MILK FOOD AND ITS HYGIENIC MARKETING. 
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process milk cannot be skimmed or adulterated, either wilfully 
or accidentally. 
Sir William Broadbent in his address before the Society for 
the Prevention of Tuberculosis says that English statistics show 
that nearly 60,000 deaths are every year recorded as due to 
tuberculosis in England and Wales, and that even this is an 
improvement over 50 years ago of 50 per cent. One form of 
disease only shows no decrease, and that is tabes mesenterica, 
the disease of the bowels in children traceable to tubercles con¬ 
veyed by milk, and this has increased and is increasing. 
The one great cause of this disease is cows which have the 
disease, and it sooner or later finds its way in the milk as do all 
other diseases. 
A couple of months ago at the great Smithfield show one of 
the best breeders of cattle, fancy stock and dairy cows, when 
spoken to on the subject of tuberculosis and the dangers of milk, 
acknowledged the truth of it, and replied, the cure is simple. 
To sterilize the milk is cheap and simple and would benefit 
both customer and producer, for the former would not only get 
pure, healthy milk, but would get it cheaper, as sterilized milk 
would be put up in bottles, could be kept for a long time and 
could be dealt with in much the same fashion as aerated waters 
are. This is a fact and this assertion is made since the Walker 
process patent was allowed. 
Society and our Government have recognized the fact that 
it is impracticable to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle by the im¬ 
mediate slaughter of all diseased animals, but the public will 
insist that it has a right to milk supply which is absolutely free . 
from tuberculosis and other infectious and contagious diseases, 
that will not scatter death among the children of all classes of 
the community. 
Now, properly conducted dairies and milk cared for by this 
process will reduce tubes mesenterica in children, will act well 
with the sick and help keep the well from getting sick. 
Prof. Stollman, of Eeipsic, Germany, in Muspratt’s u Chem¬ 
istry,” Vol. 5, page 1690, says, u If it were possible to keep ster- 
