The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-28
MOST DA|RYMEN APPROVE
PROPOSED NEW MILK Law

The provision requiring the sterili-
zation of milk bottles for twenty min
utes will probably be stricken out as
a result of the discussion. Mr.. Haas.
a dairyman, said that under such a
requirement it would take five hours
to sterilize fifteen cases Of bottles. Dr.
Gillie said 1t would require at least
thirty minutes properly to sterilize a
bottle, but he thought it would be sat-
isfactory If the dairymen were re-
CURED only to cleanse the bottles with
scalding water and an alkaH solution.
DIR. Gillie also declared the pasturiza-
ton of milk for twenty minutes at a
temperature of $50 to 1856 degrees
would not injure the quality of milk
nor eliminate the cream line.
Weiss Objects to Bottles.
BENJAMIN Weiss raised a vigorous
objection to the provision requiring
the distribution OF all milk in quanti-
ties of a quart or less in bottles. He
supplies Mayor Robbins with milk, so
when the section was read he pointed
to the mayor, exclaiming, THAT let's
YOU out. If 1 have to sell milk that
way I'll go out of business"
He believes it will be too expensive
for dairymen to handle so much milk
in bottles. None of the other dairy
men, however, seemed to have much
objection to such requirement.
Later the discussion drifted back to
the question of keeping milk iced in
delivery wagons. Dairyman Haas
complained that when their ice sup
ply ran out they have been unable to
rene wtheir supplies by purchases
from ice wagons. This aroused the ire
of the city attorney who declared
such tactics on the part of the Ice
not be tolerated in the future.
DR.. Gillie declared that the provis-
ion requiring dairymen to deliver milk
at a temperature of less than IS de-
gress was one of the most important
in the ordinance. He said that through
a strict enforcement Of this provision
in the Fort Wayne ordinance he had
been able to reduce the infant mortal
ity from thirty-seven to 5 year In
five years.
Return Dirty Bottles.
Complaint was made by dairymen
that many people return bottles to
them in filthy condition. Some use
bottles to keep starch, kerosene and
even preserved fruits before return
ing them, and then do so without
cleansing the bottles. Haas wanted
the ordinance to require all dairymen
to refuse to accept dirty bottles.
Answering the complaint of Mr..
Weiss against delivering milk in bot
ties, Mr.. Bachelor declared that such
a system was the most practical and
profitable one. He said he employed
two men to do nothing but cleanse
bottles Bachelor also advocated the
section requiring milk to be delivered
at temperature of at least SIS de-
gress. THE colder the BETTER" he said,
and then charged that some dairymen
never used ice.
The section requiring that milk be
cooled within an hour after milking
was not drastic enough for the dairy
men. They wanted the section to read
that milk must be cooled Immediate
ly" They also approved of the hood
bucket for milking but were not salts
fled with the requirement Of changing
cheese cloth with every bucket.
Objection was also made to the pro-
vision requiring calving cows be kept
in separate quarters from the other
COWS in the herd.