The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD


lolloWs with regard to the proper care
OF milk: He says milk comes to US
loaded with germs prepared for its own
destruction. These putrefactive germs
can be retarded or FASTENED in their
growth, and they can be killed by heat
ing to 2l2 degrees. Freshly.draVn
milk 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 great deal of trouble. We
used to think it was gas, but have had
to give up that idea. The best deodori-
yer OF milk is pure air. We use pail
with small holes in the bottom, through
which the milk is poured into the milk
pans. The milk falls through the air
IN very small streams. and, in this way,
is thoroughly deodorized. 1t is first
strained through cloth, before it enters
the perforated pail. Never areate milk
in the stable or where the air is impure,
for it may be made worse. The pure
air of heaven is what is wanted. He
had made many experiments to test
this question. He took several lots of
No. 1. lie aired and cooled down to
81 degrees.
No. 2 was shut up in can at 90 Q,
or the natural temperature Of fresh
milk, and exposed to the heat of the
sun, as milk is exposed when carried to
the factory or the village market in
open wagons.
No. 8 was exposed to bad odors, and
in forty minutes it had purified and
in seventy was rotten.
No. 2 in seven hours was in the same
condition as No. 3-spoiled.
No. l, after standing 1870 hours was
perfectly sweet, showing how milk va
ries under different circumstances.
The are other taints from unclean
pals and pans. These taints may he
killed by boiling water. Water at a
low temperature may destroy, but
nothing less than 202 deg. is safe. And
now, to all who use wooden 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 arc just the things for
them, but they are never fit for milk
pals. The neatcr your wife is the
sooner they will be spoiled, for, if she
is neat, she vii! very soon scour off the
coat Of paint, and then, after each
scalding, the pail will be put out Oh a
post or laid Oh shelf to dry and get
aired in the sun. The effect that fol-
lows 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 particles or atoms 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 wood, by swelling it up and
shutting all the seams with the milk in
them. The next day the particles of
milk are there, out Of the reach Of the
neatcst housekeeper, and the pals are
again put in the sun to dry. The
shrinking process is repeated, and the
milk is exposed to the same condition
Of the sample just spoken Of, which, in
seven hours, was rotten. The next
time it is used it imparts faint, fer
ment like yeast, which will, under ia.
vorable circumstances, destroy the
whole mess. Use tin for all milk yes
sells, and have as few seams and sharp
angles in them as possible.
There are other kinds of taints. Cow
| stable taints arc the most incxcusable
Of all. lie had been called in to see
some cheese at Il store in his village.
The grocer said he had bought some
cheese of one of Mr.. DIS neighbors
which did not quite suit his customers,
and he wanted to know what was
the matter with them. II looked at
the chceses,'' said Mr.. D., rubbed
a little between my fingers, smelt Of it,
tasted it, and told the grocer to let me
go-l did not want to say anything
about it, ''But,' said the man, eve
want you to tell us what ails this
cheese. 1t cuts we'll and feels we'll, but
there is something peculiar about it. .
SWELL said I, eff l must tell YOU. Mr..
did not put in quite enough milk
with his COW manure to make good
cheese Of it,
A CHEAP REFRIGERATOR.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: Ice boxes, with their
various compartments, are gotten up
quite extensively but one can be made
with little cost. The cheapest kind
know Of is about the size of and &C.
scmbles Oh the outside an ordinary tool
chest; within, there are pieces Of wood
fastened on for supports, and lining OF
zinc put in, the space between the zinc
and the wood being filled with pounded
charcoal. This filling must be all
around, in the cover as we'll as the bot
tom and sides. In the ends of the box,
clcats Of zinc arc soldercd on, and
shelves of perforated zinc or wire, or OF
wooden Stats, arc slipped in. For a
rack to put the ice on, take four Stats
about four inches long, and nail them
firmly to little block of plank; set
this block down like an inverted kitch-
en- table, in a basin, and put it in the
middle space in the box, between the
rows of shelves. TO make piece of
ice do the greatest amount Of service
and last the longest possible time, wrap
it closely in several thicknesses of fan
mel and lay it on the rack it will not
melt nearly so fast as if laid on the bot
tom, and the basin receives its drip
pings.
A square tank, holding pail or two
of water, can be made of tin or zinc,
and fitted close up to the inside, with a
pipe leading through the box. near the
bottom, and faucet attached. If this
is kept filled with cold spring or we'll
water, and a lump of ice thrown in oc.
casionally, it will be found convcn-
fence in hot weather. On the shelves
may be kept constantly on hand, balls
Of butter, cold and hard, ready for the
table the cream jug, custards. lemon