Evening journal., 1919-07-11
RAISE FISH IN
Cellars, HEALTH
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LMl LNI HUULNIU
IcontInued From page one.l

kConunued from rage One.l
explains, that II cannot adequately be
met by the city alone. lie urges that
the Legislature enact laws providing
for the establishment OF accredited
herds, making compulsory the testing
and retestlng OF cattle shipped into
the state. and requiring that all milk
sold In Wilmington must either come
from tuberculin tested herds or be
pasieurizcd He takes up the various
phases that enter into the handling OF
milk from the small depols TO the
large pasleurzing plants.
DR.. Terry declares there is a little
misbranding practiced by some deal
ers which practice should be broken
up. He states that the city is receiving
some excellent milk and also a lot OF
dirty milk and miik-of high bacterial
content But % per cent OF the sam
pies were under the State limit OF
$4,000 bacteria per c. G. One sample
was watered and ~ skinned. or %
samples, 70 or q per cent. gave evil
dence that the milk had been tam
pered with.
DR.. Terry recommends first that the
city have a competent milk inspector.
pointing out that a trained man should
be appointed TO that office; second, that
the city should maintain a we'll equip
ned laboratory for testing milk in order
that the work Of the inspector may be
conducted intelligently; third, that the
laboratory results should be published
In an the local newspapers as often as
once a month, so the public can patron
lie the better dealers: fourth, that
grading system should be adopted;
firth. that the city should take steps to
insure the entire milk supply being
pasteurized by the held process with
in two years, and sixth, that the city
should adopt a modern milk code. From
the findings OF his survey. Or. Terry
points out, skimming and watering
milk appear 10 be common practices,
Vet The summarized reports Of the city
milk inspector for 1918 show that OF
the 1856 samples examined IN eleven
months. no supplies failed TO come up
TO the legal standards
In the survey OF milk conditions. Or.
Terry was assisted by lIoratio n. Par
keF. The survey points out that there
is an abundance OF large and sub
stantial barns in the farm area sur
rounding Wilmington, but most OF
them are ill-adapted 10 dairying.
THE care OF barnyards leaves much
to be desired" says DR.. Terry. 'Many
need draining and too often manure is
allowed to accumulate TO such an ex-
tent as 10 product most unsanitary
conditions.
MANY Of the dalries have no milk
houses; OF those in use many are unfit
because they are poorly located, badly
built and are too small Most OF them
are unscreened. Every dairy farm
should have detached milk house
30 feet by 10 feet, with a smooth finish
inside. a cement floor and a door open
ing outward. In summer the windows
and doors should be screened.
"The equipment required by the dairy
farms producing market milk Is small
and most Of them have all that is
necessary, but In one important parilc-
ular they fail badly. Practically all OF
the dairymen are milking into open
pals. They should be required 20 use
the small top buckets for they cut
out from 30 TO 75 per cent. OF tho dirt
that would otherwise fall into the pail
in milking.
Although there are a number OF
pure bred herds producing milk for
Wilmington most OF the dairymen have
herds Of grade cattle While many OF
them have fine looking animals the
systematic culling out those that do
not give enough milk 10 pay for their
keep has not been generally attempted.
The use Of scrub bulls Is far too COM
mon and must depress the production
OF milk and butterfat, thereby increas-
ing the cost OF both. As a whole the
animals composing the herds were in
good condition, but those OF some
owners were not and these men as
well as others could profit by compe-
tent advice on feeds and feeding.
A number OF the dairymen are ten
INT farmers. Naturally they are not
Inclined to make the permanent inn
that from time to time are
on the farms they rent. TN
many Of the owners are
not disposed 10 do so either. and this
failure TO make repairs sometimes re-
suits in the appearance OF unssnitary
conditions on the farms. Owners that |
rent their farms for dairying ought 10 4
realize that they have a responsibility |
TO the public that consumes the milk"
''lhe two principal milk dealers OF 1
The city buy milk from dairy farmers,
clarity and pasteurize it. Both these
plants are well equipped and Il Is un-
doubtedly the intention OF the man