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Show The Dairy Product. The following circular letter from t le state food and dairy commihsion-er, commihsion-er, should be carefully considered by those having dairy products intended for shipment to the Salt Lake market: mar-ket: Dear Sir : You are hereby advised by the City Health Commissioner Dr. S. G. Paul that in the near future a Dairy inspector of the Health Department Depart-ment will visit your dairy, and inspect and score the same according to the Milk Ordinances of Salt Lake City. Under the Ordinance your dairy will have to score at least 50 points out of a possible 100; This scoring applies to places supplying milk, cream or milk food products for the Salt Lake market ; whether it is directly or indirectly in-directly makes no difference. If your place scores the requiree 50 points, a permit will be granted you to send your milk or cream direot, or through your local Creamery, to this market. In order to obtain this permit which can be given only tip- n a personal visit by an Inspector of the Health Department, the following order must be complied with, the same being in force at the time your plsce is iuspected and scored by the Inspector. First. Stables, the floors, walls and ceilings must be clean and free of manure and dirt. Corrals, manure removed, and yards1 clean. Second. Cows must be found in good healthy condition, tuberculin tested according to the State Law on the subjsct ;milk-ing ;milk-ing no cows having "Big" jaws, running run-ning sores, inflamed udders or other serious defects. They must be fed pure foods, and have pure water to drink. Musty hay or fremented foods will not be allowad. The eows must show by their appearance that due care has been taken regarding the grooming of the same; flanks and udders ud-ders clean ; no dried manure hangiug on the sides and udders. Narrow- top milk pails should :be used to obtain 3 points in the score; a rack should be provided to place all dairy utensils after being washed, up off the ground, out of the way of all domestic farm animals, and where the sun can shine oa same ; it is one of the best sterilizers If a separator is used , it must b9 found in a clean, sanitary place, and not in the sttble, dug-outs, giwnerioB, foul smelling cellars, or other unsanitary unsani-tary places, or where dogs, ' cats. (Continued on last page.) The Dairy Product. (Continued from first page.) or chickens, hogs or other animals can have access to the same The sanitary condition of tbe separator separ-ator is especially emphasized., It must be kept cleaa. To insure this it must be washed after every separation separa-tion ; a good brush Bhould be used fc r the washing ; it is not enough to rinse ihe machine with a little warm water and let it stand until next time, for the slime and solid particles of unclean un-clean matter in the milk that are caught and held in the bowl are at just the right tempature to decay and an evil smell soon develops. The outside of the frame of tke separator also needs scrupulous care. We do not want to find a separator in such a condition that we cannot see the color of the machine on account of the grease , dirt or dried milk covering the paint, Discard the dish-cloth and dish-towel ; use a brush and plenty of warm clean water. Another essential mutter is the milking of the cows. The dust acd dirt adhering to the cow's udder should be wiped off with a damp cloth Before milking. In separating, the milk should be poured directly into the supply can of the separator without the intervention of any strainer and while the milk contains iis animal heat. On finishing the separating, begin the cooling of tbe cream ; the calves cau wait a few minutes better than the cream. The different skimmings of the cream should nevor be mixed until both are of the same temperature. The cream wheu cooled down keepB fairly weij, but if some warm cream should be mixed with it, the temperature will be raised at once, ; germ life beccme3 more active and souring takes place very quickly. Very truly yours, WALTER J. FRAZIER, Food and Dairy Commissioner. Salt Lake City, June, 1911. |