Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-04-20
SALEM HAS GOOD MILK
SUPPLY SAYS OFFICER
Seventy five Per Cent of All Milk Sold
Is Put Up in Sanitary Bot
ties.
FOOD HANDLERS SHOULD
HAVE CLEAN HANDS
Bread Should Be Wrapped Up in Oiled
Paper Before Leaving
Bakery.
FOOD HANDLERS SHOULD
HAVE CLEAN HANDS

! "Salem's milk, as supplied by the
dairies within radius of miles Is
above par and is delivered in sanitary
bottles" declared Deputy City Health
Officer j. d. Hartwell, who is also dep.
uty food and dairy commissioner, this
morning as the result of careful
study and survey of the situation sur
rounding the Capital City. Deputy
Hartwell went on to say that there are
about IA farms that supply Salem with
all its milk, an that the daily consump-
tion is estimated to be about 700 gal
Ions in addition to 100 gallons of cream
used by the restaurants, ice cream con-
Germs, and private individuals.
No milk is pasteurized in Salem, :"
said Hartwell, "nor are there any deal.
ers who sell certified milk, but the milk
is above par as supplied by the larger
dealers. Most of it is produced within
five miles of Salem, and is 12 hours
old when delivered to the consumer.
Over rs per cent of the milk sold here
Is put up in sanitary milk bottles,
thoroughly sealded in hot water and
steam before filling and is then placed
in sanitary milk boxes and covered
with moist burlap, which keeps off .Ae
dust and makes the milk cool.
A score card system of dairy in
spection is used two or three times
year by the Salem inspector. We hope
to see in the near future the tuberculin
test applied to all dairy cows that fur
nish milk to this city. 1t is the only
safe way to insure the little ones of
getting pure milk Dairymen should
milk in clean, white suits and have
clean hands.
insist on Juying bread that is
wrapped at the bakery before il is CON
taminated by the hands of the driver,
who pets his horse on the back as he
gets into the wagon to call to the next
customer on the route. The poor horse
might have fallen down or got stone
in its foot, and Mr.. Driver, an unwrap-
ped bread handler, must take the stone
out with his bare hands and hurry to
.Ae lady waiting at the gate for her
loaf of bread and half dozen dough.
nuts or angel cake.
"If ] had my way in this matter
of cleanliness I would require physi-
cal examination of all persons employ.
ed in the handling of cows, and also all
persons employed in restaurants, mar
kets, grocery stores, confectionery
stores, bakeries and slaughter houses,
in fact any place where foodstuffs are
offered for sale. Tell me how many
men there are that wash their hands
before sitting down to milk COW early
in the morning? Ask your dairyman
If he washes his hands before milking.
III not-you must insist that he does,
or you will tell the inspector. Ask him
if he cleans his cows with brush and
then washes the udder and side before
milking. See that he thoroughly dries
his hands before starting in to milk.
You can tell if he does all this by ex-
amining the bottom of the bottle Of
milk to see if any sediment is floating
in the milk.
"By asking your dairyman these
questions it will help your inspector
to keep the milk supply of salem par
excellence.
"Salcm has some nice up-to-date san
itary bake shops, and by looking on
the wrapper of your next loaf of bread
you can tell who made the bread.