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7ht RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
July 30, 1921 
Tuberculosis from Unpasteurized Milk 
Is there any danger of giving young 
chicks tuberculosis through feeding sour 
skim-milk from the creamery? The milk 
is not pasteurized. One of our chicken 
How many of our readers have ever heard of the milk cure for rheumatism, ** v «*!! bu .J. I . would know 
nerve trouble and various other ills that the flesh and spirit are heir to? There is ° ' ° 1 mi ,Q ° ° rron a ” 
such a cure, however, and the stories we get regarding its effect read almost like the 
report of a miracle. Our own experience with the free use of milk convinces us 
that these reports are true, and we firmly believe that thousands of people through- ___ 
out the country would be greatly benefited in every way if they would drink more possibility of infection of young chicks 
milk. Drink it systematically, and give up other fluids, except fruit juices and from the milk of tuberculous cows. There 
water. We have recently interviewed a man well known in agricultural circles who is no question that the skim-milk from 
is a thorough believer in this milk diet, and we have thought that a part of the creameries may contain, and very fre- 
fistula 
■ and —- 
for sure, as the milk is a great help as a 
preventive of white diarrhea. E. M. V. 
I do not know of any experiments that 
have been carried out to demonstrate the 
conversation with him would interest our readers. 
quently does contain, the germs of cattle 
tuberculosis, but there is a considerable 
question as to whether ^his form of tu¬ 
berculosis is transmissible to fowls. While 
tuberculosis is tuberculosis, wherever 
found, the germs of tuberculosis inhabit¬ 
ing different species of animals are not 
“What’s this I hear about your living and discontinues the use of drugs. This 
on milk for a time?” is the most remarkable cure I know of, 
“It is true. I have tried the milk but strange to say it is so simple that no 
diet myself on several occasions and ob- one is ready to believe the truth about _ - _ __ 
served its effects upon others. Several it, and thus intelligent people will not identical. an( l ai ’e not always transfer- 
years ago I first tried it out for a num- give it a trial.” difference” ^bably 10 ^ 0 d^^the^ong 
ber of troubles which I had acquired “Do you think this milk would be of breeding of each variety of germs in its 
through careless habits of eating and liv- anv help to countrv people or farmers''” own environment, and these differences 
ing generally." “No cl«ss of people in the world would tit 
I suppose that, living m the country, get more out of it. In the section where difficult, at least, to inoculate birds with 
you always liked milk, so that this diet I live the average farmer is the best f be tuberculosis germs from mammals, as 
was a pleasant one.” patron the doctor has during the Winter. fro “ ma “ or from cattle, and it.seems to 
“Not by any means; I simply detested The standard diet of pork, potatoes and Infected milk inast*be°slight As^pra^ 
the taste of milk. Long experience with white bread does not make a strong and tical matter, I think that the gain from 
doctors and the final advice of one of healthy individual. If the farmers were fading of creamery skim-milk more 
them forced me to try it out. It looked to to use far more of the milk they produce fttY^ay P ?Sf Iu?h Ifection^is 
me as though it could do no harm, even in this manner they would be surprised not possible and would not care to speak 
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if there was no benefit. I did not like to see that it would literally create a new 
the milk, and the only way that I could system in the individual.” 
get myself to drink it at all at first was “There is no doubting your belief in 
to add'a small portion of grape juice, or- this method?” 
ange juice, or the juice of some acid “How cau there he when I know the 
fruit to give it a different flavor.” effect in my own case and see what it has 
dogmatically upon the subject. M. B. D. 
Homemade Beehives; Feeding Young Pigs 
1-, Can you give to me instructions for 
making beehives at home without special 
tools? 2. What would you recommend 
But, of course, you know that medical done for others? I think that the use of as a ^ ee( * f° r little pigs six weeks old? I 
have oats, corn and rye, and they arc al¬ 
lowed all the grass they can eat, and also 
all the skim-milk they can drink. In what 
proportion should I mix the feed when 
ground? a, h. 
men and scientists say that acid fruit of milk exclusively in the way I have men- 
this sort should not be added to milk." tioned comes as near to being the elixir 
“I know they do. They hold up their of life as we are likely to get. The very 
hands in horror, but I think it is oue of simplicity of this treatment is what 
those mistaken ideas that have been makes it appear ridiculous to many. I 
handed down from one generation to an- often wonder why some of the medical 
other. I have found that a combination fraternities do not try out some of these 
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“How did you take it?” 
