Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
in District Is Provided With All of Lifes Luxures

, and harm the patients of the institu-
ton through it's milk.
This dairy takes great care TO have
only healthy persons handle the milk
or anything with which it may come
! In contact. All persons employed
about the place are examined. and
no one with any sort of disease or
illness is allowed To work around the
milk. If any eTnploye of the fnstitu-
tion IL away i'll, he must, upon his
return to work. bring with him Ger
tificate of health signed by his ply
stefan. This precautton not being
considered sufficient by st. Eliza
beth authorities. he Is again exam"
ined bv house physicians tn make Ger.
tain that he is perfectly we'll before
he Is allowed to resume his duties.
When milking. the men wear spotleSS
/ white uniforms. which they reserve
expressly for this occasion; when
working about the barns other clothes
are worn.
Assuredly no contamination may be
| found in the drinking water here, Tor
| 1t comes clear and sparkling from
| artesfan wells 500 feet deep. and Is
| the same water that is used for the
| entire hospital. The cattle have indi'
vidual drinking fountainS-one toun-
! tain for every two cows-and these
are placed in front of their staiS,
| where by pressing down with thet
noses on the fountains they may have
| pure water at any time. lnctdentatiy
| il was found that the cattle were
| healthier and gave a higher mllk pro
duction when watered this way at VIII
| than when watered once or twice
| dav. They are also provided with an
/ outdoor watering trough into when
/ pure well water is being continually
/ piped.
| CEVFAI. elements enter into the
| ~ matter of preventing a high
| bacterial count in the milk. This
! bacterial count represents the number
Fof bacteria found in a cubic centimeter
and is determined by allowing the
I bacteria from a definite quantity OF
milk To grow on "A culture medium,
and counting the number of colonies.
! Bacteria a~e tiny. single -celled plants.
| invisible ..e naked eye. Great
numbe , Ok them may be introduced
| into - milk from the body of the
COW and from unsteriliZed utensils.
/ OF course. all milk contains some
bacteria. Certified milk is allowed te
contain 10000 bacteria: 10000 il the
average bacteria count per cubic cent?
meter. while ESQ is the lowest. Many
| of the bacteria ordinarily found IN
milk produce no apparent change III II,
but there are other varieties which
may change the flavor without chang
ing the appearance. and still other
types which cause changes in both APP
pearance and flavor. one type of
bacteria may sour the milk 10y chang
ing the milk sugar into Tactic acid,
while another kind will decompose the
casein and albumen in the milk.
thereby causing putrefaction and bad
odors.
The first preventive in this dairy
farms fight against a high bacteria
count is the cleaning of the cattle be-
fore milking and the use of the small
top milk pail.
The ice cream factory which is
we'll equipped with interesting mod
ern machinery, turns out between
/, 100 and 1900 gallons of a variety
OF fiavors every month, so that no
one need be deprived of his daily por-
| tion of delicious. pure ice cream.
The 25 acres of land at the dis
| posai of the farm are of no value for
| grazing, hence the land is used for
an exercising yard, and the shade trees
scattered about so generously protect
the cattle from the summer heat.
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| THE feed room where the ingre-
dents for the days meal are stored
is unique in that it is absolutely rat
proof. Under the floors there has
been placed wiring which is turned
up at the corners so that the rats
may not gnaw their way through.
Here a rat has never been known 10
make it's appearance