78 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



This latter indicates the presence of pus in the milk and undoubt- 

 edly comes from tuberculous infected udders. 



I have mentioned in a former report that about 160,000 gal- 

 lons of milk are consumed each day in St. Louis, of which 90 per 

 cent came from southern Illinois. On account of conditions found, 

 an order was issued requiring all the large distributors of Illinois 

 milk to pasteurize the same before selling to the consumer, the 

 effect of the pasteurization being to kill the germs making the milk 

 safe to use, although not having the best flavor. 



It is evident that the Missouri farmers are overlooking a fine 

 and profitable opportunity having such a splendid market within 

 the State. It shows also that the dairies producing this milk are 

 not as clean as they should be. This examination was apparently 

 made for cleanliness alone, as we found out of five hundred samples 

 taken during the fall that much of this milk from Southern Illinois 

 contained both formaldehyde and added water. The Commissioner 

 made a trip to Chicago to enlist the assistance of the Illinois Com- 

 missioner with a view to eliminating this adulterated and danger- 

 ous milk. Through the courtesy of the Illinois Commissioner, four 

 inspectors were furnished, and these, together with two of the 

 inspectors of the Food Inspection Department of Missouri, have 

 been making for the last five weeks a careful inspection of all milk 

 shipped into St. Louis at the point of shipment. It is believed that 

 the milk situation in St. Louis in the last two years has improved 

 at least 50 per cent. 



In the last four years, during the incumbency of the present 

 Commissioner, ten additional creameries have been built in Mis- 

 souri, averaging at least 300 pounds of butter per day each, mak- 

 ing 3,000 pounds per day manufactured in Missouri and worth 

 not less than an average of thirty cents a pound. In other words, 

 there has been added to the income of the Missouri farmers in the 

 last four years about $750 a day each of the 365 days ; or in round 

 terms, not less than $273,750 has been added to the wealth of the 

 farmers in Missouri in the last year, more than they received four 

 years ago. 



I believe this is the result of constant dairy agitation, through 

 dairy trains and lectures. At Mountain Grove, for example, the 

 manager of that creamery told me that in the month of August he 

 paid as high as $1,100 a day for butter fat in his creamery, and he 

 asked that I run another dairy train this winter, as he believed 

 that was the cause of the increase in dairying. This he told me 

 when I spoke on dairying at the Mountain Grove Agricultural Fair. 



