Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-26
MILK VIOLATIONS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
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that the department will prosecute
during the coming week.
One dealer, who receives his milk
from many sources and who has his
place of business in a nearby borough,
is one of those against whom prosecu-
ton will most likely be made. He has
been advertising pasteurized milk en-
tensively of late and samples taken
from him during the past week and
given meteorological test prove con-
clusively that his milk is not pasteur-
lied and that it is far from the stand
ard adopted in Harrisburg The test
made at the city laboratories shows
the presence of 100000 bacteria to a
cubic centimeter.
Only one per cent. of the milk was
butter. The Harrisburg standard re-
quires that pasteurized milk must not
contain less than 3A per cent. butter
fats and that there must not be more
than 225,000 bacteria to the cubic
centimeter. This particular dealer, at
the time the sample was taken, was
selling "pasteurized" milk containing
lllOi Z llldll SUU per cent. less
fats than required and almost 200 per
cent. more bacteria than is permit
ted And that same milk was being
furnished to babies.
All Milk Not Bad
But all of the milk brought into
Harrisburg is not bad, a fact con-
spicuously evidenced yesterday when
the inspection party visited farms in
the lower end of Cumberland county
in the vicinity of West Fairview,
Shiremanstown, Mechanicsburg, Bow
mansdale and Camp Hill. OF the dozen
or more visited only two or three were
not in the best condition possible.
Untidiness about the barns and the
barnyards were the most serious COM
plants lodged. The farmers in several
instances had failed to clean the yards
properly and had neglected to remove
the manure far enough away from the
barns. In other cases dust and dirt,
which have been accommodating for
years, were permitted to hang from
the stable ceilings, reeking with
millions of germs. These conditions
show neglect on the part of the farm
ers and with a little extra work the
dirt could be removed and the milk
tests would not likely show the pres
ence of as many bacteria as they do
now.
On the majority of the farms visited
yesterday, the inspectors found
adequate cooling systems. good facili-
ties for washing cans in a sanitary
way and facilities which permitted
clean milking. Many of the farmers,
instead of using the open-top milk
pale, use a bucket which is partly
covered. This necessarily means that
less dust and dirt can get into the milk.
A number of good strainers were found
and also several separators of modern
construction.
One VioIator
The worst farm found was one near
Shiremanstown where manure is piled
in the barnyard to a depth of several
feet. A. redeeming feature. however,
is that the farmer has fence built
sveral feet from the barn which keeps
the manure and other dirt at least
that far away from the barns and
makes clean passageway into the
building. Another farm near West
Fairview has a similar fence in front
of the barn and there is only a thin
layer of manure in the yard. This
place was one of the best visited.
Throughout next week the inspec-
tors will continue their work in an
endeavor to visit every farm in this
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