Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-06-30
Talks To Farmers
BY TT. PECK
Commissioner Of Agriculture


a license fee of so a wear wa.
charged all persons manufacturing
ice cream for sale. This bill is
known as Chapter IFS. Acts of
1919, and was passed at the re-
quest of most of the ice cream
| manufacturers OF the state. The
enforcement of this law was en-
trusted to the Department of
Agriculture under the state Dairy
Commissioner.
From the first this law was un-
popular among the very small ice
cream manufacturers who did not
have the pasteerizing equipment,
because it made it necessary for
them 10 either buy this equipment
or to buy pasteurized milk and
cream from plant which had it
to sell. Many dairymen selling
their milk to these small plants
did not like the law because where
The small manufacturer purchased
his milk from a plant which
pasteurized, instead of buy ing the
necessary equipment the dairyman
had to find other place, where he
could dispose of his milk.
During the last week of the
legislature bill was introduced
by Mr.. Cummins of Shelby. re-
pealing sub section of Section
, of Chapter 17S of the Acts of
1919, which required all dairy
products used in the manufacture
OF ice cream to be pasteurized..I
This bill amending the Acts of
1919 is embodied in Chapter 1875.
Acts OF 1921.
Since this amendment by the
asst legislature, ice cream manu-
actured in Tennessee does not
nave to be pasteurized, and farm
.rs may now sell their raw milk
o an ice cream factory not equipp- a
d to ,pasteurize it, which they
ould not do under the law as it G
read. /
As result of this amendment,
everal small plants and drug Y
torres have started the manufact-
re OF ice cream i'll small towns Z
1stead of haveng it shipped in, c
present express rates made the
ost OF shipping almost prohibitiye. m
hus a demand for milk and K
cam has been created in these M
and the dairy industry
ereby stimulated,
1t is interesting TO note that =
ants which either had, or in :
allied, pasteurizing machinery =
hen the compulsory pasteur-
alton law was passed arc still
.steurlzing their milk for ice
cam since the law has been
'ended, They continued to /
steurize because thrv know that
Steurization gives them better
oduct and is the only sure way -
always having pure milk and
am, thus always guaranteeing
III customers pure ice cream. nh
Dairy farming is one of the most nj,
fltable fofms of live stock farm tho
, and with all conditions of soil, nro
nate, etc, so well suited to the ha
lopement of the industry in this ;,o
te, should receive more atten- NOT
from farmers. tn
he conservation of the fertility :. !.
ne soil is one of the greatest -.
olens of agriculture. Farms in 81 ;.
ost every community, and even - !
re counties, can be pointed out nor,
re the fertility of the soil has ,,o,,
vastly increased by live stock h,o,,
ing, and the most marked ex- 6ed
les of this are in connection !,
dairy farming.
lere is constancv and certainty pvr
turns in the dairy COW. This Ia,
ais to the farmer with small Man
al as readily as to the man of Gen
+ means. Dairying is not a with
llative business. The returns for
onstant and can be depended shor
The market price varies less Iesse
any other farm product 1t is stoo,
m ubf no termed 'o,o,a,,