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Show Imparities III Milk. There Is no subject of moro importance im-portance to tho health und life of human beings, and ono so llttlo understood, under-stood, as tho mnnnor In which Impurities Impur-ities got into milk, nnd tho effect such have upon tho after products of It nnd the health of tho persons who consumo them. Tho theory thnt most dlsonsos may bo traced to germs in tho atmos-phore atmos-phore that all animal kind brouthe, tho water they drink, or tho food thoy eut, Is now gonernlly adopted, nnd upon this theory must be based tho precautions to bo obsorvod in properly caring for tho hoalth of man. To huvo pure milk, tho first requisite requi-site Is a healthy cow. It is now beyond be-yond doubt that un occasional cow is uffltctod with tuborculosls, or cancerous cancer-ous affoctlons, and their milk manufactured manu-factured into butter nnd chcosc, und then sold on the general mnrkot. Indeed, In-deed, this linn roeently been obsorvod by tho writer; and Is It not fair to pro-sunio pro-sunio that theso diseases in this manner man-ner may be transmitted to tho persona who consumo tho products of this milk? Tho only suggcstlvo remedy for this state of affairs Is that it bo mado obligatory upon dairymen to got a clean bill of hoalth of tbolr cows from a compotcnt veterinarian ht stated porlods. Tho cow can also contaminate hor millc by drinking filtbv water from stagnant pools. Surfneo water is generally unfit to bo taken into the Htomachs of any animals. ani-mals. The earth beneath its surfneo is penotratod with Bt reams of puro water, as tho animal systom Is with blood coursing through veins and arterlos, and common sonso would dictate thnt thero Is tho place to look for drinking water for cows. Cowb can transmit bacteria to their milk by being compollod to sraoll putrid cur-casscs cur-casscs of anlra ils lying in tho pasturo field or othor pluces, und by inhaling tho bactorla-ludon ntmosphoro of unsavory un-savory stable!, plg-pons nnd cesspools. |
