THE CONTROL OF MILK-SUPPLIES 



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inspection. State control imposes the same conditions on all 

 the producers in the state. If municipalities determine the con- 

 ditions of milk-supplies it sometimes becomes awkward for a 

 producer who furnishes milk to different cities. Requirements 

 may vary, and while his milk may be satisfactory in one place, 

 it may fail to comply with the ordinances of another. Besides, 

 the same producer may be subjected to the visits of two or more 



TWENTY DAIRY REQUIREMENTS 



Chicago Department of Health 



COWS: (1) Herd should be 

 Kemove"all tubercular c 



(3) Keep clean the entire body, of the 



(4) Never feed slops or spoiled feeds. 



(5) Provide plenty of fre-sh pure water 



by veterinarian twice each year. 

 driving. Do not cipose cows, to storms, in 

 clip short the udder hir. 



ent and not too cold. 



ut cellar or loft, completely Mparatcd 



(7) Stable should he'dry, li s ht (t sq! ft. glass per cow); 500 cu. ft. of air spacfper 

 cow, well ventilated without dralts.on cows. 



(8) Floor should be tight, cement is best; walls and ceiling smooth, tight, ckari. 



r strong smelling materials in stable. 

 nder cover, 40(1. away. 

 MILK HOUSE: (10) Locate -.way 'fro;n dust,.odo, hogs, etc. Make light. 

 clean, wrll ventilated and wclj screened. .Provide with ccmc'rlt cooling vat/ 



(11) H.ivc utensils of metal only, .smooth joints, never rusty Or rougb. Use only 

 lor milk. 



(12) Clean utensils in pure water only. First/rinse with warm water; scrub inside 

 and out with hot cleansing solution .ind rinse, sIcrAi/.c with boiling wait* or 

 steam. Then, keep inverted in sun and pure air. 



oiling 

 dry, dusty food ju 



pre- 



MILKING AND HANDLING MILK: (13) Give 



vious to milking. 



(14) Wii*; . udder and surrounding p*rts with a clear* , damp cloth immmediatelv 

 before milk ing. 



clea 

 Po n 



(10) USE .THE HOOPED OR SMALL TOP MILK PAIL ONLY. 

 (17) If milk is bloody, stringy, unnatural or dirty the lot should be gi 

 the hogs. 



c to 50 f. 

 rlet milk, frec/c. 



Store ; 



(19) Never rn'n wirrn. and cooled rnilfc. Ncv 



(20) Pe'sons with contagious di*e-i<e, or exposed to same must keep'away from cows 

 and milk. Immediately notify this Department and your millm.m about any 

 contagious disease on yonr tarm or in the neighborhood. 



JOHN DILL ROBERTSON, M. D. 



&SFto370 H.D.F.azA ISM J n Commiioner of Health 



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inspectors, a circumstance leading to further confusion. Such 

 conditions are exemplified in a statement made by Brown, namely, 

 that in a section of New York State the producer is subject to 

 inspection and regulation from New York City, Newark, Mont- 

 clair, and Orange, while the New York milk-shed overlaps that of 

 Syracuse, Albany, Boston, Newark, and Jersey City. Milk pro- 

 ducers are certainly discouraged when pursued by such diversified 

 "control" and cannot be blamed for protesting against it. If a 



