The Detroit times., 1916-01-21
KEEPING MILK CLEAN

The sun do move. as the old
preacher said And mnk having
90 small place I'm the sun of human
existence, moves with it There is
no subject upon which more time
and more money has been spent and
is being spent-leayiug out OF
course, the present war-than the
protection OF our milk supply Every
state IN the union has It's laws,
which, rigidly enforced, viii safe
guard milk from the COW 10 the fam
ily table The state or town food
official who permits dirty. diseased
farmers to milk dirty. sick COWS IN
hlthy surroundings and 10 send this
milk IN rusty unclean containers 20
customers. holds his job by favor
and not by merit The official on
the job demands a clean dairy. clean,
healthy COWS, milkcd boy clean,
healthy workers, milk pastcurlzed
since So must be carried from dairy
10 consumer and fully protected
from dirt, flies and other impurities
In clean, steriizcd sealed bottles.
Uncle sam himself keeps an eye on
olr milk supply He co-opcrates
With the various state agricultural
departments and issues bulletins on
the home care OF milk
We have come 10 regard pasteur-
ized milk as the only safe milk The
safest milk of an would be the clean
milk used direct from the healthy
COW before d has the chance to ob.
sorb any impurities Next 10 tms
nc safest milk is pasteurizcj clean
milk. To pasteurize any and all
milk, dirty from diseased COWS,
lacking I'm various elements. by no
means iusurcs safe milk Pasteur
izea clean milk Is the only safe milk
Tor our cities
The sun DO move in the way our
modern milk supply Is managed too.
Formerly The individual farmer
poured ell his milk into big tin cans
and drove his milk route House
wives came ont with pals and tick
ets and received their DAYS supply
n something called the family away
from hCme, the milk pail was left on
The step. sometimes uncovered To.
dsy-fhe farmer sells bits milk TO
great dairy company and this com
pany acts as distributor Il acts as
far more than distributor II is FIRST
aid 10 our putH food and dairy laws.
In some instances our great milk
companies OF national repute have
ante-dated our food laws The work
~ supervision and the standards
which these dairy companies main
tain makes the work OF our food of
Gals far easier than Il might other.
wise be.
To explain our leading dairy
companies have their standards 20
which tho farmer must comply if he
would gell his milk 20 these firms
He must clean up his place as veil
wing, no evading Of this standard
set by the company n has Its own
inspectors IN the field, its own high.
a. himself There is no shllyshal-
priced scientists working ia perfect
b equipped laboratories our big
firms have made model farming com
munitios 10 ihej~ standards s due
thc great number of small farms
With their pier SAINT pictures OF we'll
ed herd brow inE in sammy pas
lures Model barns ideally yentilat-
cd and WITH n supply Of pure -"a'es.
lhitc-.lad healthy mixers guarding
The flow OF milk from dust and dirt
tho stcrlizod cans IN which the milk
IS transferred 10 The company re-.
Ceivinc stations Neither pure good
laws nor jealous officials have
wrought this miracle. II has been
companies who have priced good
name above riches
The housewife has much lay
knowledge concerning tho tricks OF
milk. She does not know perhaps
some Of these things which Uncle
Sam tells her
MIX is regarded az natural cul-
ture medium for bacteria, and the
rapldlty with which the various
forms VIII multiply, under he prop
OF temperature. is astonishing u
has shown that II cubic cen'imctor
tabout D.. teaspoon OF mllk contain
ing 10 bacteria is kept at rs degrees
for "A hours the hac.