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Palmer,
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TERRITORIAL HEALTj AND
SANITATION
uir.N.n1. Clements from the Territ
orial Dop-. rtnont of Health and
Siinl’c: t3 on at Juneau Alaska mot
with the market m? Ik producers
of the valley on April AS. Tho
purpose of the moot ins v/as to
interpret the milk laws as they
affect those selling market milk
in the valley.
Milk is one of the most important
of nil foods and one most necess
ary to both children end adults,
therefore, the sanitary handling
of this food is nr st important .
Mi lie is the bo. t culture for the
growth of most bacteria. Since
bacteria multi:ly by dividing,
it is important ; o ice q the bac
terial ccunt as 1ow as poaaitlc.
The bacterial count of raw milk
is not nee -ssarily all1-import ant
in wrnding milk, for instance;
if milk from farm A tins a bacteria
count of 1000 per cc and milk
from farm B has a bacterial count
of 4000, at the time of milking,
which is quite possible from
'healt! y cows; milk from farm B
may be cooled immediately and
the bacteria cease bo multipy,
Milk from farm A may be improp
. erly handled, placed in unclean
utensils and kept in aa warm place.
However, under the same conditions
farm A bacterial count will mul
tiply at the rate of 2000, 4000,
and 8000 as compared to 3 at
8000, 15,000 and 32,000.and so
on at a most rapid increase,
AI30, the bacteria in raw milk
from a healthy cow are not in
jurious, but dirty milk containers
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MOST IMFORTAUT STEP IN HISTORY
OP MATANU SKA VALLEY
!■ Ir.W.W.Ilcad, Acting Gonrral Man
ager of the Alaska Rural Rehabil
itation Corporation in the absence
of Ross L.Shooly to hashington
D.C., issued an order yesterday
morning permitting the transfer
of throe departments frum the
ARRC to the Matanuska Valley
Parmer’s Cooperating Association
with Mr.L.C.Stock in charge as
Manager, Fhc meat, produce,and
creamery departments will in the
future bo under the management
and administration of Mr,Stock,
Since the arrival of Mr.Stock,
a grc:. t deal of necessary tine
has been spent negotiating for
this transfer. Humorous dot- ils
wore presented to the various
members of the Board of Directors
of the ARR.C now in Washington
conferring with Dr.Gruoning and
Secretary Iclces for their approval.
It has always been a part of the
plan of this Colonization project
to eventually organize a Farmer's
Cooperative which would dictate
the policies established.
Discussing the matter with Mr.
Stock ho says," In my opinion
the- arrangement just completed,,
In which the Co-op will become the
managing agency of the processing
and manufacturinu units, is the
soundest step that could have been
made in the development of a
cooperative set up. I have
pointed out many times, that a
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