Smyrna times., 1924-03-05
FARMERS HEAR INTERSTATE
MILK RULES FULLY EXPL LAINED
l. c. COHEE, OF TER-STATE
DAIRY COUNCIL, GIVES TALK
Urges Farmers to Use Cleaner Meth
Ods in Handling Dairy Products
Urges Adherance to Rules

Urges Adnerance TO Rules
Milk regulations promulgated by
the Interstate Dairy Council were
read and explained to nearly $50 New
Castle county farmers by l. C. Cohee,
of the Interstate Dairy Council in
the Levy Court room of the New Cas-
tie County Building in Wilmington,
Thursday afternoon. The meeting,
held under the auspices of the New
Castle County Farm Bureau, was call
ed because many of the farmers were |
of the opinion that these new regu-
lations will work hardship and in |
some cases it would be impossible for
farmers to comply with them. How |
ever, after the talk by Mr.. COhee, the
farmers voted unanimously that the
regulations were fair and were within
their power of being observed.
In addition to Mr.. Cohees talk, DR..
Robert s. Mckinney, secretary of the
Board of Health, and State Sanitary
Engineer Beckett, gave brief talks,
urging farmers to comply with the
regulations, not only for their benefit,
but for the good of the public which
buys the milk.
Mr.. Cohee deplored the fact that
Delaware farmers cannot send their
milk to other states because they do
not comply with the Interstate reg
ulations, while farmers of other states
can ship their product TO Delaware.
While reading the regulations, Mr..
Cohee emphasized the need of cleaner
stables, cleaner methods of handling
the milk and cleaner ways of milking.
The biggest and most important ar
ticle in the regulations, said Mr.. Co
heels that referring to the milk hOus-
es.
Every farm said Mr.. Cohee,
"must have a milk house where the
milk must be cooled. 1t is unlawful,
according to these regulations, to cool
the milk in your kitchen, in the stable
or any other place used for anything
else but cooling milk"
7 These milk houses, Mr.. COhee said
: need not be large or expensive. They
Y should be white washed and have
: plenty of sunshine. In answer to the
e question by a farmer, that if the
: kitchen is used to prepare food fol
: the table why should not milk b'
o cooled there. Mr.. Cohee said tina
e milk is a product which absorbs tn
taste of other foods. "Imagine ship
ping milk which has the taste of on
ions, potatoes and other foods" SAT-
Mr.. Cohee.
An effective argument Mr.. COhe
used in urging the farmers to abid
by the regulations was that the dairy
IS man handle a food which is essentia
le for children.
"We must not evade this fact" san
Mr.. Cohee, "that the dairymen are tn
cause of hundreds of deaths of chi
dren merely because they persist !
handling milk in the wrong way. l
New York city, where the milk regt
. lations are forced upon the dairymel
~ the infantile morality is less than an
where else in the country in spite
the existing congested conditions
After a spirited discussion Of II
. regulations by the farmers, they a
voted the rules were reasonable.
DIR. McBirney and State Engine'
Beckett, supplemented Mr.. Cohee
talk. DR.. Mckinney said the farme
were handling the original food pr
duct-a thing which is the cause
more diseases than any other food,
handled in the wrong way.
"If you want to drink dirty and u
clean milk yourself and give it
your family" said DR.. Mckinney, "th
90 ahead. But when you try to 81
the same kind of milk to the pub
and feed it on a food which m
cause the death of hundreds of p'
IL +Lov tho Low will interfere"