The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
RlCHM0ND'S MILK SUPPLY
BEST IN WORLD, SAYS LEVY
cher Henlth officer Explains New
Regulations ny to Tubcr-
culIu Test.
Forty Herds Have Been Trstcd-Aftcr
September. 1919. No Infested Cows
WI! lie Allowed. ~

THAT Richmond has m. host MILK
snply Of any large city In the United
Statcg Notwithstanding the fnct that
th4 new regulation recurring ali cows
Ii he tested for traces of tuberculosis
has not yet gone into effect, was the
emphatic statement Of Chief Health
Officer T.. &. Levy yesterday. In n clear
account OF the efforts being made to
pcotcci and improve tho milk supply
af Richmond. pr Levy said:
|Ihree or Tour weeks ago T. j.
H-Edtci.' dalr! inspector Tor Inc lich-
MONA fi'"th department. informed mo
, ~ " 'C'" 'pAl'u'r mao sIauShtercu 4
~ ,y'r -. 80 '',r c',"sud iro'" iarnneI
thn,n r'rin,,'H' 49,, ~ "'u io",."
,ri; - -
WHO snld ,rns. ,,n... ,r' nno,,"tr
w,,s d,i,,,,,,u ,,.i7T, ,,,,,, So. sot,,
I'm Richmun1 Witbnut l. roTbcnt,s
h@sita,ion | instructed MIR Strauch 70
sc tha, this nnnn.s milk was shut ont
Of Richmond until ho had his entire
herd tested with tubercul.n
..Whcn the Richmond Health Depart
nnnt was reurEaniaed, In July. 1906.
the Board of Health and l. the Chief
th.alth Officer, had before us the ire
nTncoUS task OF building up COM
plete department. along modern lines.
CHEAT IMPORTANCE
OF MILK INSPECTION
ore or the Very first things which
W" went at was our milk supply. On
Na! !, l9o., that is, ten months after
the reorganization OF the Health Dc-
hartm"nt, We started i'm on this line
81 work ON that date inspection or
diaries supplying milk to Richmond was
begun AS was to be expected. Wa
'dund mat, with one or two exceptions.
inc hnry farms sending milk to Rich
mond wcr" OF the kind found every
where At the start, that is they were
utterly unit TO produce milk safe for
hu'ran consumption.
u" hN-rnE" score OF all dairy farms
sending milk To Richmond was $50 per
cent of perfect ON the government
"e@re card. IN May and June, 1907.
over three-fourths OF all our' dairy
farms C75" per cent? actually scored
ul%er 90 and only 90 per cent OF
'hcse places scored between 30 ana
SO. We rapidly brought about i'm
,,r,ovcmop. -. I'm
49,, VEG S'''t 90 per crht
-, g. 49,, ",," i"' M, ' s.o.eu n'luor az.
been 70 improved ihat not a singh.
orc Of them scored under 40.
"'' WI H"9 progressed stca"iiy
49, ~ VIC present tin'e we
arj only IL per cen, score between 20
an,l 3d. In other words onlv17 nor ccr,
Il our DAFT, f,-,n. 80 ~
~, ,toir '"a MS arc now as 10"
were ~ the start, and only 20 per
cf,i 81 our dairy farms wcre able TO
E,.t rs Min as his Mt Tho s,or,
UItIIuo\n WI,i;S I,s
!iAS
NATIONAL. REPUTATION
KS result of this incessant work.
mona has a nniionnIlycs e| ~ 1 ,r,n nI'Sn
tioual-rcrutatior ns bciu,~ M, ho,,
Of INV lor,.a r,,, -, p1InI '"| pest
S'i '"' Gay iIi me United states.
ah"' bear this carefully in mind. tho
he@ons Of expert Judges on such mat
ters who have visited Richmond I'm the
last few vc,,r.- ,s.,,,, 20 ,n :" ~
etnrcss ,,ny,,nee 80 =, mem Tor me
~. ~ 'D"N'hs ihlo thisJ
HSN" gone even fuf,hcr and publicly
mace The statement that 'Gici.moud has
hs best milk supply of nm, c,., t.,
INC yorld" ' icy 10
no, owe %, ,ha
This 0niuio, ~ 'hPtriS mas given
hnVa pr,' r,' "H' a'y 50. but they
farm. ea,,5 .D"'H AMONG our dairy
lid any one az ~ m.,"se!N.s Nor