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The udder to be cleansed before milking.
Rejection of milk 60 days before and 10 days after
calving.
Regulations are made for the personal cleanliness of
milkers and their clothing; for the methods of feeding; for the
cooling of the milk to 45 degrees Fahr, directly after milking;
and the cleansing of milk vessels.
The Commission reserves the right to enter certified
farms at any time to take samples for chemical and bacteriological
examination, and to vary their standards.
Similar Commissions exist in Baltimore, Buffalo and
Philadelphia.
Why should not municipalities adopt a similar course,
and frame regulations agreeing to certify milk produced by any
dealer or farmer under the required conditions. Considering
the large amount of land situated within the Borough suitable
for a model farm, an excellent opportunity exists for the
successful establishment of "Certified Milk" system by private
persons who are willing to comply with regulations similar to
those which work so well in America.
Patent Foods, are widely advertised, many accompanied
by photographs of fat babies, together with the statement that
they are entire foods and do not require the addition of milk.
The so-called milk-foods are mainly prepared from milk
evaporated to dryness and mixed with flour partly dextrinized.
Other foods contain barley malt in addition. The ordinary
infants' foods are prepared from cereals, with the addition of
malt and pancreatic ferment to convert the starch into soluble
substances. Others, again, are merely baked flour in which no
attempt is made to alter the starch contained in them. They
are entirely unsuitable for infants, at least for infants under