The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-17

hindrance and obstacle that the depart
ment has to encounter in it's efforts +
protect helpless men and women, an
innocent little children from diseas
: nd DEATH"
Work Of Past Five Years.
Commissioner Wallis then enlarged
upon the work he had been doing in thu
state for the past five years, and told
lof the conditions he had found then
as compared with those found today
He spoke of the new laws passed b,
the different legislatures, and the op-
position encountered. He spoke of the
and the ridicule met with. The same
with the abolition of the public drink
ing cup, common roller towel, public
comb and brush, and more recently
public finger bowls which were hardly
! ever cleaned when used. He told OF
lack of city help in apprOpriating
money for health work and then took
up the question of pure milk and clean
diaries. In part he said
Purely of the Milk.
"In the milking of COW is found
largely the purity of the milk Wheth-
err clean or not depends upon the man
who milks and the COW which is milk
ed. Even from dirty COW clean milk
can be drawn, but clean milk cannot
be drawn from clean COW by man
dirty by nature. Evidently the pro-
cess is therefore dependent upon the
knowledge of cleanliness in the milk
er and his skill to apply that knowl-
edge. For instance, there has been
drawn from COW whose flank was
covered with one-half inch of manure,
milk that did not change at room tenn
perature in % days, but by the ordin-
airy mixer the milk drawn was curdled
in Sc hours. This illustrates an ex-
IRENE case of knowing how to proceed.
Consequently it is more necessary to
have dirt adherent by means of mois-
ture than to try to get rid of it COM
pletely; for, do the best you can by
grooming, a dry surface will always
furnish scales. Cleanliness is most de-
sirable, for it reduces the amount of
chance, but a few acts of well-directed
effort will be worth more than ex-
cessive expense instituted by uniform |
regulations. These must emanate from |
the knowledge and skill of man. Laws |
and regulations are designed for ignOr
ance, lack of skill, or righteousness,
and should not extend to the point
where they interfere with well-directed
effort and skill. Grooming, clipping
and other precautions are admirable,
but the man is more essential-not es-
oecially for decoration in white suits,
out with a clean, intelligent BRAIN
Concerning Infection.
1.-THE amount of infection coming II
rom healthy udder is too small to
10 regarded seriously for ordinary mar
let milk. The organisms commonly
coming from the healthy udder are so
ew and of such types that they, pro-
luce little appreciate effect upon the ,
milk during the period which it is COM
monty held before consumption. If the
oder be diseased, however, or the COW
5 suffering from generalized disorders, !
he infection taking place in the udder :
nay be extremely important, SO that
7e should give very careful attention
0 the general health of the COW and
specially to the udder, which should
e carefully examined at frequent in |,
ervals for the presence of any dis t
riders which may cary into the milk il
producing germs. V
Must Keep Cow Clean. Q
"The surface of the cows body is
robably under ordinary conditions one :.
the most serious and important
)urces of contamination. The num-
er of organisms getting into the milk
ON this source will be dependent up
4 the condition of the cows body and !.
lie form of pail used for milking. Any :.
lmber of different forms of the conf
on organisms get into the milk from
is source. For clean milk it is high =
essential that the body of the COW '
all be kept reasonably clean and so
Gated just before milking that the
Mount of dust falling into the pail
all be reduced to the minimam. The =
nple process of whipping the flank and
der with damp cloth just before
tting the milking pail into position
II very materially reduce the amount
dust and the number of organisms /