Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-11-27

From the California Agriculturalist.

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From the California Agriculturalist.
Harris Lewis expresses himself as
follows, with regard to the proper
care of milk: He says milk comes to
us loaded with germs prepared for its
own destruction. These putrcfactive
germs can be retarded or fastened in
their growth, and they can be killed
by heating to PIP degrees. Freshly
drawn milk also emits an animal
odor. This is worse in unhealthy
than in healthy cows. Few people
relish new milk when just drawn
This animal odor has caused us a
great deal of trouble. We used to
think it was a gas, but have had to
give up that idea. The best deodor-
izer of milk is pure air. We use a
pail with small holes in the bottom,
through which the milk Is poured in
to the milk cans. The milk falls
through the air in very small streams,
and in this way is very thoroughly
deodorized. tits first strained through
cloth, before it enters the perforated
pail. Never eriate milk in the sta
bic, or where the air is impure, for it
may be made worse. The pure air Of
heaven is just what is wanted. He
had made many experiments to test
this question. He took three lots of
milk that were all exactly alike.
No. l he aired and cooled down to
81 degrees.
No. was shut up in can at 90
degrees, or the natural temperature
of fresh milk, and exposed to the heat
of the sun, as milk is exposed when
carted to the factory or the village
market in open wagons.
No. was exposed to bad odOrs,
and in forty minutes it was putrid,
and in seventy minutes it was rot
ten.
No. 2, in seven hours, was in the
same condition as No. g. spoiled.
No. l, after standing 100 hours, was
perfectly sweet, showing how milk
varies under different circumstances.
There are other taints from unclean
pans and pals. These taints may be
destroyed with boiling water. Water
at a low temperature may destroy,
but nothing less than PIP degrees is
safe. And now, to all who use wood.
en- milk pals, he would say, use them
no longer for milk pals, but buy
tin pals for milk. Hogs are said to
need sour swill, and wooden pals are
just the thing for them, but they are
never fit for milk pals. The neater
your wife is the sooner they will be
spoiled, tor if she is neat, she will
very soon scour off the coat Of paint,
and then, after each scalding, the
pail will be put out on the post or
laid on shelf to dry and get aired
III the sun. The effect that follows
is the drying and shrinking of the
wood, by which hundred little
seams will be opened on every square
inch Of surface, each Of which is large
enough to take in the atoms Or parti-
cles Of milk. When the farmer comes
to milk into these pals at night, the
water of the milk acts on the pail as
it does on all dry woods, by swelling
it up and shutting all these seams,
with the milk in them. The next
day the particles of milk are there,
out of the reach of the neatest house
keeper, and the pals are again put in
the sun to dry. The shrinking pro-
cess is repeated, and the milk is ex-
posed to the same condition of the
sample just spoken of, which, in sew
en- hours was rotten. The next time
it is used it imparts faint, ferment
like yeast, which will under variable
circumstances destroy the whole mess.
Use tin tor all milk vessels, and have
as few seams and sharp angles in
them as possible.
There are other kinds of taints.-
Cow stable taints are the most excus-
able of all. He had been called in
to see some cheese ut store in his
village. The grocer said he had
bought some cheeses of one of Mr..
LIS neighbors, which did not quite
suit his customers, and he did not
know what was the matter with them.
81 looked at the checses," said Mr..
L., "and rubbed little between my
fingers, smelt of it, tasted it, and told
the grocer to let me go-I did not
want to say anything about it. But
said the man, I'VE want you to tell us
what ails this cheese. 1t cuts well
and feels well, but there is something
peculiar about it, WELL said l, if
l must tell you, Mr.. did not put
in quite enough milk with his COW
manure to make good cheese out of
it,"