The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-07-11
FARMERS SAY ACTION UNFAIR
Declare it is Impossible to Continue in
Business if Demands of Chicago De
partment are Met-Blacklisted Men
May Quit Dairy Business.

Nine Kenosha county milk producers
have been put on the blacklist by the
Chicago Board Of Health and milk
from the farms Of these men will not
be permitted to be sold in Chicago I'M
til after the men have obeyed the or
ders of the Chicago board and made
certain changes in their modes of
handling milk. Of the nine producers
seven are shippers from Woodwork
station. One shipper is from Bristol
and one from Salem. The Salem man
is barred on account of the fact that
he refused to permit the inspectors of
the Chicago department. to make an in
spection of his buildings.
The order barring the milk of these
Kenosha county farms from Chicago
was issued by Health Commissioner
Young on Monday. The order put some
eighty-seven dairymen on the blacklist,
many Wisconsin men being included in
the number.
Kenosha county farmers have been
under inspection by the city inspectors
for the past four months Some of the
farmers charge that the Chicago men
have been very unfair in the inspection
and that some of the demands made by
them are of nature that it would be
impossible for the farmers to continue
in the business if they carried them
out. A vast number Of the farms in
Kenosha county passed inspection.
on the in bad' list are no longer in
the dairy business, they having retired
some time ago and others will probably
arrange to find market for their pro
duet at some place other than Chicago.
1t is declared that milk from these
farms will not be received at the
bottling plants supplying Chicago
wholesalers and this rule will make it
difficult for the farmers to secure a
market
The Kenosha county men named in
the order issued on Monday include,
w. Bohn, G. Fiddler, H. G. Gray, B. j.
Gilmore, F. Lentz, J. Mccarthy, w.
Packman and F. Epson, shipping from
Woodwork, and G. PAM of Bristol.
vxT:11:a..o. IIo.,,,s &c Coloyo ;e borrod
from selling milk in Chicago because
he refused to permit inspectors to make
an examination of his buildings.
In order to prove to the producers
that the health department wants
their milk, if it is clearly, Commits
Isioner Young in the same bulletin tells
the farmers how to avoid the con-
tamination Of the milk in the milking
process and promises other advice in
following bulletins.
He tells the farmers that during the
process Of milking ninety times as
much dirt falls in the milking pail
from an unwashed cow as from
washed COW. He tells them to wash
their hands before milking and to
wear clean clothes and adds.
"The farmer who, dressed in dirty
clothes and filthy surroundings, milks
a filthy cow, is sowing the seeds Of
contamination and destruction which
may sooner or later cause the deaths
of infants If the farmer is unaware
of this fact, he is woefully ignorant
and should not be allowed to sell milk
until he has learned the lesson of
cleanliness IF he is aware of this
fact, he is criminal in purpose and in
tent and the most stringent penalties
should be provided to stop such
work -
"Our inspectors make filtration
tests from the milk can products at
railroad platforms where the milk is
daily delivered in Chicago, Mr..
Young said elf this inspection
shows too much dirt, a warning notice
is sent to the producer. If the quality
Of his milk does not improve after
warning, the farmer or dairyman is
placed on the shutout list. He must
come to this department. and show
what steps he has taken to improve
the milk before he is allowed to come
back to the Chicago market. A SINH
lar inspection is made at the bottling
plants throughout the country"