Evening journal., 1913-10-04
WILMINaTON,s MILK SUPPLY.

f vBRYBODY in Wilmington consumes milk Hence,
- everybody in city is interested in report
just made to City Council by MIX Inspector Charles
H. Grantand citys milk supply. In that re-
port he says:
With the 456 inspections made during the month Of
September, three months OF inspection of the citys
win ITS chemical test Of more than 400 samples col
lected In different sections OF the city has brought US
10 the conclusion that the responsibility to very con-
siderable extent for such OF the milk sold IN TINS CITY
is Of quality the responsibility Of the produc
er who sells his milk TO dealer or middleman More
than 20 per cent OF the ctys mhk Is distributed by
the dealer and at least so cent of this supply Is
brought to the city by rail- with the result that the
burden OF the conditions imposed by the law falls in
a large measure upon the dealer from the fact that
the shipper and producer who is difficult to reach
and seemingly quite Independent, careless and indf
ferent in the to the appeal OF the dealer
and inspector for Improvement In the care and In the
quality Of the product This situation, with the in
creasine tendency to have as many Holscins as pos
sibe in the dairy herd Is the condition that confronts
in efforts to keep this Important portion OF the
city's food supply up to standard
Such a report should lead city officials to take
action that will reach those milk producers who per-
sst in sending to this market milk Of inferior and
wholesome quality. II moral suasion will not effect
the desired result then the Wilmington should
be closed % the milk they have for sale. We think
that our city officials will the milk supply regu
lations OF New York City, for instance and acquant
themselves with their workings they will find that
a very effective method has been devised for bringing
such conconless dairymen to book. In fact, in that
city the inspectors Tor inc Hcalth department io
low the milk to its Of supply. matter where
1t may be. They not only acquaint themselves with
the quality of the milk and the health Of the herds,
but also dictate how the herds shall be housed and
the milk handled. No daryman who refuses to sub
nit TO such reasonable regulation for the protection
and promotion OF the public health is permitted to
ship his milk into the New York market The De-
parment Of Health there also inspects the Of
oyster supply going far South Virginia in
the work OF such inspection and oysters may be
taken into the New York market that do not come
from waters that looked upon being free to a
safe degree from sewage other pollution
Our local officials reach these outside dairymen
| in a very effective way If they will follow the New
| York method. They should say to them. "If you
| can't send good milk TO city. do not send any,
because II you send inferior and impure milk it will
be barred from sale and permitted to in the cans
! Such action also will the local dealers to buy
for distribution here only milk that win the test
Il should be borne in mind that the milk business Of
city OF 1000 inhabitants is orth having and that
II dairymen and dealers who handle unwholesome milk
are barred from operating here there plenty Of
producers of and dealers in wholesome milk who will
take their places
We think Inspector Grantland lays
sary upon what he calls the increasing tendency
Of dairymen to have many Holstein poss-
BILE While H. is admitted generally that the milk OF
the Hostein rich is that of certain other
! breeds Of cattle which give less milk, IL is known
fact that the milk OF the Hosten, properly hon
easily handled is rich enough to pass official tests. 1t
OF those facts, and also because the Hol-
stems are such heavy mixers that the tcndenc to
build up herds OF them is increasing.