Milford chronicle., 1930-07-04
GRADE "A" MILK
NOW AVAILABLE
IN MANY TOWNS
Pasteurized Milk Is Now
Available In Dover, Mil
ford, Lewes And RehO-
both In Lower Delaware

of Delaware in many OF the to"ns
of tbis State This will be milk pro
duced in modern dairy barns nav
ing concrete floors, steel stanchlons'
nroner ventilation and adequate
light for the proper housing OF the
COWS. Such milk will be hanoleu III
thoroughly equipped milk houses
arranged for proper steril1zlng OF al
eouipment and bottles. The milk al
ter being received in the milk mousse
will be run over aerators and thor-
ouoblv cooled. The milk flowing
from the cooler is led directly INTO
bottles and capped by mechahlcal
means eliminating any contact Win
the milk by the attendant. Such MIX
with a high butter fat content anu
bacteria count of less than 5O,OUO
ner cubic centimeter means a whole-
some and satisfying food FOR all
To the dairymen who have thus
brought up their dairies to such
high plane should go full measuIe
of praise. They have done their Dit
to nrovide clean wholesome mix
the equivalent of milk when COM
mands such a high price III our laI
GER cities. The State Board OF Heaith
advises buying the best milk obtain
able and that is Grade "a" raw OF
nasteurized. Milk of such quallty Is
certainly the biggest money value
in the food line.
Pasteurized milk either Craze
"a" or Grade "B" is now also avail
able at Dover, Newark, Lewes, ne
hoboth, Richardson Park MllIoIu
and some is being distributed IN sea,
ford and Delmar from pasteurlzeu
nlant located near Millsboro. New
Grade "a" pasteurizing plants nave
heen constructed during the last SIX
months in Lewes and Newark, Ihe
latter having two such plants. III
Rehoboth the former plant has been
completely overhauled and now Is
classed as a Grade "a" plant. Dover
Milford. Richardson Park and the
nlant of the Scott-Powell Company
near Millsboro, are Grade b pas
teurizing plants. With the exception
of one or two herds, all the mix re-
ceived at both Grade IA ana
nasteurizing plants outside OF the
CITY of Wilmington comes from Iu-
berculin-tested herds. This marks i
great step forward as only five years
ago tuberculin-testing of cattle was
inst beginning to be required OF raw
milk only. So rapid has been the
tuberculin-testing by the State
Board of Agriculture plus the eHect
of adoption of regulations by the
state Board of Health requiring
raw milk to be tuberculin-tested ana
the adoption of the large milk com
NAMES of Wilmington and Philadel-
mia of the policy of requiring herds
delivering milk to their pasteurlz-
ing plants to be tuberculin-teated'
that by the end of 1880 practically
all milk consumed in Delaware |ne-
ther raw or pasteurized will come
from tuberculin- tested cattle.
The Grade "a" pasteurizing plants
are equipped with pasteurizers OF
proper design, having recording
thermometers to keep daily record
of the temperature at which the
milk is held and the length of time
it is held at that temperature. IN
addition the accuracy of the record
ing thermometer is checked by a
standard thermometer. The milk al
ter being pasteurized and filtered IS
pumped over a large cooler when is
cooled by an ammonia Refrigeration
unit or by a frigidaire system hook
ed I'D to the cooler. From the cooler
the milk flows by gravity to bottlinS
machines which mechanically cap
the bottles with caps stored in tubes
thus removing the possibility of con-
taminating the milk which was pos
sible in the old syste moi putting on
the cap by hand. After the bottles
are capped they are removed to the
cold storage room where they are
held until delivery.
The following list of dairymen and
pasteurizing plants licensed for the
wear July 1880 to July 1881, repre-
sent those who have fulfilled with
but few minor exceptions all the 3!
items of equipment, methods ana
sanitation called for by the recently
adopted milk regulations of the
Grade "B" dairymen who desire
to make Grade "a" after the proper
changes have been made in the
dairy may request at any time SER
les of tests to determine whether the
average bacteria count of the sam
pies is below $4,000 per &C. Whlle
the present grades as announced
hold good for six months there is
nothing to prevent a dairyman
achieving a higher grade before the
six months period is up. 1T is TO De
hoped that some others will see the
advantage of producing the best
quality milk. 1t is our belief that
eventually there will be price
change favorable to the Grade "A
dairymen and certainly he will in
crease his volume of sales. Even
tually we will have some dairymen
who will operate their farms as
dairies only instead of using the
dairy end of the farm as a side line
There is no reason why the State OF
Delaware cannot develop more dair-
les similar to the ones found in Wis
consin and other large dairying
states. Frankly the more the dairy
business occupies the owner or ten
ant the better for himself and the
better for his patrons.
It is appropriate at this time to
mention the fact that the increased
cleanliness of the milk and the re-
duction of the high bacteria counts
heretofore prevailing throughout the
State during the last five years has
haan hioh1v gratifying That this