Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-02-17

value, these tickets must be in cou-
pom form and must be destroyed at
ter once using.
Section 8. The stable and sur
roundings must be kept in good san
itary condition. Cows must not be
allowed to stand in manure and filth.
Manure and urine must be removed
from the stable at least once daily,
and if not taken to field daily must
be placed where the cows cannot get
into it.
Manure must not be thrown out
through the stable windows. IL
horses are kept in the same stable,
tight partition should separate
them from the cattle. No other an
imals or fowls will be allowed in the
cow stable. Floors must be kept
clean and in good repair at all times
and also constructed with sufficient
gutter.
At least two square feet of unoh-
structed window glass must be pro-
vided per COW and equally distribut-
ed; at least four hundred (400- cubic
feet of space must be provided for
per COW. Windows must be left par
TALLY open if no other method of
ventilation is provided for. Stable
yard must be we'll drained and kept
clean.
} Section 8. Cows must be kept
clean. The bedding must be kept
clean. The bedding must be clean
at all times and Of sufficient quaint
ty to protect the animals from ly-
ing in filth. Pure water, free from
contamination, must be provided
Section TO- Dairymen and helpers
must thoroughly wash and wipe their
hands Immediately before milking
They must not use bottles, pals,
cans, strainers and utensils used in
milking unless they have been thor
oughly washed in hot water and soap
or hot water and soda, and after
wards sterilized with boiling water
or steam. Care must be taken that
the seams of the vessels and faucets
are thoroughly cleaned with brush
They must refrain from milking or
handling the milk in any way, when
in themselves or their family there
is even a suspicion of any contagious
or infectious disease such as small
pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, tuber-
culosis or the like.
Section IL. Immediately after
milking, the milk shall be removed
from the stable into the milk room
screened from flies and insects, and
cooled to at least fifty-six (56) de-
grees temperature and put into per-
fectly clean bottles or cans. Dairy
men who use bottles in delivering
milk shall not fill bottles while on
their delivery route. Dairymen who
use cans in delivering milk shall not
expose the contents of any can while
on their delivery route, except it be
done in an enclosed wagon with doors
and windows closed.
Section ~. The milk house OF
milk room must be located and con-
structed to the satisfaction of the
board of health. 1t must be kept
clean at all times and free from odor
No person shall use the milk bottle
or cans for other than milk purposes
Section 10. No person shall bring
into the city for sale or sell, give
away or deliver to any person any
milk, which does not comply with
the following requirements:
Ia Containing less that "12ih
per cent" of milk solids.
OBJ Containing less than $50 PEI
cent" of milk fats.
(c) From which any part of the
cream has been removed.
I'D Having a specific gravity of
less than one and twenty-nine thou
sandths G.029), nor more than one
and thirty-three thousandths (1.O33).
(e) Containing any dirt, foreign
matter or sediment.
81 Containing any boracic or
salicylic acid, formaldehyde or other
chemicals.
(g) Containing any pathogenic
bacteria.
! (h) Drawn from any cow having
communicable disease or showing
clinical symptoms of tuberculosis or
from herd which contains any dis
eased cattle, or from cows suffering
with sore and inflamed udders and
teets.
(D Drawn from any cow within
fifteen days before or six days after
partufition.
Cd Milk or cream which has been
produced contrary to or not in COM
pliance with the terms, conditions
and provisions of this ordinance.
Section ID. No person shall offer
for sale or sell milk from which the
cream has been removed, either in
part or in whole, unless on two sides
of the container from which the milk
is sold there appears in black letters
not less than one inch in height, the
words, SKINNED Milk"
Section 10. No one shall use any
vehicle for the delivery of milk in
the city of Alma, which has not
painted thereon in legible Roman
letters not less than three inches in
height, and on both sides of the We
hicle, and in a conspicuous place, the
name Of his dairy and number of his