South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-12
PROPOSE 7 CENT
MILK FOR CITY
MueSSeI Civic Club Names
Committee to Investigate
Farmers Proposition.


Joseph County Milk Producers as
sociation has iutimated that seven
cent milk is not only possible but
very probably
At the meeting Of the Muessel
civic club last night az the NIuessel
school, @. r. Eddy president of the
club. read letter from KIBg I'm
which the latter says that both the
farmers and the city people realize
that the hizh cost of living is a reel
present da, issue, and are DESTROYS
"f coopf rating with the citizens 20
secure cheaper mix
Part OF the letter is as follows.
Those farmers in tie vicinity of
south Bend who are ia TIE MIX
producing business are DESTROYS 10
cooperate with any community OF
the city which would like cheaper
milk providing the community is
willing 10 cooperate i'm buying good
wholesome milk from one wagon so
that the cost Of distribution can be
reduced. BIS doing this milk can be
furnished for cents
Raise $4,000 for Plant.
Last saturday at an adjourned
meeting az the nigh school so pro-
ducers raised nearly $4,000 in ten
minutes 90 finance the construction
OF producers cooperative dis
tubuting plant, and this letter is
one result Of the plan.
4 committee composed of j. r..
McClay +. W. Morse and Frank
chichester was appointed 10 investi-
gate the matter and report at the
next meeting of the club i'm two
weeks
W. +. Hostetler. "a mem Der of the
producers association. was present
To represent his side Of the contro-
versy and produced figures from his
own records showing the cost OF
production of a. gallon of milk 10
tine farmer figured in terms of
quarts. The figures presented below
are for one cow.
Cost of Producing.
Forty pounds of silage per day for
240 days is As tons at IS per ton,
making a total OF SPA.
Fifteen pounds of hay per day
for 24O days is is tons at $12 per
ton. making a total of $21.S0.
Six pounds of grain per day for
40 days is 7.2 tons at $40 per ton.
making "a total of $2S.S0. The grand
total for the winter months is $74.4O.
During the summer when the
COWS are i'm pasture for four months.
their cost for feeding is about 81
per month or "A total of 81. and their
grain can be bought for one-fourth
of the winter price. totaling S12.4O.
The year round cost of the animal.
figuring Labor and overhead expense
AZ $50. is Si4O.SO.
The average production of a COW
is 1850 quarts of milk per year. Di-
tiding these $3.50 quarts into S140.SO
gives an average cost of 5.29 cents
per quart. HOstetler corrobOrated
his figures by quoting from J. 3.
Lindsey. agricultural agent OF Mas
sachusetts. who says that the av-
erage cost in Massachusetts,. Con-
necucut. New Hampshire and New
York Is 4.59 per quart
ROsenbury Speaks.
Milk was the only subject dis
cussed during and after the meeting
During the meeting Dr. Charles =.
Rosenbury. secretary of the board
OF the pasteurizatiOn and clarifCa-
tion OF milk.
The doctor dwelt particularly upon
the trouble ne experienced i'm try
ing to get his compulsory pasteuriz-
ing ordinance through the city coun-
ell. and limited that as soon as Or.
Carroll Fox had finished his survey
of the city they would probably
draft an ordinance that would meet
the approval OF the council.
In speaking of the objection to the
measure, DIT BOsenbury said that
10 was ignorance that led people
to oppose and went into detail in
telling of the pasteuriZation plan.
whereby the bacteria are reduced TO
more than one-third lower than they
are I'm raw milk.
Pasteurization consists i'm heating
the milk 10 IA degrees Fahrenheit
end then cooling il rapidly Clarifi-
cation consists of running the milk
through many strainers to remove
visible dirt and unseen particles of
dirt which are sure To re found i'm
the milk.
Warm Up on Dairy Plan.
Probably the most interesting part
of the meeting happened az the
close and was not recorded upon the
minutes. Four sides of the milk
question we're represented.
W r. Hosteter represented the
producers. a. l. Rogers of the south
Bend sanitary MILK Co. n member
of the club. represented the distrib-
utors. O.. Is. Eddy and j. +. McCIay
represented the consumers and DIR.
Bosenbury represented the munich
pauty
Someone brought up the question
Of "a municipal dairy. which was 20
have been one Of the topics Of the
meeunE. bur which was called of
ou account of The late hour and
then the FUN BEGAN
BoCers and Roseubury sided with
the distributors and were pessimistic
reeardins the proposition. Hostel
ier was emphatic iu his statements
that such plant could be worked
and that the farmers were going to
work one themselves. Eddy and
McClay upheld the consumers side
and argued that something must be
done 90 secure cheaper milk for
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