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Indian Farming April 1948

1948

The reorganization of the nation's milk industry is one of the major problems that is exercising the minds of everyone concerned in the welbeing of the population. [...] While an adequate quantity of milk is essential for providing sufficient nutrition to the people the quahtative aspect of milk 133'mg MILK PROBLEM IN INDIA production is of the greatest significance since not only does it determine the volume of milk ultimately reaching the consumers in a good condition but it also bears a fundamental relation to the maintenance of public health and the economic [...] It is indispensable for the growth and development of children for the restoration to health of invalids and nursing mothers and for the maintenance of health and virility of the adult. [...] It is also common knowledge that any lack of care in the management of the animal method of milking interval between milkings and other conditions are immediately reflected in the quantity and quality of milk yielded apart from the effects of such practices on the health of the herd and sanitary atmsphere in the byre. [...] It is clear from the foregoing observations that the frequency of disease in cattle the risk of contamination from human and other sources especially when sanitary precautions are lacking during the production of milk and the high susceptibility of milk to bacterial growth all together conspire to render the consumption of raw milk potentially dangerous.
agriculture environment
Pages
51
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii U. N. Chatterjee view
The Milk Problem in India
133-135 U. N. Chatterjee view
Some Public Health Aspects of Milk Industry in India I. Factors Affecting the Wholesome Value of Milk
136-142 K. C. Sen, H. Laxminarayana view
The California Citrus Industry
143-147 S. Krishnamurthi view
Jamnapari Goats
148-150 S. Krishnamurthi view
Improved Varieties of Table Rices in the United Provinces
151-153 P. S. Gupta, A. K. Mitra view
What the Scientists are doing
154-154 U. N. Chatterjee view
You Ask We Answer
155-155 U. N. Chatterjee view
What’s Doing in All-India
156-159 U. N. Chatterjee view
Across the Borders
160-164 U. N. Chatterjee view
Home Gleanings
165-168 U. N. Chatterjee view
The Chemical Activities of Bacteria (1947)
169-169 U. N. Chatterjee view
News and Views
170-172 U. N. Chatterjee view

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