Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-09


Most of the efforts to adapt cows
milk to the Use Of infants have taken
the direction Of treating the milk It,
self by pasteurization, sterilization,
or other notifications. OF late years
there has developed IN Germany and
especially IN saxony, d theory that the
cow, and not the milk. should be the
subject Of first care Germany Is
proud. not only OF lbs high birth rate,
but of It's growing ability to make the
births effective by caring for the in
fants. through the period Of greatest
mortality. Proper nourishment is
recognized as the largest factor.
Great progress has been made in
saxony in the production of what is
known as "kindermieh.' It's large cit
les have stringent ordinances regulat-
ing the production as well as the sale
OF milk in general and of kindermilch
in particular. The capital city, Ores
den, has most comprehensive Ordi-
nance on the subject.
one producer OF kindermlch in
Dresden tsuburb Racknit2) deserves
special mention, because he has es-
tablished and has been for several
years maintaining what Is probably
the most scientific milk producing
plant in the world He is Theodore
Bienert, man Of considerable wealth,
whose principal business is the mill
ing Of grain The dairy Is operated as
he's ~
the sake of phildnthropically showing
without regard TO cost, just what are
the ultimate possibilities In the way Of
producing pure and wholesome cows
milk for infants,
The COWS are Oldenburg and East
r'riesian, black and white, of the gen
eral size ana appearance Of what in
the United States are popularity
though enormously known as Hol-
stems. They are carefully selected for
health and culled from year to year,
So that die herd of Thirty always con
sists Of cows with the second or third
calf They are MIXED through only
one milk period and then sold.
The building is Of concrete and
most Of the floors and walls are lined
with glazed thing. The stable proper
has wide center aisle and raised
floors on each side for a row Of cows,
with tails toward the aisle. There are
cement cutters to catch all dropptngs,
which are Immediately scraped down
through numerous openings TO a con-
veyor taking them to a separate build
ing An exhaust fan below draws air
down through the opening Just enough
TO induce, through the screened win
dows, the proper influx OF fresh air
for any given number of COWS. In
cold weather the air can be heated.
This refinement of ventilation was IN
stalled. in a measure. to compensate
for the artificial conditions Of keeping
the cows always housed, Where a nat
ural supply Of fresh air is not avail
able In summer the COWS are given
an occasional airing in an adjacent
meadow. In ordinary installations the
COWS are never turned out 10 pasture,
and in the stables there is either too
little fresh air. or in the effort TO
supply more, the large windows adj
nit more cold air than can be resisted
by cows that are tied up and thus kept
from exercising.
ordinarily. cows stand on beds OF
straw, which become much soiled and
ARE always a source Of noxious germs.
In the Racknitz dairy the cows stand
on coco netting, which is daily
cleaned and covered with fresh saw
dust Here there is perpetual warfare
against dust which would arise from
feeding hay aud from the use Of straw
! for bedding. such dry hay as is fed
i is brought IN after the milking, so
that the dust germs do not get into the
milk, The vaRlted ceiling Of the sta
bile is supplied with atomizers,
through which fine sprays of water
are thrown into the room to lay any
possible dust just before milking.
Each day. before milking, the floors
ana walls are washed with hose, and
the cows are carefully scrubbed by
hand from head "a foot, In addition
to this, each cow is taken TO an ad-
/ Joining room once week and given
ia supplementary cleaning and polish