The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-06
PUBLIC OPINION.
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keokuk's MIX Supply.

10 the Editor OF The Gate City:
During the past few weeks numer.
Gus reports have been circulated as
regards the milk supply of the city.
and as in one instance formaldehyd
has been claimed to be found. wish
to state that the milk supply to our
city Is as good as any in the state OF
Iowa and we have the testimony OF
the state Inspector for this statement
For the past eighteen months the
milk supply to Keokuk has been
watched with greater care than ever
before and through the assistance of
our present city administration who
has realized the Importance of sant
tary inspection of dairies we are in a
measure better able to carry on cam
paign of education among the dairy
men. 1t has been said that ninety per
cent of the dirty milk sold is so from
the fact that the producer does not
know how to produce the clean ar
ticle, rather than that he is wilfully
dirty Hence any move for the i'm.
provement of the milk must be along
the line of the education of these
men.
Each week samples are taken up
from the wagons and stores and ev.
amined for butter fat, sediment, SOL
ids and preservatives and since April
Il, 1911 In not single instance has
there been found preservatives We
are particularly fortunate in Keokuk
/ in having dairies at our door as It
were, and not having to depend on a
product shipped in for many miles as
in the larger municipalities the more
complicated becomes the common
milk supply. AS a class the dairy
farmers are among our most intelli-
gent and progressive people and have
ever shown a willingness to accept
any improvement suggested that
might tend to better conditions.
/ DR.. O. P. Thompson Estate inspec-
tori in an address before the Austin
Flint Cedar Valley Medical Society al
! Waterloo July 9th, 1912 stated that
while there was yet much room for
improvement ] am convinced that
i Iowa as whole Is being served with
much better milk today than ever be
fore. In recent years but few cases
have been found by our inspectors
where the use of preservatives are
used, where as onlya few years since
4 the use of formaldehyd was quite
common and the per cent of bottled
milk over bulk milk on the market is
4 steadily increasing
i There has been no proof of any test
revealing the presence of any preserv
alive found in any sample of milk SOLD
in Keokuk and If they have beer
, found the party or parties will favol
| me by producing the sample and com
t petent proof that the sample wa
adulterated, and contained preservs
i tives when delivered, that we ma
! take it up with the state dairy foo,
commissioner and insist on prosecu
, ton, or clear the parties of the accuse
ton. The dairy laws of Iowa undel
Section 9 provide punishment by {
fine of not less than $500 nor more
than 500, or by imprisonment for no
, less than thirty days in the count,
Jail y
( The fact that a child has a sever,
gastric disturbance and yomits thu
!; coagulated milk is not an indication
, that the milk is at fault from the us,
of preservatives for this condition
, may happen where the milk contain
; very high percent of butter fat
Cows milk is not perfect food To-
infants, it is such for calf havin.
four stomachs but not SO for bah.