Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 310, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1924 — Page 3

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■CT>ri' h Dee. >1 - On. of jp.,l addteW* at tLr < luS. fV' '" igd.i’ Os the eighth annuli t the National Cu c.p.ratlv,' prcdu- ' T ®’ federation here v.a-’ rMt°d State l Senator ftoy.a former health lomrni-. the i Ity of New York. SenCopeland told how tinder hl«i gß* lsiu(l the milk, supply of New had inereased from 1.800.000 |W* m 3.000,000 quarts per day |« a P‘Dt a day per person " |B'‘. tie senator "I will never he ■* (i , a nt- I ' l N “* Tork , ity ■*J<uwe a Quart of milk a day " Htnaiof Copeland’s address followSB ‘ I was health commissioner of N ‘“ w York u waq niV u re to increase the consurnp |BJ\ of milk In that metroposis from Quarts to 3,000,000 quarts \da.c Incidentally this helped the industry, but what is more im rlant than this, it did much to ■ ic „. r the death rate and to increase |H t pe span of life in that great city. BH .fta consumption of milk today HlgXew York city is a pint per per H^ n Many authorities regard this Bu ideal. Personally 1 shall not be Hysppy until the consumption of milk United States is one quart ■ per person every day of the year B The standard of civilization as 1 B view it. is flxe(l by ,11P depree of B consumption of fluid milk. B "There ran be no growth without B jijie and without the mysterious ti ■ tatuins. which are supplied by whole B gllk. I wish I could make plain to B pv ,ry citizen of this country how B important milk is in diet at all ages. B -Recently I covered 1.000 miles ■ through the heart of the dairy see- ■ tins of New York state. This trip ■ was taken for the purpose of meet- ■ ing the actual producers of milk. ■ Ordinarily, the city man is inter ■ ested only in the consumption of B milk, but it seemed to me that 1 ■ should like to study the mill; Indus ■ try at its source. B 1 “Milk is the most important of all ■ the foods. Man may live without ■ meat: he may live without bread: ■ lie may go without eggs. Hut. if he ■ is deprived of milk his chief article ■ of diet has been taken from him and ■ he is sure to suffer in consequence B “At the beginning of life, milk is ■ the sole food of all mammals. When- ■ ever there has been an attempt to ' I find a substitute for milk and that ' I has been furnished instead of milk. ’ I the young animal, whether human or I otherwise, has suffered. Instead of ' I increasing in growth and developI mem. he has lost weight and dete- 1 I rforated physically. I "The production and marketing of I milk are complicated enterprises. I This is particularly true in reference I every great city. In the village, the I of the milk furnished the citizens of I housewife may send one of the chilI dren around the corner with a tin I can to get milk from a neighbor who I owns a cow. This is placed upon the I table or used as an ingredient of I some food product within the hour. I If you are so fortunately situated as [ this, there is no milk problem. “But, to supply a great city, milk has to be brought great distances. It may be that it can be delivered to the ultimate consumer certainly only the next day after it is produced and in some instances, it is the second day. “It is gratifying to find that the dairy farmer has studied the handling of milk. These farmers now are better informed regarding bacteriology and the whys and wherefores of bacterial infection than are their city brethren. Wherever we visited on out trip we found the farmers and the farmers’wives discussing quality. Some of these men told me they are giving prizes to their employes to encourage a low bacterial count in the milk. Let me tell you what has been the practical effect of this co-oper-ation and effort on the part of the farmer. In the city of New York it is permitted to sell milk for beverage purposes which contains not to exceed 100,000 bacteria per cubic rentimeter. Large quantities of milk ate being brought to the city for sale which contain under 500 bacteria Per cubic centimeter. There is hardly a water supply bragged about for its Purity, where the bacterial count is not in excess of this. "The brightest page in the Manual on Medicine is that which deals with 'vhat has been accomplished in the lowering of disease and deaths among infants. The greatest factor in accomplishing this desirable loss has been the improved milk supply. The dairy farmer has more to do with making this product pure in source than has any other individual who handles the milk. Os course, it has been necessary to provide pas teurization plants in order that the milk which is to be taken long distances and kept for a great many hours may be so prepared that it will withstand travel and time. “The farmer has learned the im-