“On that occasion I sipped or drank 
slowly a glass of milk every half hour. 
This meant using six or seven quarts a 
day for four weeks, and each glass had a 
email spoonful of grape juice added. As 
a result I gained 16 pounds in weight and 
was benefited in such au all-round manner 
that I could hardly realize being the same 
person.” 
“Have you tried it again?” 
“Several times. This past Spring 1 
was badly run down, and tried the same 
method. I find, however, that I now 
prefer milk to many other foods, and I 
do not need to use the fruit juice. I 
gained 18 pounds .in four weeks of this 
second trial.” 
“What about other cases?” 
“I have tried to induce different friends 
years. I ought to mention right here that 
one result of my experience with this milk 
diet was the complete elimination of 
rheumatism from my system. I had it 
as bad as anyone could have it. but the 
mouth spent iii living entirely upon milk 
completely cured me of that trouble.” 
“Granting what you say that this milk- 
will put flesh upon lean people, how about 
the fleshy people who are afflicted with 
these troubles? If a month's diet of this 
kind put IS pounds of extra flesh upon 
your frame, what about the people who 
already have more meat than they like to 
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weight is actually reduced, as less milk 
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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St., N. Y. 
to say ‘That poor fellow has gone wrong. 
His mind has turned to milk.’ ” 
“Yet you have seen it tried out by 
others?” 
“I certainly have. One of my boys 
was a semi-invalid at the age of 12 or 
13. He had inflammatory rheumatism 
three or four times, headaches regularly 
and did not grow at all. We tried all 
sorts of doctors, and finally tried an 
osteopath, who put him ou a regular 
milk diet; nothing else for four weeks.” 
“I know that milk makes calves grow. 
How did it affect the boy?” 
“Within a short time after he started 
he began to grow. Now he is taller and 
heavier than I am. never has a headache, 
never is sick, and has had no rheumatism 
since he started that mnk diet. He is 
an athlete, able to do all kinds of athletic 
work, and I cannot think of anything 
responsible for it except the milk.” 
“Do you know of any case where this 
milk diet has helped iu organic diseases?” 
“I certainly do. I know of oue woman 
afflicted with tuberculosis, and apparently 
hopelessly so. I suggested this milk diet, 
but the doctor who was attending her said 
the milk was not .sufficient. Eggs should 
be added to it. The woman continued to 
fail, and finally as a last resort they de¬ 
cided to try this milk treatment. The 
last I heard from her she appeared to be 
in fair health. Whenever she appears to 
Ube losing weight she uses milk exclusively 
They might simply begin by discontinuing 
all other food and taking a glass of milk 
every half hour. Iu some cases I under¬ 
stand during the first day nausea occurs, 
but this is merely temporary. I never 
had any such inconvenience. The ordi¬ 
nary person of average size should use 
about six quarts of milk daily. The 
principal trouble with most people at the 
beginning will be a form of constipation, 
which can be regulated by the use of 
oil.” 
"Do you mean to say that during this 
dieting you can keep your strength up iu 
full?” 
“For the first two weeks the strength 
will not Ibe normal, but it will come back 
gradually. About four weeks is the 
length of time generally recommended, 
sometimes more or less. The period of 
going back to regular food requires care. 
This should be done gradually for the 
first few days, adding mellow fruit of 
some sort to the milk. All rich foods, 
such as meat or anything hard to digest, 
should be left off for several days after 
finishing the diet.” 
“And you mean to say that for four 
solid weeks you should take nothing but 
milk?” 
“The only addition to sipping milk 
every half hour should be fruit, prefer¬ 
ably orange or lemou juice, although any 
pure fruit juice would probably answer : 
and bear in mind that the milk should be 
sipped slowly, and not gulped down as 
water usually is. I am aware that all 
this will seem ridiculously simple to most 
people who associate the recovery of 
health with the use of strong drugs. * One 
thing iu its favor is this very simplicity. 
It can be tried by anyone, and cannot 
possibly do any harm, even though it may 
not cure.” 
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