Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
FARM BUREAU
NEWS OF WEEK
The Necessity of Pure Milk is
Emphasized. No Substitute
For Dairy Products.
LIVE STOCK SHIPPING
COURSES A SUCCESS
Swine Feeders Day Will be Held at
Ames Nov. Is. Over 40 Lots
Pigs Will be Shown.

Much has been said and written
recently in regard to the danger of
using milk from tubercular cows,
while possibly the necessity of milk
in the diet has not been sufficiently
emphasized. There is no substitute
for dairy products. "Oleo" and man.
ufactured milk lack the very things
which are most needed by the hu-
man system. These can only be
supplied by pure dairy products.
Much has recently been said in re-
gard to the elements contained in
Or which can be obtained nowhere
Experiments with animals and
even children have been carried on
which prove conclusively that milk
and dairy products are absolutely
essential to a child's health and
vigor. Recently the County Agent
had the privilege of being in a school
where one of our food specialists was
talking to the children in regard
to the nutritive value of foods. She
was asking them what they had had
for breakfast. 1t was the average
school, made up of all kinds of chill
dren. They had had everything from
fried cakes and coffee up. 1t was
very noticeable that the children who
had coffee and some greasy foods for
their breakfast were not mentally
alert and showed real strength as
the children who drank milk. The
County Agent picked out boy who
had the clearest face, the brightest
eye and apparently the most healthy
body and wondered what he had for
breakfast. When his turn came, his
answer to what he had for break
fast was he did not have any. He
had drank a glass and half of
milk and did not care for anything
else.
Every child should have quart
of milk if possible, a pint under all
circumstances. More real food value
can be purchased for one dollar if
spent for milk than can be bought
in any other form. "Oleo" will not
take the place of butter. Food
specialists tell US it lacks vitamines
which are essential to child's men
tai and physical development.
In view of these facts, is it not
worth while to make an effort to rid
our dairy herds of tuberculosis? 1t
is my purpose to bring to the at
tention of our readers definite cases
where tuberculosis has been traced
directly from the use of milk from
tubercular cows.
In an Ohio city a child about
8 months of age died as the re-
suit of intestinal tuberculosis
which was verified by post
norton examination. There
was no history of tuberculosis
in either of the parents families.
This child was bottle fed most
of it's life with milk from one
particular dairy. After its
death the herd was tuberculin
tested, and 81 reacted out of
as tested.
Moral-Get your application for
the tuberculin test of your herd in
at once.
Miss Quammen, Winneshiek Coun-
ty Public Health Nurse, is trying
to visit as many of the rural schools
as she can before winter comes. She
reports having visited Is schools
with a total enrolment of 300 pupils
up to October Is. Out of this num-
Der, PIG pupils were found to have
decayed teeth, 102 pupils had en-
larged tonsils, Is pupils had defec-
tive vision.
Portable scales have now been Sc
cured and each pupil is weighed and
measured. 1T pupils had been
weighed October Is, so of these were
7 per cent or more under weight.
Parents, are your children among
those who have decayed teeth, dis
eased tonsils, defective vision, or
other remediable defects? Seek good
medical care or your child may be
permanently handicapped. ;.
Is your child under weight? Seek
to find the cause. 1t may be bad
teeth, diseased tonsils, eye strain,
faulty food habits, irregular habits
of sleep or too little sleep, or it
may be due to other causes.
Watch your child's weight. A
steady gain in weight and height
signifies more than the actual
weight.