The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-07
MILK Treatment
DANGERS OF DISEASED COWS
AND EFFECTS OF TREATED
MILk-TUBERCU-
LIN TESTS.

The subject of transportation Of a
federal and q state veterinarian from
herd to herd of cows which furnish
milk to the public in the city of Mad
m~issioners' meeting, and has given
rise to some speculation and com-
ment on the part of thinking con-
sumers. III. A. Hartwich addressed
the board at that time and told some
truths which were good for the soul
and understanding. The treatment
of the animals producing the milk,
and the care and treatment of milk
on it's way to the consumer is recog-
nized as of prime Importance. 1t is
the most difficult of foods to preserve
in its natural state, and offers the
best possible medium for the propa-
patton of bacteria, both healthful and
destructive. Thus the most neces-
sary of human foOd is the hardest to
get in a pure state and the most diff
ficult to keep in a sweet and whole
some condition.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Hartwich,
when asked about the impending Wis
II OF the veterinarians to test the
dairy herds said In effect in the
course of conversation: One must
look to the source first in the pro
lection of the public against impure
milk. The public must be protected
against milk from diseased animals,
for the disease will be contained in
the product. That Is what the tests
against tuberculosis are for. For
eased milk and then trying to kill
the disease by later treatment, as the
bacillus cannot all be destroyed with
out also destroying the natural and
n%ealthful and nourishing qualities of
the milk.
Many owners of herds hesitate or
even try to avoid the tests as reQuir-
ed for the detection of tuberculosis,
fearing that something will indeed
be found in their cattle. The law
provides in hat case that the animals
be appraised at no more than $50
and killed, and a few owners would
rather endanger the lives of a COM
munity than sacrifice their prop
erty.
OF course milk from tuberculaI
cows is impregnated with the bacil.
lus of the disease. Pasteurization is
offered as a remedy for this and ty'
phoid, but is only partially effective
1t will reduce the numbers and vi,
tally Of the bacillus, but will not
eliminate them at the temperatures
perature which would eliminate this
bacillus would also kill active and
beneficial bacteria-and one might
then as well use the regular evapo,
rated milk sold in tins. which is
wholly sterilized.
. And the effects of diseased milk
! cannot be taken out by any process.
: In the human body diseases of these
, kinds run their courses, and in the
: meantime the germs are dying. In
dying they leave poisons, or toxins
= in the system which so often prove
fatal In their action on the heart
:, The same thing would occur in dis
:. eased milk treated by the Pasteul
system. The germs are killed, blu
the poisons of their organisms re
main. and while they would not com
municate the disease they are active
poisons for the heart or bowels
Undoubtedly many infants are vic
Tins OF bowel troubles which canno
otherwise be accounted for.
Pastaurization has also a deleteri
GUS effect on the natural ripening o
' milk. Milk will naturally sour. du'
to the germs which give rise to tn
development of Tactic acid, the activ
= souring principle. On taking mil
. into the stomach 1t curdles almos
Immediately. and is assisted by thi
self-generated Tactic acid. In ras
teurized milk this does not occur
for the germs making this Tactic aci,
are killed Only the germs OF bacil
lus OF decay are left, and they be
come active at once in the most ia
vorable field. Thus, too. are poison
generated.
From This il Is seen hat the Onl.
safe o. is to get milk pure at 1t
source. IL 1t is impure treatmen
win help 1t, but will not render /
pure, nor remove all the dangerou
elements. 1t is for this protection
that the laws and ordinances are ere
ated-to guard against the mos
dangerous of mediums for the trans
portation and communication of dis
ease.