Bacteria in Dirty Milk

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 31, 1906

Bacteria in Dirty Milk

The improved methods in the care of dairies within the last ten years has directly resulted in saving the lives of thousands of children in the larger cities. The lives of these little ones are dependent upon the farmers of the United States, and it is time that they wake up to their responsibilities. The man who permits unspeakable conditions of filth to exist around his cow barns is not only guilty of carelessness, but he may be responsible for the murder of a score of children in the city. Common “store milk,” the poorest grade of milk sold in New York City, has been shown to contain as many as twenty million bacteria in a teaspoonful. Improved methods in the dairies, with absolute cleanliness in every detail, has reduced this enormous number down to less than one hundred.

— Farming.