The Washington herald., 1921-09-04

HAVE you . bottle baby in your
home?
DO you take cream In your break
fast eoffes7 Are you q buttermilk
fAn7 Perhaps you have = precious
little bottle hid away and like your
egKnog more than ever.
At any rate IL IL safe to say that
you use milk in some form, for
practically everyone does. So the
Hext time you have to scramble out
OF the way Of = big canvas-topped
motor truck loaded with milk cans,
dof't shake your fist At the driver
and call him unspeakable names, for
hes1s your friend.
MIIk Rest Health Food.
When you are driving out on the
country roads do not get peeved If
mink truck forces you to draw up
to the side OF the road in order to
let Il pass. That truck is an i'm
portant cog in the machinery that
has been evolved to protect your
health and that of other city
dwelIers.
P1radOxical as IL sounds, milk is
the best health food there is and
yet 1t is one of the most rapid
breeders Of disease germs II it is not
properly handled. So important is
the motor truck to the proper han
. ding Of the city milk supply, that
health authorities are actively en-
ragged IN fostering the use of motor
vehicles for the quick transporta-
tion Of milk.
Heat Increases Bacteria.
The longer milk is in transit in
-
turs when It Is delivered to the dis
trfbutinR dairy in the city. The
higher the temperature Of raw milk
up TO 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the
Krsater the growth Of bacteria; and
the larger the number of bacteris
- the less desirable the milk becomes
from the sanitary and economic
standpoIntA
Perhaps no city protects its mill
supply as thoroughly as Washington
Not only does the District Healtl
Department control the cleanliness
of-eonditions surrounding the pro
duckion Of the milk on the farm a
wsll a. the method Of handling
after Il reaches the local dairies
but the Nations Capital is fortunat
IN that practically all its milk
produced ouside of the District o
= Columbia All milk brought int
the District Is subject to the Fed
sral pure fod laws, which can onl
he enforced in connection wit
foods shipped in interstate. com
merce.
Must BE Cooled Promptly.
supplementinE the efforts Of tn
lscai and Federal authorities ar
the precautions taken by those locs
distributors of milk who pride thel
nelyes on the quality Of their prod
uct- Some dairies pay a premium
milk that exceeds the requirement
of the health authorities and maiT
tain their own laboratories and e.
perts for analyZing the milk shipcC
by their supplyers.
No matter how careful the farmG
NAV be in the production o: n
milk. neither its cleanliness or i
ouality will save the milk from d
tsrIoratfon II II is not prompt
cooled and II 1t does not reach II
eItv dairy before the bacteria ca
1uItiply beyond a number that
.onaidared safe. In fact, the
<1artmenf of Agriculture is autho
it, for the statement in Bulletin
TT4 that Il Is commonly recogniz
tha, hixh bacterial counts in mark
milk are due largely to multiple
uon Of bacteria rather than to j
oculation.
YaIue 81 Motor Truck.
sufacient milk cannot be pr
aueed in the immediate vicinity
a citv like Washington to supI
its needs. 1t must be brought 10
distances, subjecting the milk
high temperatures In wa
weather. Until the motor tru
demonstrated its utility for 10
{ hatffa Il was almost impossible
washington or any other large c
10 get all Of its milk supply uni
conditions that would prevent RAJ
multfplication Of bacteria.
The motor truck Is the prov
friend Of the milk consumer
net only has It made available
the Washington market ms
Thousands Of gallons Of milk fr
nearby farms that are not close
railroads, but 1t gets such milk
the city dairy quicker than m
shipped by rail Washington
Gurrounded by q splendid da
country in both Virginia and Ma
land. but in the past It has b.
necessary In many instances for
local distributors to get milk II