The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-10
DAIRY INSPECTOR
INSPECTS MADISON DIARIES
ENDORSES CENTRAL DEPOT
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.

Dairy Inspector A. III. Rishoi. Of
Brookings. was in Madison and yicin-
Iity yesterday, inspecting dairies pro-
ducing products for both public and
private consumption. Mr.. Rishoi in
spected some is institutions in and
about the city yesterday. and he
4 states that while he found nothing Of
lreprehensible nature i'm amy of them.
there were instances whore sugges-
tions concerning minor details were
necessary. and the enforcement Of
them would assist materially in pro
ducing a purer milk product.
The most common neglect. the in
\ spector explained, is that Of neglect
Of the cream separator. Washing is
ordinarily well done. but not enough
attention is given to the matter Of
sterilization. This is most easily and
commonly done with hot water and
sunlight. Ordinarily the water used
is not OF high enough temperature
TO sterilize.
Another matter is that of shovel
and sunlight. Both are required in
COW stables where milk is produced.
The neglect of either of these factors
calls for criticism by the inspector.
Milk for public consumption is
best handled through a central de
pot. said the Inspector to a reporter.
Any irregularities or impurities can
then be easily traced and elm
mated. Then, too, the cost of dis
tribution is greatly reduced by fewer
men being employed. the product can
be handled by men who know their
,.~l,I~ ,aI IaE41~ md Inphurtu nf
more importance is the fact that
modern appliances may be installed
for cleaning and sterilizing the prod
uct.
OF the popular idea that clarifying
and sterilizing milk Injuries il for
consumption. especially BY children.
Mr.. Rishoi said that il was a choice
between two evils. Dirty milk may
be easily digested if one lives long
enough. and milk that is dirty is al
ways loaded with disease bearing
germs. And, further, he questioned
the fact that sterilized milk is diff
cult of digestion, or that ii does not
%precipitate under the butter fat or
cream.
In connection with central milk
depots. the inspector called attention
to the Madison Dairy company's
plant in this city. With the machin-
cry installed there, working under
sanitary conditions, the quality of
milk should be much better than
what has been served the trade by
promiscuous dealers. Mr.. Rishoi
showed the reporter samples of milk
which had been filtered to detect
dirt. In some units the residue
showed an astonishing quantity of
barn refuse. In the sample taken of
the milk after being passed through
the clarifier there was not q percep-
tible trace of dirt. OF course the
clarifier does not sterilize the milk
il removes only the visible impuri-
ties. For killing the injurious germs
the milk is run into a vat, constantly
agitated. and heated by a steam coil
until il is at 40 degrees Fahrenheit,
then quickly cooled and bottled. This
is known 10 the trade as p~asteuriZa-
ton. IN the business there are at
least two methods of conducting pas
teurization. One by the method just
described, and another by what is
known as the flash method. The one
in use in Madison is pronounced the
best.
In large cities ~pasteurized milk
only may be sold by dealers. 1t is
shown that disease is spread by milk
which is sold without this attention.
In the handling of M product, per-
haps, is cleanliness so necessary as
in milk and its products. For a
small initial purtifactive poison feedss
upon and develops in the milk aston