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Good milk is sold 9
poor milk is not
By DIETER KRIEG
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. -
“Good milk is sold, poor milk
is not sold,” that, in a nuG
shell is the message Dr. Earl
Cook had for members of
Inter-State Milk Producers
Cooperative, when he spoke
here at the annual dinner
meeting of District 12.
Cook is director of the
Quality Control Laboratory,
Inc., which was recently
acquired by Inter-State, The
dairy cooperative and the
laboratory are located on
adjoining properties in
Southampton, Pa.
Cook, who has been in
volved with the laboratory
for approximately 30 years,
aimed his talk at the quality
control problems in the dairy
industry and how they could
be combatted. He noted
early in his speech that there
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 12,1977 —
-were sharp increases in the
number of violations during
deer season.
The Quality Control
Laboratory, which is now a
wholly owned subsidiary of
Interstate, is not just a
laboratory for testing milk.
Technicians at the modem
facility also concern
themselves with the analysis
of water, ecology and
medical devices. Cook
himself is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania’s
School of Veterinary
Medicine.
The goal for all dairymen
should be to produce a
product which is absolutely
above reproach, said Cook.
To achieve that end, Cook
advises dairymen to be
careful of their own
foolishness. He cautioned
them against having water
or drugs in the milk they ship
to market. “The presence of
antibiotics in milk is a
constant problem,” he
emphasized.
Some individuals do not
understand, Cook explained,
that drugs in milk could
cause death in some cases
since some people are
allergic to such foreign
substances in milk. He
therefore urged dairymen to
take extra care in this
regard and re-emphasized
the penalties which are in
volved if violations take
place.
Cook noted that the Quality
Control Laboratory recently
spent $155,000 to upgrade its
equipment. Aside from tests
for water and drugs, the
laboratory is also set up for
determining leucocyte
counts. Although the
presence of the latter in milk
is normal and not harmful,
great amounts of leucocytes
are an indication of infection
or irritation.
Quality Control aims at
eliminating as many factors
as possible which might
possibly cause milk to be off
flavor or otherwise lacking
in quality.
“If you wish good
production, I strongly urge
you to have a close eye on
mastitis - but remember that
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1 tempting desired him
from heaven
He answered and said unto then. When it is evening
ye say. It will be fair weather for the sky is red
And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for
the sky is red and lownng O ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the
signs of the times’
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LANCASTER FARMING
MARKET REPORTS
the lab receives only a
composite sample,” Coo*k
said.
On rancidity, Cook com
mented that it is not harm
ful, but unpalatable. Again,
the aim is to produce the best
flavored milk possible.
During this time of year that
includes being extra careful
in the ways milk is stored
during emergencies, said
Cook. Milk cans, for
example, should be
thoroughly checked and
cleaned to insure that they
will not have a detrimental
effect on milk quality.
With better quality milk to
sell, Cook believes sales can
remain a bit stronger. He
noted that sales trends were
on an upward swing again,
after having dropped
noticeably following last
Fall’s adverse publicity on
radiation as it is related to
milk. Cook explained that
milk has always been a
vanguard for controls, and
that It’s in the news along
with radiation simply
because it is used as a handy
medium for tests, and not
because it absorbs radiation
more readily than other
foods.
An election of officers was
held following Cook’s
presentation. Elected in the
Christiana local were:
Calvin Beiler, president;
Donald Ranck, vice
president; Charles Groff,
secretary-treasurer; Ivan
Bowman Jr. and J. Ray
Ranck, delegates; and
James Bowman and Roy
Neff, alternate delegates.
In the Quarryville local,
the following were given the
nod for office: Karl Herr,
president; Dale Herr, vice
president; and James G.
Kreider, treasurer. Voted to
be delegates were Dale Herr,
Robert Kreider, Richard
Maule, and P. Robert
Wenger. Alternate delegates
were Kenneth DeLong,
Robert C. Groff, James
Kreider and Scott Mull.
Three 4-H’ers in the area
were recognized for their
achievements. They were:
Doug Hershberger, Linda
Akers, and Charles Groff.
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