portance O s having of h °“T iMtanc «- hr la havUr these cattle tested against tuber He would go much funb ; r «b bls matter if the , tat .. n ,, t biro hah way, as it ought to do j rFgTet that there is Buc h Jplay ln tbH gw for the destruction of tuberculous 'attic It ie only the enterprise of he dairy farmers thetnrelvM that leads them to make this test. ”1 wish everybody might under stand bow mu< b society owes the dairy farmer and the family of the dairy farmer. For years milk was produced at a loss, at a great lens, without a fair return to count tor the labor of tbe farmer and his family By the new methods of handling and shipping, and especially by the cooperative organization of the f arm . ing community, the producer is now receiving a better return for his product. "In the city of New York we are consuming 3.000.000 quarts of milk a day. If placed in quart bottles, this would makea line Kt miles long. 1 am not satisfied, however, with this amount, great as it seems. The amount consumed in New York city should be 0,000,000 quarts a day. No better investment can be made by any family than to have a standing order of a quart of milk for every member of the family. When this milk is taken as a beverage and when it is incorporated in making delicious dishes of which milk is a natural ingredient, it will add much to the vigor of the body and a long life to those *ho consume this daily quart." Main Crops Os State Valued at $281,700,544 Indianapolis, Dec. 31.—Fourteen of the principal grain truck and fruit crops produced in Indiana during 1924 were valued at a total of $281,700,544 according to figures announced today by M. M. Justin, Indiana agricultural statistician for the United States department of agriculture. For a majority of these crops the farmer obtained higher prices than last year, but also, on the majority of them, the yield fell off. The corn crop was the most valuable one. Tbe value placed on it totalled $109,901,040. The production was 11C.916.000 bushels, according to the figures. The value per bushel on an average bushel of all the corn produced was 94 cents. The yield per acre fell off from 38.5 bushels to 25.4 bushels. The value of the wheat crop was placed at $44,640,540, based on an average price of $1.42 cents a bushel and a yield of 31,437,000 bushels. The yield per acre on this crop dropped from 18 to 16.8 between 1923 and 1924. The hay crop was valued second at $66,025,000 with a yield of 5,282,000 tons on. the same variety over last year and average price of $12.50 a ton. The wild hay yield was 710,000 tons. This is a larger production than last year. The total value of the three principal fruit crops, apples, peaches and grapes, off from $5,497,320 in 1923 to $3,671,500 in 1924. Prices, however, were much higher this year than during the previous year. Apples brought, on an average $4.37 a barrel to the producer this year as compared with $3.25 a barrel in 1923. Peaches brought $2.20 in 1923 and $2.31 a bushel this year and SIOO a ton during 1924. The yield this year on the three fruit crops was apples. 2,800,000 barrels; peaches, 175.000 bushels and grapes, 3,155 tons. The value of the other crops produced this year is: Oats, $32,156,000; potatoes, $5,999,410; soy beans, $1,170,00; barley, $616,000; buckwheat, $790,382; sweet potatoes, $489,900; tobacco. $287,000; cowpeas, $297,000; apples, $2,968,000; peaches, $385,000; grapes. $318.5000. — o— Measles Lead List Os Comunicable Diseases Indianapolis. Dec'. h.-Measles led the list during the fiscal year which ended September 30, 1924. of comunicable diseases reported to the state Board of Health. This was announced today in tie annual reports of the division of comunicable diseases of the board. Dyptheria was second, 3,956; sma pox was third with 3.732; chickenpox fourth with 3.136; typhoid fever fifth with 781. . According to the report during the year there was a serious outbreak of dyptheria in Fort Wayne. This.occurred during the last l ualter year. Public meetings were held by the division In several places to urge the control and prevention of dypthThe board also investigated outbreak of smallpox in Brookvil ea Franklin county. 1 There was one case of epros.

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1 lrach ®®» reported to the board Jt. number ot CBl *’ of ‘“fluenra i of iiiftuenza and a# monia 4 SSS of »»»«■ 1 t o—■■ - Diseases Lurkin K In Public Water Supplies Indianapolis, i n d„ j„. ( . 31 _ Th) • danger of disease l urk | n(f ) n 1; ' . water snpplips us Indlana , “r sanitary preeautlws are , wan pointed out today by l„ A. Gwol . “.anltary engineer for the state hoard . of health in his annual report forth, I fiscal year which ended Sept. ;; M The people of the state use Stilt ■ - 000,000 gallons of water daily from . 218 public water supplies and unb i those sources are watched carefully for msease on e can readuy see the > danger of (insanitation, ne said. One i mistake in operation may cause ill- ; ness and even tmath. Os these sources of supply, arP f rom underground and 7« from the surface. He discouraged the use of water ■ from private dug wells, and said he i was sceptical of the purity of all the water obtained from them. Approximately 72 per cent of the waler from uug wells used for individual purposes and seventy-five tier cent of that from wells used for school purposes is bad. Out of 100 driven wells 19 arc bad. ■ Guepel said.

From tests of water made by the water laboratory of the board during the year from public supplies it was shown that ninety per cent oi water from dug wells was good. The water from driven wells from public supplies showed ninety-three per cent good. Mater obtained from public springs in Indiana which were untreated to destroy the bacteria showed fifty per! cent good and tht- remainder bad.’ 'I he water from springs which were siippo.-ed to have been properly treated showed ninety per cent good and ton per cent bad. Water purified from lakes and ponds used for public consumption, snowed in the tests, to ho ninetythroe per cent good. From streams the water purifieu before public consumption was found to be ninety-six per cent good. During the year, improvements were made in the water supplies of South Bend. Evansville. Mishawaka. Marion. Lafayette,. Peru. Brownsburg, Indianapolis, and Terre Haute. Newdriven wells for public coirsnmptionl were const) noted in Hobart. Newcastle, liberty, Madison, South Betid, Peru. Middlebury,’Syracuse and Elk hart. Guepel also called attention to the danger of water in polluted streams. Practically no large stream flows through the state which dots not. re- ( ceive sewage or industrial polution from some community, city or town, he said. I "Natural purification of streams is very slo wan dmany miles of stream beds are in such contaminated con-, dition that fish have been either kill-; ed oil or have left for better environments,” the engineer declared. “At many swimming places along creeks | and rivers tests have been made whit-h showed the water to be dangerous when taken internally because of thousands of bacteria present. “Such streams are the Grand Calumet at Hammond and East Chicago, the Wildcat at Kokomo. Simonds Ditch at Sheridan, Youngs Creek at Franklyn and White River below Muncie, Anderson and Indianapolis. — q Students Spend $lO A Semester For Books Bloomington. Ind., Dec. 31. — Students in the college of arts and sciences of Indiana University spend ap-

