sas4tormInE bacteria
When cream or milk Is Immediately COOLED