The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-31

auire the farmer to- ~pastenTa1s II
milk. Where they find a. herd LnaL y
not tested for tuberculosis. or milk De
ing produced In an uncleaT way, .hss Ss
advise that the milk be p~asteuTlzeu'
using any one of a number OF coi1lpss-
ing machines or 81 hon1e-rnade Pas
teurizer. AS as result of this WvoEks,
thousands of farmers have introduces
new ana sanitary methods Of pToanc-
ing and shipping milk-not because
they were forced to do so, U g
| they saw the Justice of protecting Ine1r
consumers and found that they lost
less milk and made greater prohts ps
following the specialists ADVICE. ..
THE dairy division advises the pas
~teurization al milk unknown or oL
doubtful purity, because in large meas
Iufe lit protects the consumer from can
gers that might be incurred by uslng
jssuch milk In the raw state. PasteuT-
ization lis not recommended as a SUP
stitute for sanitary precaution, U as
an additional safeguard where q IN
spection Is not sufficient to guarantee
the purity of the milk,
"The dairy division also 10
ing an extensive campaign among con-
snmers. In the first place, it Is trying
to convince them that it costs more
to, produce clean, wholesome milk imam
to produce dirty and dangerous mix.
In the second place, It aims to show
the householder how to keep milk art
er 1t has been delivered by the MIX
man. Clean milk, IL allowed to pc
come warm, if kept in unclean vessels,
or if exposed to the dust Of rooms or
left within reach Of flies, quickly de-
teriorates and may become dangerous.
"Whatever power the department
has to compel milk dealers to produce
safe. clean milk comes to 1t from the
food and drug act. Under this act,
the department has power to request
the department of justice to order
prosecutions or seizures only in the
case of milk that enters interstate
commerce. In this work, the depart
ment% does not set up standards, but
accepts the standards of the city into
which the milk Is being shipped
across state lines. The bureau OF
number of inspectors, does most of Its
work by cooperating with local
authorities in the case of milk pro-
duced across a state line. Where milk
is found to be adulterated, 1t is OF
seized. Where indications are
found that the milk is not properly
produced, and is likely to become
dangerous, the dairyman is warned to
clean up and Is shown how to improve
his milk. If he fails to act on his warn
ing, prosecution follows. The purpose
of this work now being carried on
around Pittsburgh is not so much to
protect the large cities which have
their own health officers and milk in
spectors, but to prevent dangerous
milk being shipped across state lines
into smaller towns which have no
local milk inspection. These inspectors
working near Pittsburgh found that
much milk which was refused entry
into Pittsburgh by the local health
officer, was being sold in nearby
suburbs and small towns. The depart
ment, of course, had no power over
milk produced and sold within state
lines, and therefore took steps to see
that milk shipped into these towns
from the ~neighboring towns was clean
and pure. The major purpose of the
study is to determine exact condi-
tons in the district, so that the milk
producers may be aided intelligently
to produce a satisfactory product. In
most cases, save where milk is actual
ly Watered or chemically preserved, the
government finds that the bad milk
more from the ignorance of the
than from any deliberate in
on his part to produce and sell
dirty milk. He commonly needs ex-
pert advice along practical lines, and
this advice in most cases he welcomes
and carries out as rapidly as his
means permit.
THE governments first investiga-
ton into interstate shipments of milk
was undertaken in the summer of
1908, around Cincinnati, before that
city had "a milk inspection department.
Most OF, the milk used in, Cincinnati
was shipped r the state line: from
The results of the govern
ment's analyses of this milk are as
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