The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-17
DANGERS
arising From 4 Milk Famine
Explained
By Food Commissioner Strobe
IN A BulIeti0

While the large cities of the state
are complaining of the increase in the
price of milk and the possibility of a
milk famine, State Dairy and Food
Commissioner Strobe Dairy and Food
Commissioner Strobe calls attention to
the following recommendation which
he made to the governor in the annual
report of the dairy and food depart.
ment for 1911:
at has become a serious problem
how to supply the many large and
rapidly growing cities of the state
with pure and wholesome milk and
dairy products. The rules adopted by
city boards Of health, under which
milk and cream are produced for the
markets, differ materially. Milk that
cannot be admitted under the rules Of
one city, may or may not be admitted
in another. This renders uncertain the
supply and quality of milk and cream
for our cities, and works a great hard.
ship upon the proprietors and manag-
ers Of dairies. Practically all the dair-
les are located without the corporate
limits of municipalities and therefore
beyond the jurisdiction of local boards
of health. If the conditions under
which milk and cream are produced do
not meet the municipal requirements,
all the city can do is to prevent the
sale of these products and drive them
to some other market. II is manifest
that IL milk and cream from any par
ticular dairy are unfit for consump-
ton by the people OF one city, they
are unfit for any other city. Another
serious phase of the question is the
possibility at all times OF milk fam
Inc in cities that exclude milk and
cream In considerable quantities, re-
sulting In encouragement to the dairy
industry and further curtailing the
milk supply. The logical solution OF
this problem seems to be thorough
state inspection of al dairies and the
power to enforce such rules as may be
necessary to secure the best possible
sanitary condition for producing and
marketing milk and cream"
There is every reason why the guam
tity of milk produced this year should
be larger than for several years, be-
cause there have ben abundant rains
and pasture IL as good In this early
fall season as 1t usually Is in June. So
that the reason for the lament that
comes from the cities must be traced
to some other cause. Commissioners
Strobe thinks this cause can be found
In the fact that no two cities of the
state have the same requirements un.
der which dairymen must sell their
milk and this lack of uniformity in
rules and regulations results In such
confusion and discomfort among dairy.
men that they are seeking other means
of marketing their product, Some OF
them go out of the dairy business en-
trely. Others convert the cream into
butter and feed the residue to stock
while many ship their milk to cream
cries and cheese factories.
The territory from which the mill,
supply of the large cities Is drawn con
tains many smaller cities which also
must be supplied II the dairy regula
tions OF all these cities differ mater
tally, II Is easy to see that It Is impos
sible for dairymen to comply with the
requirements OF all cities in a given
territory, no matter how anxious they
may be to do so, The only solution il
the adoption OF uniform regulations
covering the entire state and the gen
eral assembly should authorize the
state dairy and food department to
formulate such regulations and give
them statutory effect