The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-12-24

test in cows supplying milk to the
pasteurizing plants as well as to
private consumers. If Ii is a hard
ship Tor the man supplying milk to
the pasteuriZing plants to have his.
cattel tested, why is IL not as much
of burden to the milk producer
furnishing milk direct to the con-
sumner. For that reason the speak
er would demand the tuberculin test
In all dairy cows. DR.. Schmitt In
closing said that committee should
be appointed to CO. operate with the CT y
council in going through both the
old ordinance and the proposed new
one to pick out the good POINTS and
combine them in new milk ordin-
ance which will put Mankato on
the map in regard to pure milk.
Mrs. Brandrup Was Sarcastic
Mrs, j. r. Brandrup INDUCED in
considerable SARCASM In referring to
the present milk ordinance. She
said that it was like monument
erected to commemorate something
which should have been brought
about thirteen years ago, b3t which
has not been accomplished. She
said that she was somewhat at a
! loss to understand how DR.. Schmitt,
a former city health officer. could
| make the statement that the old or
q
forced. The great trouble with cities
and communities, Mrs. Brandrup
said. is that they sit back and wait.
! Action is what is needed If there
! Is no law now compelling farmers
| TO have their dairy herds tested for
signs OF tuberculosis, then the mat
ter should be taken up with the state
| legislature this winter, and such a
law passed compelling such a test,
1l,,,. g.. ~. a.,
losses in the killing of the diseased
! cattle
Mrs. E. w. Foster said that she
was heartily in accord with the views
Of DR.. Schmitt, in that the good
points in both the old and proposed
ordinances should be correlated and
formed into a new ordinance to
meet present needs.
DR.. A. F. Schmitt answering Mrs
Brandrup,, said that he is never ad-
| verse to honest criticism. He wish
ed to explain that when he was
health officer, he called a meeting
of the citizens and tried to get the
| CO. operation OF the public in the
enforcement Of the old ordinance,
but this support was not forthcoming
AS a general thing health officers
are handicapped by the lack of back
Ing up by public opinion Unless es
health officer, his efforts for good are
/ In vain. If health officer has not
come up TO the scratch in the perform
ance of his duties, nine times out of
| ten the public h 10 blame and not
the health officer.
II Appealed To State Board
Mrs. d. G.. Willard called atten-
ton to the fact that in the past she
had called the attention of the city
Z ~ ~, NJ
to deplorable conditions in this city,
but did not get any results until she
brought the matter before the state
board of health She hoped that IL
such a condition should reoccur that
public sentiment would remedy il at
once. and not let it lag as in the
| past.
Mrs. J. R. Brandrup said that she
was not criticizing either former
health officers-Dr. A. F. Schmitt or
DR.. c.. ]. Holman-for they had both
proved to be efficient officers, and
had even given more of their time
to the questions of health than they
could really afford to take from their
regular practice.
Mrs. E. S. Selle stated that, like
some OF the former speakers. she be-
lieved In every dairy cow being test
ed. She said tsat she wanted to
stand back of the local milk men
who are trying to live UP to the re-
quirements in the furnishing of pure
milk.
| Robert Rasmussen, proprietor of
the Model Dairy, the only pasteur-
izing plant in the city. wanted to
know of Mr.. Sibbald whether the
plant was not as good as the raw
milk being sold about town. Mr.
Sibbald in making answer to Mr..
Rasmussen said: 81 know from my
own observation that the pasteuriz-
alton plant in Mankato could stand
| for a whole lot of Improvement"
Mr.. Rasmussen said that he admit
ed that but that sediment tests were
being made and he thought that the
averages up we'll Mr. Sibbald said
that out of great many samples of
milk taken in the last month there
were but few that he would class
better than fair.
Big Stick Necessary
Mr.. Sibbald said that 1t was a
very good thing on the part of Mr..
Rasmussen to try to educate the
farmers to be careful with their
milk, but the big stick is necessary.
He would go for them. Mr. Ras-
mussen invited the ladies to inspect
his plant and offer suggestions. He
| Ia ALWAYS ready to receive sugges-
lions. Mr. Sibbald said that he did
not wish to create a scare in regard
to the milk question. but wanted
Mankato people to keep on using
milk There is nothing to fear in
the present milk situation in Man
kato he said, and he was willing to
wager tnat in the very near future
Mankato will have a milk ordinance
that will take care Of the city as 1t
should
Mrs. D. G. Willard wanted to know
what was being done with the cat
tie killed when found to be suffering
from tuberculosis. She said that of
her own knowledge in the past she
knew that such meat was sold in this
city for human consumption Mr.
Sibbald said that the state livestock
sanitation board require that animals
condemned should be sent to a fed
eral testing station. II the animal is
found to be effected that meat is
condemned and sent to rendering
vat. Mr.. Sibbald said that the send
ing of a piece Of the meat to the
state dairy and food department Is
not sufficient to determine whether