3^6 MISSOURI AGRICULTURE REPORT. 



I liavc had some experiences with feeds for the cows. I remember 

 particularly two or three incidents. The first one was one of the big- 

 gest surprises of my life. A little babe had been taken sick, a child not 

 old enough to talk or express itself in any way. The doctor prescribed 

 the certified milk for that child. The father was a laboring man, not 

 earning large wages, and having no money to waste. They put the 

 babe on our milk and it recovered and was thriving, then they thought 

 they could not stand the expense and put the child on plain milk. It 

 would spit that milk right out — would not drink it at all nor have any- 

 thing to do with it. It was the difference in the taste. The taste of 

 a little babe is much more dehcate than ours. 



I will tell you another incident. 1 have two little grandsons who 

 were raised on this milk and never knew any other, and one time their 

 father and mother were invited out to visit one of the wealthy families 

 in our city w here they had their own cows, cared for right up-to-date. 

 They set that milk on the table for these little boys, they took one 

 ■swallow of it, put it aside and would not taste another mouthful. They 

 had been well enough trained not to make remarks and did not say 

 •anything, but they would not drink any more of it. I mention these 

 facts to show you the difference in this milk. 



I will tell you an incident that happened in my early experience in 

 Chicago. Dr. Gurman was the city bacteriologist of the Chicago Board 

 of Health. He had one of my patrons come to our establishment and 

 ask for twelve quarts of milk. They had it put in a can and taken away, 

 and did not let anybody know who wanted it, did not even let us know 

 that they had gotten the milk. I did not know it myself for six months. 

 Dr. Gurman told me that milk went up to the city health department, 

 the top iloor of the City Hall in Chicago. They put it in the refrigerator 

 and tested it for acidity and bacteria and percentage of butter fat. The 

 last quart was two weeks old when they tested it and after applying 

 their test. Commissioner Reynolds and Dr. Gurman then tasted it and 

 said that it was as sweet as a peach. I mention this to show the possi- 

 bilities of certified milk. 



Marvin Hewitt, junior son of the president of the Northwestern 

 Railroad, in going to his, summer place near Lake Superior, told Mr. 

 Allen, their agent, to get a case of my milk. It was sent ten miles into 

 the woods. Mr. Hewitt got home and called Mi-. Allen and said: 

 ^'Don't you suppose that milk is spoiled?" P>ut it was not, it kept 

 sweet ten daTs and the last bottle was the best in the case. He sent 

 for me when I was in the city and persisted that tlio last bottle was the 

 liest in the case. There couUl be no foundation for that, only that the 

 fream had l>ecome more solid. I mention these facts to show what care- 



