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THE RANCH . Vol. XX. No. 19. THE KRISTOFERvSON DAIRY Inception and Development of the Kristo ferson Dairy. I was born in a dairying community of Sweden, which, you may know, is one of the most progressive of all countries in that industry. Following the usual custom of the sons of well-to-do farmers, I took a course at an agricultural and dairy college after finishing school. Even at that time so many years ago, we were taught concern ing the care of cows and milk, that which is only beginning to be practiced by the more ; progressive farmers in this country. During our short residence in Seattle when we first came to this State, nearly fourteen years ago, we learned, from annoy ing experience, that in most of the dairy products procurable at that time, quality, the great essential, was lacking. On one occasion my wife wished to entertain friends, and engaged cream of her milkman I cheerfully endorse the methods of the Kristoforson Dairy in the care ful preparation and pasteurization of milk, and recommend it to my patients as being the most healthful of any to be obtained in the city.—Robert M. Stith, M. D. many days in advance. In the interim she daily sought to impress upon him the im portance to her of having the cream of the finest and heaviest quality. She offered to pay twice the price of ordinary cream, and did pay it. But . When the day ar rived the cake with "almond cream filling" had to be hastily renamed to match a sub stitute filling; and the "whipped cream" for the coffee was an empty, very empty dream! Several months later our oldest boy was born, and for a few days we faced the pos sibility of having to find a substitute for his natural food. Happily, this catastrophe was averted, but the anxiety of those days while we searched vainly for cow's milk which we would dare feed him, left a lasting impres sion with us. However, we were in distant rural dis tricts of the State for a few years before coming back to Seattle and actually engag ing in our long-cherished plans of catering direct to the dairy needs of Seattle. In this my wife has been my enthusiastic co-worker, especially in all that pertained to 'pure food for the babies." We made purity and quality ou,r watch words from the very first. Our ideals and our belief in the possibility SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, OCTOBER i, 1903. Four-fifths of the diseases among in fants is traceable directly to impure adulterated, or infected milk. There is no medium for the transmission of disease equal to the milk supply, and it is to the interest of every householder to guard most carefully the health of his family by insisting that the milk used shall come from a pure, clean, wholesome source. — Dr. G. B. Mcuullough, the leading specialist in infant and child diseases in Seattle.^ * ALFBBO KRISTOFEUSON. At Stanford University, California, one of the greatest institutions of learning in America, typhoid fever broke out last spring in the form of an epidemic, and within a short time there were 129 cases reported. The editor of The Ranch was in San Fran cisco at the time, and in order to get at the facts, made a personal visit to the University. He found by investi gation that in every case the sufferer of the disease had been using the milk of a Portuguese dairyman, who kept his quarters in a filthy condition. Of those taken ill, twenty-four died, and the cost of treatment for the patients aggregated in the neighborhood of $75,000. It is impossible for such an epidemic to be spread through milk that has been pasteurized. Subscription 50c Per Year of attaining them, tided us over many weary discouragements. It is difficult for a new business, however worthy, to gain a foothold in an eager, push ing city; but a business which is built slow ly and perseveringly upon merit alone stands upon a firm foundation. Beginning with only a few private cus tomers, we prepared fancy dessert cream. I early discovered that the general public was surprisingly ignorant of the food value and culinary possibilities of a really good cream. At once I began the somewhat am bitious undertaking of educating it along this line, both by circulating simple recipes and instructions, and, when opportunity of fered, demonstrating in kitchens the artistic The milk supplied by the Kristofer son Dairy is, we consider, the best supplied by any dairy in the city of Seattle. We firmly believe that the best insurance against disease is the pasteurization of milk which destroys disease germs. We have inspected both the supply of milk in this dairy, and the pasteurizing plant in this city, and are greatly pleased with the man ncr in which they are conducted.— Dr. Ludlow, City Health Officer. as well as the every-day possibilities of cream. Personally, I believe in cream thoroughly, as an important and even necessary article of diet. It is much more easily and quickly digested than the heavy animal fats so much used in our kitchens, and can and should, to a large extent, take the place of them. It is with much gratification that I see people using gallons of cream where at that time they grudgingly used half-pints. As soon as possible I prepared and sold my now well-known pasteurized milk for babies and invalids; and that, in time, won hearty appreciation. I have read and studied much on these subjects and carried on original research and experimenting as well. I keep in touch with the most advanced thought on all dairy subjects, and strive to constantly improve the output of my dairy. I have never believed in chemical preserv atives, even of the simplest sort, and have never used them, and never shall; for I know no reason why I should, even if they were perfectly harmless. Science will always direct us along prac tical, clean and wholesome paths if we heed its teachings.