Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-11
PERMANENT INSPECTOR?
Secretary Dalton Snys Perhnps-The
Evening Session.

IF the law remains as at present after
this rcssion Of the LEGISLATURE. we hone
TO make our milk inspector a permanent
officer visiting diaries at least twice .
year and having authority to enforce
reasonable regulations. DR.. {. f. BAL
ton, secretary state board Of health.
Dr.. Daltoh'S br. f speech. intcrlarded
between couple of stcreopticon lectures
was an added feature OF tho program.
The result Of having n permanent in
, spcctor Or Dalton cNpiaiuci later: This
viii still leave the licensing power in the
hands of local boards of health. but the
licenses would be conditional on state
inspection"
Tho sccrctar! asked the co-orrratian Of
the members In the plan His talk nolute1
TO the equal importance Of having nrs..
class milk in Vermont which POSSESSED
it's share Of babies ana invalils the same
as tho big cities.
Last summer i4o dnrics in - different
counties We're scored, the basis being.
Equipment, "0.l1 per cent: method Al a.
total, 6l9. These were some Of the re-
suits: 20 to 80 per cent. perfect, t. per
cent. of the i2o; 70 10 60. - per cent; 60
! to 70, 80 per cent. - to So l. per cent :;
over " per cent, only -four per cent OF
the i2H diaries; below 40 per cent, . per
cent; percentage nj daircs that had had
their cows tuberculin-teSted within one
year =. in over one year. 8. OF the i2q
l1.6 used the small-top milk pail a. the
milking machine; 81 had udders washed
'35 had them wiped, SIS per cent had
hem brushed dry. of 1i9 samples taken.
81 were clean milk 49.3 dirty: $50 had a
suitable milk room 46.i had none
Z c. y. Lane If Philadelphia who smoke
on THE Market Milk Industry" with
illustrations of the stereopticon gave
some interesting preliminary figures. He
said he was glad to learn that only Z per
cent of the cows In Vermont were af-
fected with tuberculosis. The value of
milk produced annually in the United
states was S6o1, o000o. Only one pound of
butter in II was made on the farm. His
pictures were Of beef and dairy
cattle, in the showing of which he wanted
to indicate the impossihilty of using
eth for the purpose e. which the other
was adapted. Their W'rc also pictures
of meat affected by tuberculosis. slides
of bacteria of several kinds, the nflu-
cnce of various factors such as use of
small-top pail, using clean methods of
milking. wiping udders. etc. Clean
methods, he proved. were even more i'm
portant than fine equipment. A large
Philadelphia concern with which he is
connected offers Pennsylvania farmers
pTlZcS 1OT low bacteria count, etc.
John c. circuit of Boston. secretary Of
the agricultural committee of the Bos,on
Chamber Of Commerce. spoke on "Cirad-
ing and Labelling Milk and Cream Mr.
circuit quoted from tho report of an in
vcSti%ation and ANALYSIS of two years
over all New England Of the production.
transportation. inspection and distribu-
ton Of milk and cram in New England.
AS the result Of it the chamber rccor,-
mended that. FIRST, frst-class product
is the prime essential: second. grading
and labelling; third. producers should
establish country milk stations: fourth
improvements in farm economy: fifth.
reform in railroad transportation; sixth,
Improvement in city distribution
The COW is n machine. said Mr.. circuit,
and described by an anatomical chart
how the COW makes milk. Further
charts showed that Vermont, by legal
requirement, stood second to the per-
centage of fat required. 325 in New Eng
land with Massachusetts, first with 3S5
per cent. and New Hampshire with no
law. The percentage CT solids other than
fats required by Vermont statutes is 925
the highest in New England, and the
total percentage of solids, l. 30. also the
highest of any New England State
Mr.. circuit said paying dollar for
membership in the New England Mir
Producers association. which was being
organized in Boston yesterday. was Xix,
expecting to get into heaven at that fec
A few charts showed the distribution
of the dairy industry in the United States
Wisconsin and the territory west anc
south Of it were shown as the center OF
the dairy industry, both according t.
heads OF dairy cattle owned and t.
crcameries. But the great South wa
rapidly becoming daryfied. Canada was
shipping considerable cream from Quebec
province.
Other charts described the procedur,
of a survey, which was the necessar,
preliminary to cooperative creameries
etc.