The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-12-16

mentioned to illustrate the particular character
of pure milk work in progress in Kentucky.
Results are necessarily slow because the force is
limited If the means were at hand to keep such
demonstrations in progress in every dairy COM
munity throughout the State, pure and wholesome
milk throughout, would result in but few years.
Along with such effort, the knowledge of physi-
clans and psychologists that typhoid and diph-
liberia epdemics have been frequently due to
contaminated milk, that the rate of infant NOR
tally is raised or lowered in proportion the
milk supply of a city is contaminated or inspected,
and the certified dairy, a method established by
physicians in order to have pure milk as the best
means for treatment in many of infant in
estinal diseases, have been compelling forces for
pure milk In fact it may be said that these
certified dairies under commissions composed of
physicians of exceptional ability, and wide expert
ence in practice, have been tremendous in1u-
ence both in educating consumers and as ex-
amples here and there, of the equipment and
dairy method necessary in the production of pure
milk An able committee from the medical asso-
citation at LOUISVILLE helped us in the adjustment
of the swill diaries and we, in turn, helped them
in the establishment of certified diaries. Some
six or seven diaries have been in constant opera
ton there since 1906, and, during all that time,
their average result has been within the standard
of ten thousand bacteria per cubic centimeter;
their herds have been constantly tested for tuber
culosis; their water and feed supply examined;
their dairies and the health of employees con-
stantly inspected. 1t was these darymen who
finally taught us in Kentucky the practical tech
nque of sanitary milk.
The proper methods for the production of pure
milk so thoroughly demonstrated in the certified
dairies in and around Louisville have spread to
other cities. In Lexington two diaries, one with
all the buildings. equipment and management
which money could buy; the other with buggy
shed and log cabin cleaned up and concerted,
undertook TO put their milk within the certified
standard. The establishment of the larger dairy
was interesting and important in that it brought
to the practical production of pure milk the brains
and backing of one of the nations greatest cap
tains of industry. If the production of pure
milk can be source of pride and pleasure to
man of such means and varied interests, it
should be of similar interest and pleasure to
the regular dairyman The smaller dairyman
demonstrated that milk of a low meteorological
count is easily within the reach of every dairy
fa1m in Kentucky To cleaned-up shed and
converted cabin he added a covered pail sim
pie cooler. steam boiler. and a sterzing cab
met In addition, the owner of the smaller dairy
did part of the milking and thus brought to
the actual operations interest and watchful
care, difficult to employ What this smaller dairy
man did can be done by all
At Cornell the dairy workers studied and I'M
dertook to establish sanitary milk supply for
Ithaca by applying the score card list of equip
ment and method for dairies. The experiment
was allowed to lapse, and after several years,
the dairies lapsed to former unsanitary condi-
tions. A recent Cornell report points out that
pure milk will not be made practical until con-
pay the price The other, and prior