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I f - r “ t -T l .teiy jiu a jemettw tor bosf-vj •|’ , -or.liB g to 4 n InvMtljatlon carrtad' ‘ r *'“h’lv by the Indiana Univer I Qty c u operative boo), store thia Is' the low»* t ~c lt f or b oo k s . 0 f aßy cul .l ‘ -vr or chool in the university MeJ-' ( J oil students pay most, with an aver ' ace of between S3O and S4O a semest-' -r for books. law school students! run close second The 8001, tore sella books at less ' than ten per cent below the list prlee|' - and has ;;<vcd the university studentsl' between $4,000 and $5,000 already! . thic -emesfer. according to esllmal. i — o- —— May Transform (’ity Park Into Civic (’enter I PRESS SERVICF.) Gary, Ind.. Dee. 31.—An effort to transform a park into a civic center .[by erection of a city hall on the site i ii being considered by the Cary city : council. ’ -| The Cary L-ind Company offered to pre-lent to the city all the land ownY'd by it which will be included in the • proposed gateway park al Broadway ".and Fourth Streets, If In return the yity will build a city hall there and |bny certain lands and stand the cost 1 of improvement. ’4 I I Members of the council have form . <-d a special committee to appraise i Hu- land in question to determine whether its value would be sufTicient f to warrant its purchase in return for ihe properly offered the city without I cost.

o England To Build Two Huge Airships (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) London, Dec. 31.—" The AmericanI/>s Anegeles' is a baby airship." The gallant American craft is dwarfed to comparative insignificance by the two mammoth Leviathans of the air which Great Brittan is to start buildJng next July—mammoth airships to ibecome the twin flagships, perhaps, us tlie now British air navy. One of these gagntic dirigibles each of a gas capacity exceeding 5.000 000 cubic feet, is known as the It-100, Hie other as the R-101. To expedite the work so that the trial voyages maye be made as soon : s possible, voyages to Egypt or Australia or possibly eNw York, the construction of the ships has been carefully subdivided, the R-100 being designed by a private firm in Howden. Yorkshire, the R 101 by tlie air ministry itself at Cardington. So far actual construction cannot begin because no sheds big enough to [house these great grey monsters lias lever boon built. Boll) Ihe It 100 and file R-101 to b.designed ns sister ships will ho as nearly identical as practicable according to information furnished by th.Air .Ministry. Each will exceed in displacement and length far and away any other known air vessel 1 The R-100 it lias already officially beo.i announced, will be 720 feet In |h iigth. 140 feet in height, 130 feet in diameter, and will bo driven by seven engines of COO horse power each, burning crude fuel oil instead of petrol. The displacement—s)ooo,ooo cubic feet-is not considered excessive in view of the magnitude of tbe other dimensions. It is expected the specifications for the RIOO will be closely similar. It the airships are to bo used for commercial purposes, accommoda tion can be provided each for 100 passengers, separate sleeping accommodations being in the form of twoberth cabins on a separate deck from he living and smoking quarters. The (ruising radius will be practically ununited, with a 2.500 mile trip to Egypt a mere week-end jaunt. The following will be the journey times of the R.lOl on her empire (lights: Egypt—2 1-2 days. India —5 to 6 days.

Australdays. Uape Town—6l-4 dart Canada—3 days. Tn case commercial un* briny -, It to New York, It Is thought the engines of the R 101 ma, make the :1.000 mile trip across the Atianti, in iiirhtly ■ in e’.-e--i,f 4j hour Naturally, an Immense uintami of -•uljaidary work i.s nece ,ir before actual < <>n itrm-tion on the ve. - is '.an begin. In .1 of all ilei<- Hu I mnth rof shed i adequate housing jfor the rnntninoths as they tire being built and permanent hangari for them win II completed. TWo lllli isheds are now under con itruction at Howdeti. v hlb- at Cardington Hie pre sent huge shed Is being enlarged An other shed In to be erected in India and possibly a third one at some intermediary point. Whon it is completed the Cardington shed will be 812 feet long. If the Wrigley tower in Chicago should topple over, bin shed would house it in comfort, witli plenty of space to spare. It could hold upwards of too,000 people, so Hint most of tlie entire popul.it ion of say, Fall River, Mas- . could easily find entrance. Over 500 tons of steel have so far been used in its construction. There is again Hie matter Os mooring masts. One Ilf these masts, ISO Io 200 feel high, is to be erected shortly al (’aid ■ ington, one in India, and as in the ease of the sheds, possibly another at

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