Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13


be graded according to intelligent stand
ards, just as
Commission Favors arc wheat
the Grading of Milk. 49, atti and
other commodities. The poet. Lamb. was
asked upon one occasion what was ne
cessary to the enjoyment Of sausages,
and he replied, Confidence The milk
commission holds that confidence is an
asset of the highest value in the milk
business.
The milk produced in this country for
market purposes Is divided into three
grades by the commission. Grade "a
mined by tuberculin tests and physical
examinations made by qualified veteri-
narians, handled by persons free from
disease as determined by a qualified ply
stefan, and produced under sanitary con-
ditions such that the bacterial count
shall not exceed 10000 to the cubic CEN
timeter. II pasteurized, the tuberculin
test and medical inspection may be
omitted. Grade 'B" milk. raw, must
come from healthy cows. and must not
the cubic centimeter. Grade ''C' milk
includes all that has more than 1000 900
bacteria to the cubic centimeter, and is
10 be used only for cooking purposes.
1dSIcuTiAcu UulA De nedIeu 10 q
minimum temperature of 40 degrees,
Fahrenheit. for at least twenty minutes,
and the commission recommends that
automatic recording instruments should
be required for making record sheets for
the health OFFICERS 1t is recommended
that all milk shall be dated so that the
consumer may know the day it left the
cows udder.
The bacterial count method of stand
ardizing milk is used because it furnishes
Bacterial Count check on
Used in Standardizing. tn 1Se d presence nee
der-refrigeration and age 1t has not
been found, however, that this deter
mines the danger of milk in every in
stance. To illustrate: Here Is a pail of
milk that shows 100000 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter, and here is another
that shows only 10000. But the former
may be only the result of careless han
ding, while the latter may consist large
~ Of typhoid germs. arising from the use
OF water containing these germs for
washing milk containers. Medical and
sanitary inspection and pasteurization
are the best methods of protection
n.
The full report of the commission Is
most interesting one and lays down
the rules whereby the milk supply
Of community may be protected and
the health of the urban population OF
the nation thereby materially en-
HANGED.
A list Of the requirements has been
adopted which the commission unani-
mously considers absolutely essential
to proper regulation of a municipal
ic OIL IT,.
of recommendations which sets forth
the things which 1t is advisable to do
but which depend principally upon the
public sentiment Of the community as
to whether or not they shall be made
law.
Altogether, the report of the com
mission constitutes the most advanced
step toward q wholesome national milk
supply that has yet been taken. 1t has
been received with approval by SAM
tarians everywhere, and it will un-
dOubtedly prove the basis upon which
the laws and ordinances of the states
and municipalities of the future will
be enacted.
Few people realize the importance OF
a wholesome milk supply. One sixth
of all the food the average man eats il
milk or it's derivatives. Nothing thai
pa sses his lips is so susceptible to con.
tag.On and dirt as the milk he uses
The contagion usually comes from the
human intestinal tract, while the dir
| is made up mainly of tiny particles O.
| COW manure. The major portion o
the milk supply of the country come.
from the small farm where tho mill