The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-16
HINTS ON KEEPING MILK FROM
sfa--s SQUIRTING.

-a;iMik is a compound substance, made
UP of a mixture of oil, (butter) sugar,
scaseine (curd) and water. If allowed to
sstand still, the oily mater will rise to the
stop in the form of cream. There is a
"a little free alkali (soda) in the water of
ALI sweet milk, and without this soda
the water will not have the power to
keep the .~caseine, or curd dissolved
The sugar of milk is also dissolved in the
water If this can get access to air it is
CONSTANTLY inclined to change to an acid,
sQatic acid,9 just as sweetened water
changes to vinigar when exposed to air,
and we can see just why milk curdles,
and how it may be kept sweet.
20 We all know that acids destroy or
sneutralize the effects of alkalies, (such as
5,ss6oda,, potash, lime, &c., As before
stated, when the milk is new, there is
some free soda in it, but when some acid
rs formed from the milk sugar, this acid
lneutralizes the soda, and the water with
1out the soda cannot dissolve the c~aseine,
but it separates into a mass of curd.-
More. sugar turns to more acid, and in
btime the whole becomes quite sour
Nov there are two ways of preventing
this souring. The first is.
Ia Keep the air away from the milk as
much as possible. We cannot very well
keep the milk covered air tight, but the
oil or cream which rises to the top forms
very good cover fit is kept unbroken.
IF, then, it is desired to keep the milk
some length of time, great care should
ybe taken to keep it still, and preserve
sathea cream undisturbed. Those who get
milk but once a day should divide it into
several portions, each portion to be kept
a~ndisturbed till it is wanted for use.
The second method is.
. Put into new milk a little extra soda
ito neutralize the acid as fast as it is FORM
ed. bit Of soda, the bulk of a mar
! rowfat pea to q quart of milk, will not
/ injure its taste or quality, while it will
often keep it sweet for a day or more
. longer than without it. We have often
taken milk already beginning to sour and
curdle, and by stirring in well a little
soda, and boiling it, have re-dissolved
e the curd, and rendered the milk as sweet
. and good as when first drawn from the
COW. We know that sweetened water
viii turn more rapidly to vinegar, ~(acetic
-aeid,A if it is kept warm. Just so the
sugar of milk turns to acid (latic) soon
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Cooler milk is kept, the longer it will re-
main sweet.
III 1T rs well known that a heavy thun-
der storm will often render milk speedi-
ly sour. This may be effected in two
ways ; the agitation of a thunder clap
may introduce more air into the milk,
and the great amount of electricity pass
ing through the milk may hasten the
change of the sugar acid. We have
heard it suggested, with how much truth
we cannot say though there is some
FEASIBILITY In the statement, that milk
sis less likely to be affected by.thunder if
it is kept m glazed earthenware instead
of metal vessels like tin pans and also
ethatjt .Eils at such time, keep better if
the vessels are placed upon dry wooden
benches or shelves away from the walls,
than if set upon the bottom of the cellar
or milksropnz The reason assigned is,
that the dry benches or shelves act as
Ron-conductors, and prevent electricity
from going thrpughthe milk in its pass
age from the clouds to the earth,
{. The mostsimportant thing in the care
of milk, however, is to leave it undisturb-
ed-hot yen moving the vessel, or agi-
the surface from the time it is
strained, till it is all required for use.
The shallower milk vessels are made,
the greater will be the yield of cream,
it wilrthe more readily rise to the top.
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DEPARTURE OF MIssIoNARIEs.-Dr.
Van Dyckand Mrs. Van Dyck embarked
at Boston, ON Monday, for Smyrna, in
the Suhana, Capt. Watson, on their re-
turn to the Syria Mission. Rev. Messrs.
G. A. Beebe and A. G.. Perkins, with
their wives, go In the same vessel, with
the expectation of joining the Armenian
Mission. ,5sa4 ]
- Apress and types have been sent up
the Minnesota to start a paper at st.
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