Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
D. c. HEALTH RULES
PROTEST IS DENIED
Dairymen Declared Satisfied
With Regulations Because
of Good Market.

News dispatches from Richmond, Va.
to the effect that dairy farmers of Viz.
ginia are trying to Secure relaxation o.
stringent health regulations on dairying
brought forth the comment from health
authorities in the District yesterday
that no protest had been received from
the nearby farmers, who seem well sat-
isfied with the functioning of the pres
ent regulations.
According to Acting Health Oflcel
Edward j. Schwartz, while the Wash.
ington regulations are probably the
most stringent in the country, the
farmers do not object because of the
good market here. He said that ever
II any protest were to be made, there
is little likelihood of the local Health
Department agreeing to a slackening Of
the regulations.
Shows Typical Letters.
He showed two letters in the DAVIS
mail as an evidence of the way in which
the regulations are being enforced. One
was to dairyman who had applied fol
permit to ship milk into the District
The letter informed him that inspectors
had visited his farm and found that he
did not keep his barns clean, and that
therefore the permit would not be is
sued. The second was to another
dairyman who now has a permit to
ship milk to the District He was told
that inspectors had reported that his
barns were In q dirty condition. and
that If he did not show cause within
week why his permit should not be
revoked, 1T would be taken away from
him.
The Health Department here gives
each dairy with permit to bring milk
to the Capital monthly rating for the
cleanliness and efficiency of its opera
ton and the quality of its milk. The
retailers here who buy from the farmers
add to the regular price cent per
gallon Tor any milk rated 85 per cent
or better, 2 cents per gallon for milk
rated 30 or better, cents for 95 per
cent or better, and cents for 90 or
100 per cent. Thus it is to the financial
advantage OF the farmer to keep his
DAIRY and its products in the best and
cleanest condition possible.
Cleanliness Demanded Throughout,
Points on the score sheet are allowed
Tor cleanliness and drainage of the
stable and yard; construction of the
stable; light ventilation and cleanliness
OF the stable; site, construction, clean
illness and ventilation of the milk house
and facilities for the storage of milk;
cleanliness of utensils, water supply,
methods of milking and cooling the
milk; health and cleanliness of attend
ants and the condition of the cattle.
Each COW MIXED is given a tuberculin
test every month. No milk may be
shipped to the District from COWS with
positive reactions to these tests No
milk may be shipped from any farm
where there is case of diphtheria,
typhoid, scarlet fever or septic sore
throat, diseases which are transmitted
through milk.
The score card system was originated
by the District in 1905 Since its incep-
ton 1t has been copied by many other
cities. A recent test by the National
Dairyman's Association, according to
DR.. Schwartz, showed that samples of
milk collected at random from stores in
Washington yielded smaller bacterial
count than those so collected in any
other city in the country.