Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-27
DEPARTMENT or NGRlttLTI RE
OUTLINES METHODS or
\NDIING Milk.
NO ABSOLUTE STANDARDS
Carrying on Extensive Campaign "a
Help DairymCn Produce,
Better supply.

ing with the milk hlludN'H III wv
lritrd states.
"I is erroncously supposed that
the Department OF Agriculture mas
established absolute standards ana
bacterial counts to which all mlIk
coming under its jurisdiction IN m
tcratatc commerce must comply, ne
department has established no ans"-
lutte standards. II certainly mas NOT
ana will not establish any RUE ne-
clalIng that milk containing less thah
a certain number Of bacteria per
cubic ceutimeter ls good MIX n
der such 4 standard, milk containing
less than certain number OF W
phoid or tubercule bacilli would au-
tomatically be passed, as coming up
{, standard. A simple count ot the
bacteria is not In itself sufficient TO
determine absolutely its safety. The
nature Of the bacteria as well as
their number also must II possible De
considered. The presence ~ only a
few disease producing bacteria might
make the milk dangerous, while scr-
rral thousand harmless bacteria
could bc present without necessarily
indicating that the milk was unsafe
The presence OF even a few colon
COW manure has been allowed to get
into the milk between the COW ana
the consumer. Similarly, high
count Of the kinds of bacteria that
normally are present in milk indl-
cater that the milk Is dirty or that
II has not been held at low tempera-
ture or that II is old.
THE department in It's milk acu-
yitles Ia carrying on an extensive
campaign Of education 10 help dairy
men produce and market good clean
milk. This work is carried on prln-
clpally by the Dairy division OF the
bureau Of animal industry. This Ill
vision exercises no policing junction
II has no power under the law 10
seize milk or to prosecute milk deal
ers. It's work is purely educational.
This division issues many educauohal
bulletins based upon It's experiments
in the economical production OF clean
milk IT supplies farmers with these
bulletins and also sends men INTO IN"
field 10 show milk producers how To
make changes within their means
which will raise the quality OF their
milk and also increase their proflts.
These demonstrators have helped
milk producers who supply over 2Oo
cities In each city, these demon
.,.,,.ot@rs co.onerotrd with tn local
i,'alth onth,rities NOT to helm them
..,.,,',, a,,idancs mr. hiring prosecutions
I,, -, ,,,,nrn,,, III. local system Of
inspection whereby, the Inspectors
can aid the milk producers of the
territory to bring their milk mp 10
the city's own standard without be
ing called upon to make excessive
iXv,,h ~ tr.n.ctora tho demon-
,,,.,,ors ,,i.it mo dairy farms as
: - a., f.rr,er Thev may
,io,, bt,n that certain COWS i'm his
80 o, ,,,old ono,,ph milk TO
,I.tr go br III, dpmon-
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LIN, uhi.h vim greatly in
,,o ,.'old Tb.v holm mo far
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'',5 sh"u, hi,, E,vr % window or two
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t't,io u'hi,.,.,sh nr more fra-
,.,,..,, .I.a,f,g u'lI ac,unllv ircrease
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,'i1t ,', ,ntho5s ~ r,,tcuriz,tion and
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