Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-29
ABOUT SANITARY MILK;
RULES FOR EVERY FARMER

| ELACKSBCRCi. VA. January 2S.--
Thomas j. Murray, associate professor
} of bac,criology at the Virginia Poly
, tccinic Institute. has this 10 say ahou;
The Importance II sanitary milk and
now I" obtain a safe. clean product
for home market. Professor
Murray SAYS
One of the host mportan, things
connected with farm sanitation OF
cleanliness ON the farm is the produc-
t!"n of 4 clean, sanitary milk. All
changes that occur In milk. whether
they be beneficial or detrimental are
caused by minute plants known as bac-
tcrla The natural souring of the milk.
which is a beneficial change. is caused
by the lacti" acid bacteria Rops' milk
blue milk, and other undesirable
changes arc caused by bacteria. Then
besides, milk may serve as 4 vehicle
of disease by harbormr disease-pro-
ducinS or pathoEcnic bacteria. Milk
IS AN excellent food for bacterial
growth. and hence care must he taken
In tho production of milk to keep an
desirable organisms out. II the milk
IS produced in 4 sanitary manner Il
Is good milk with few bactcri:. in IT,
II. on the other hand, the milk * pro-
duc"d with careless, dirty mcthois il
- poor type of milk with many rac-
terra present some of which cause
undesirable changes and some OF which
'nhN even cause disease among tho
Bacteria may get into milk from, The
following sources: the COW people who
milk or handle the milk the nilkinr
/ utensils ana last. the surroundings
. under which the milk is produced
! DIRTY conditions mean drty milk:
/ cream conditions mean ~ sanitary milk
Let us consider the COW II is oh
/ NiouS that if the COW is cake,l with
manure come Of the latter will Sct
mt" tn" milk Manure is 10 per cent
by weight bacteria. If the COW is SUI
i'r!nG from tuberculosis II does not
cough or spit out The germs. but swal-
lows them. They arc then found pres
. ont IN the manure. This is the way
bovine or COW tuberculosis is spread
Thirty per cent OF tuberculosis in
cn'idrch is caused by cows and is car
ricd by milk IL the COW has a dis
/ chScd uddcr, these organisms Will yc;
INTO the milk. IF the coH Is iirt%, and
] co" hairs and manure fail into the
milk the milk becomes putrid with
. bacteria.
II tho mixer is not clean he. TOO. is
source OF danger. II he milks in
coWhioe boots cal cd with manure some
OF inns material may gct into tho milk
u II" milks directly after coming from
IN" toilet without washing his hands
disease bacteria may l." introduced
INTO The milk. II he coughs or sneczcs
over the milk pail there is stilI more
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,
The surroundings under which ~
mix is produced and the milk! -
Is dustv ,nd ,iin,,. @ me barn
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,ar,, III, '" 'u more h;ac-
bacteria that rot the milk Rotten
hins '''"' "'soroer IN Ia
C M b., NH,
,v and disnn.ad .t n"''n'eu proper
/ c,l.od u.;,h :, re- ~ VII pecon"
arc not sterlizeh or sc,Idcd hoforn ~.
ing used tn. milk is nroin cop,,r,i
mated. Many bacteria live oyer In ,t,o
! small particles of dried min, yo,, c,,
not get a clean milk with dirty utcn-
Sis.
MIX is responsible for more sicE
ness and death than pcrhans ali o,he,
foods combined Thor. ara m.ny "a,
sons for this. First b,ctcri, oro,,
well in milk and a SINAI, ;nfactio, NO.,
suits For example. if tho ,niIl,er !.
recovering from a case OF tvphoId fc-
Yer and communicates the mix n,
epidemic NAV result second NJ ali
food stuffs mill, is tho most diBcnIt
to obtain handle and tronsnor. In =,
clean sanitary condition Third IL
is the most dccomposiblo of all
our foods Fourth milk is Tho
/ only standard article Of dict obtainea
from animal sources that is consumed
! I'm lis raw state
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