St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-07-11
HIGH-GRADE MILK PAYS:
City Milk Contests Encourage Better
Quality Afilk-Simple System of
s.- Grading sA

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Quality Afilk-simple system of
- GRADING 4A
! Much interest on the part of both
the milk producer and. the consumer
in cities in the quality of the local
fmilk supply can be aroused by the city
] milk contest where surprise" samples
are taken. Such. city milk contest
| was first held in Baltimore, Nd. by
the Dairy Division of the United
| States Department of Agriculture in
| 1911. 1t has been adopted since in
\ many other cities. especially on the
Pacific coast. The city milk contest
4 adVertises those dairies which obtain
high scores as to the quality of their
| milk, and results in the lettering Of
! the supply for the entire city. FIRE.
quently prizes are. given by boards of
trade or like organizations to those
tdairymen who win the highest scores
in such contests. 81 Stf+;
The method of conducting such a
city milk contest as used in Green
vile, S. c., is typical. Milk samples
were collected in the, strests from each
dealer each month for; a year. One
dairy which delivered 100, 900 quarts
tof. milk during. the year was awarded
an average score. of 95. Another,
which delivered 10000 quarts, aver
aged score of $50 A third, which
delivered 10000 quarts, had an aver
age score Of 81. The woman's club
of the city presented the owner. .aaf
each Of the three dairies with q loving
cup in recognition OF the, excellent
quality Of the milk furnished 70 CON
sumers. 81 s@sfs65 f5lb,E5 $ssis 49,
In that contest the. grading ofi the
lsmAk was determined by. meansaaf the
milk score card, which allows ;s35
points for bacteria. IS for flavor and
odor, 10 for visible dirt. TO FOR rat, re
for solids not fat, 5 for temperature,
and 5,for the appearance Of bottle ana
cap. making az total pf ieae Points. e.
In conducting a city milk contest
| dealers are CLASSIFIED according to the
Kind Of milk they handle, as certified,
raw, or pasfeurized milk. Once each
month for II months. or oftener if de-
sired, a pint of milk was collected
! from the delivery. wagon of.e each
dealer. The bacterial count. fat and
solids not fat content of each Of the
/ SAMPLES we're 4determinea IN tha iasaKs
oraforv. the tefnneSat,re 81 tho MIN
ON tie load was ftakef, when, tte. ssa rns
i pies were collected The { twelfth
/ month two pint bottles OF m ik tMers
i collected from the delivery wssg sof
each dealer. One was anal yxeda3pF
bacteria count, fat, and .sotids Not tak;
/ the other. was scored !sfofy faypf Arzfi
oior and visible dirt. The aus FOL
visible dirt was d termined By par itik
| the milk through d sediment tastsr,,
collecting the sediment on a cotton
disk: 81 49,, s ). 3,
III order to score as points ia MD.
i terra the milk sa m Ma mist cnn
l. Under $40 bacteri per cubfc centis
4 meter. 4 com CON etent Judge seorxdsff;iee
sample for flavor and 3of1or @anlroiiits
4 were awarded when The flavor Ana
odor were consi dered satisfactory. TiIe
j sample of milk free from sediment
received score 81 10. the cit SHUs
| pending on the QUANTITY sof saaiYnsnt
| present. Milk containing 4 PEP eessf
| or more Of fat was given 10 points,
1 and samples containing less were eist
IN proportion to their fat 6ontenE
Samples containing ST or fibrS 6f
| solids not fat received 10 points ana
were cut when below that duahtftS.
When the. sainnpl showed the atenfit3sE
i allure on the load was below so +. it
/ Vas awarded 5 points, and reciiye,iss
4 cut when above that Temperature III
i.time Of. collection. IA ord erS rs. io DS
tain s. points for bottle ana cap TIL
bottle must be clean, free from, naky
| glass, and the mouth, comb steiys cox
cred with a cap which protects fhN
Epouring lip. ~, ia 2. IS ~. rs,
gy3. To ascertain the, figure, ia kenato
represent the quality OF milk .snppliad
by each. dealer. the average baetkrial
count of the years samples ,wasadetSt-
mined. The average was given sa
number of points put Of 80 which
such count was allowed ON thesmiik
i score card. The fat and the, solids. not
fat were likewise <avera ged. The navor
and odor score. sediment. and botSiA
land cap. scores. gwen Ibys the Judge
we're added, and likewise the TEN
peTa'uss seo, ~, Y, e
Ct the various I1s.t. deaiers they were eiss
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