Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-14

tory the combined total of bacteria in all samples together amounted to 69,- coo: far less. for all combined, than
 what is acceptable and allowable
 l0G,000) in any given one sample in
 Boston: the combined lot with S0O,O00
 bacteria being welcomed as good milk.
 The per cent. in cleanliness, in which
 1 think there can be no perfect score,
 ran as follows: 75, 1o, 15. S0, 90, 95. y9
 Gone bottle broke min transit). The
 proof of good or bad milk is generally
 shown in it's effects on children: while
 for the last two or three years we have
 mad hardly any deaths from infantile
 diseases amor~ the bottIe-fed.
 Ii peonle here want certified milk.
 and are willing to pay the producers
 price. l will cheerfuIly inform them
 where they can get it. But dealers
 here in such an article have advertised
 for customers without satisfactory re- sults-
 Better Milk With Better Stock. That our milk here could be better, with better stock, the Norwich milk Inspector said was a fact. The dealer should get something more than he is setting. Our milk fortunately is being distributed where good milk does the most good, in families of little children and nursing mothers. And no project SegregatinS or separating our milk supply into good and bad quantities should at present be cOuntenauced. The well -tO-do men and women who as q. matter of fact have not much use for milk except in cooking, can manage to get along with the ordi- nay, without selffshly seeking the best Of it for their palate's sake, and Ieav- ing the second or third ratings for those who cannot really afford to buy any other yet whose families from their surroundings and scanty tables leed the best, These are the people who must live on skim mllk or con tensed milk when the certified period comes.
 On the Financial Side. On the financial side of the pIan pr. North was told said Dr. Shahan, that neither the Board of Trade nor city council would sponsor the scheme
 as both were out for the greatest good for the greatest number, ard that the neople should not be asked to go down into their pockets to recuperate a few HlUe ribbon farmers who have failed Q make good on our old farms Dr. North said that he would pay about 5c per quart for milk, but that other things being equal, he would buy in thA cheapest market. Our pedd' CTS Ire fne from to $ cents d quart for
 milk delivered at the door The farm .' / q distance in New London coun- V cannot compete here with them. as they live too far off to come here ard deliver to customers. But what
 
 q al in New London, WilIimantic or Colchester from sending large quanti- ties of milk along our lines of rapid transit to this city. and receive more 3nr the article than they are now re- ceiVing from Providence. or Boston In the interview referred to Dr. North was further asked, the Norwich milk inspector said, if contracts would not be made with such suppliers, and if So. what was to become of the once wellw established man who had sacrificed his route to help along the milk depot How would such q man regain his customers 1 informed rs> i North that should such 9 scheme l promise to mature in tais manufactur- l ing and farming county, l would re- quest D or 30 dealers to become non 1 contributors towards the undertakirg 2. ] but to continue their regular routine and await results. The dOctCr thanked me for my interest in the matter hap ] ing that we might meet again, which 1 we did in a few weeks in the upper ] offices Of the Transports tion Co.'S ] building, ShetuCket street, where he made a statement that on a cedtain ] occasion he prevented a probable cpl ! demic of typhoid fever by discOverine 1 in bacterioIogicaI examination the l germs of the disease T, milk Now fl l is an absolute irnpossibility for bac- : astrological methods tD detect typhoid ! 9e~nls in milk. The doctor was asked 1 10 mention what process he used. but ] continued his talk otherwise.
 ! Of course quality in milk means more than chemical composition: but l he problem Of milk sanitation does not ! lie in the millr depot: nor will strain i ing or clarifying milk remove bacteria from it.
 ! Nothing to Fear.
 ! Dr. North was told that the under i taking was not worka bIc here, anC that our trustworthy formers who have ! for years been giving Us fine milk at . l comparatively small price and sustain ! ing as good a reputation as their fatIl- 1 CTS before them. would be advised 1 against cOuntenancing such d. scheme 1 as by it q monopoly would be pro ! duced which would hurt the consumer 1 or create an oyersupply with conse- 1 quent cheaper rates. or buying in the ! cheapest market, which would injure : our neighborinS farmers.
 As for as our present milk supply
 we need have nothing to fear" con 1 cluded pr. Shaha0. we will be sat 1 ished if 1t gets no worse
 HICKMAN HOLDS LEAD