The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-28
PRODUCTION OF SANITARY

Many articles are being written
about sanitary milk production. Each
one advocates some new method. Il.
is not strange therefore that the
dairy farmers of today ere more con
fused about milk production than
ever.
These articles usually take up the
consumers side of the question, warn
] ing them that they are taking great
risks in using the milk sold by the
| local dealers. Thsy usually advocate
expensive equipment and skilled
labor, which are often beyond the
means OF the ordinary farmer to sup
ply. They also expect the producer
! to furnish this superior product for
the same price per quart as was
charged before he installed the new
/ equipment.
1 The question then arises. what is
good milk? The answer to this ques-
ton includes some reference to the
health of the animal, cleanliness or
/ production and thu temperature o,
storage. Interesting information on
/ the subject has recently been made
| public by Prof j. A. Clutter of the
dairy husbandry department OF the
College of Agriculture OF Texas.
Under the health of the animal
come the diseases common to dairy
cattle, which are transmitted to man
through the use OF milk. These dis
eases are tuberculosis, anthrax,
! rabies, foot and mouth disease, ac.
/ tinomycosis, and intestinal disorders.
/ However. tuberculosis is the only one
of these that is 70. great Importance
To illustrate the importance of the
bovine type Of the tubercle organism
| in transmitting tuberculosis to man
1 the following table Is of interest
This table was compiled by Park and
Krumweide and covers 436 consscu
tive cases of tuberculosis.
Adults-One case out 297 examined
showed the presence of the bovine or
ganisIns or .33 per cent.
Five to sixteen years of age-Nine
cases out of fifty-four examined show
ed the presence of the bovine organ
isms, or 1866 per cent
Under years of age-Twentytwo
out of eightyfour examined showed
the presence of the bovine organisms
or 2s.2 per cent
The above table shows that chill
dren are much more liable to con
tract the disease than adults. This
is probably due to the fact that chill
dren consume more milk than Older
people. Therefore it is OF great i'm
portance that infants receive mill
from tuberculin-tested cows.
Milk should be handled with grea
care after it is drawn from the COW
as 1t is one OF the best known
mediums in which disease germs will
grow. Many typhoid fever, scarle
fever and diphtheria epidemics have
been traced to the milk sold by some
careless dairyman. Whipple, after ex
tensiye research work, states that 2;
per cent of the typhoid epidemtcs II
the American cities today trace di
rectly to the milk supply. The large
and more progressive cities require
bacterial count A reasonable stand
ard is 100000 per cubic centim ster
If more than this number is prezen
it is probable that the milk Is con
, taminated from the manure.
If milk is to be kept pure AM
sweet. 1t should be cooled immediate
, ly and held at a low temperature pre-
j, yious to delivery. as the germs TIA
/ bring about the souring and deter,or
i alton will not multiply and grow
5 very rapidly if the milk is kept colo
J A temp srature of 40 degrees Fahren
: heit is quite sufficient, and at thu
} same time practical. In the produc
: ton OF this sanitary milk the certi
, fed plants have gone SO far that /
= is impossible for the common farme!
to follow them. However, 1t is pos