The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-06
FINISH FOOD SYMPOSIUM
Veterinarians Favor Pas.
teurization Of Milk If
Done Properly.

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their tour. Some Of the pictures were
Of model dairies, while others were of
those Of the opposite description.
Slides illustrative Of the comparative
results Of the inspection Of the diff
ferent classes Of diaries were also
shown. The doctor gave short talk
in which he related several Of the in
cidents. humorous and otherwise, en-
countered by the inspector while on
duty.
A general discussion followed the
lecture.
DIR. E. +. Dodds. president of the
Missoula County Medical society, was
unable to be present to address the
meeting on meat and milk inspection
from physicians viewpoint and the
number was dropped from the pro-
gram.
The closing address in the sympo-
SUM was delivered by DR.. Butler, He
spoke on the present meat inspection
laws and how they might be bettcred.
Montana's meat inspection law, he
said, Is probably the best law OF its
kind In existence, but 1t is not in force
and Montana is entirely without a
system of meat inspection.
To the present law providing for m
inspector in each county. he suggested
Two remedies. One was municipal
abattoirs or slaughter houses: the
other was the appointment of a dis
trict Or county Inspector with author
ity to designate the time for slaugh-
ter.
The real meat dealer, who is work.
ing on fair basis, wants inspection in
order that he may successfully COM
pete with the INSCRIPTIONS dealer who
will sell meat from a lumpy- iawed
COW, said the doctor. The meat NAV
look good on the hook but where there
has been no ante and post mortem in
spection there can be no determine
ton of the safety of its consumption.
continued the speaker. Cooking NAV
destroy the bacteria, he said, but not
the intoxicative elements arising from
their presence.
In speaking Of the municipal abat-
toirs. DR.. Butler called attention to
the one in Baton Rouge where, during
the year following September /, 1915,
X I'll aniInr 1c Lii
were condemned and the city came
out with u credit balance of $2,OO4.sO
on September /. 1916. Paris, Texas.
ne said. raised the money for its
abattoir by issuing bonds for the
amount Of $4,000. The city employs
five men to do the work and charges
sl.25 a head for cattle and Is cents a
head for hogs. sheep. goats and calves
to kill. dress. inspect. cool and deliver
the meat ready for retailing at the
butcher shops. The city retains only
the offal. which it sells for fertilizer.
In Butte. he said, the prices We're $3.50
head for cattle. so cents for sheep
and IS cents for hogs.
Taking up the proposition from an
economical standpoint. the speaker
showed that one large abattoir in OPP
GRAFTON nearly all the time would be
less expensive than three or four
smaller ones in operation only part of
the time. He pointed out that the
shipper could save his meat when the
trains were tied up by killing it and
storing 1t in the refrigerator until an
opportunity for shipment was offered,
saving the grain that would otherwise
have to be wasted on the animals al
ready fattened. Again. he pointed out
the great loss Of weight by the animal
when shipped alive to Chicago and
the unnecessary payment OF double
| freight when the meat OF that same
animal would be shipped back to Mon
tana to be retailed on the market
In his discussion Of the question OF
| milk inspection, the doctor touched
only on those points not mentioned OF
emphasized by the other speakers
| One was the fact that the people were
often to blame for the impurities in
their milk. because they did not care
| Tor 1t properly after 1t had been de-
livered to them.
The speaker decried the wastefu
system Of having five different in.
spectors for the diaries Of Montana
The number could be decreased ant
the efficiency of the remainder in.
creased by making all dealers in dair,
products take out n license and pay
for it. the license list being used t.
facilitate the search for the dairic!
and the money to be turned over t
the board Of health.
| AS did his fellow veterinarians. tn,
doctor spoke in favor. Of pasteuriza
ton. saying that the cry against tn
process in the past has been for tn
reason that the dairymen did not pas
| tonriza q II should 1,. 10uo