The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-18
MISTAKES ABOUT MILK,
The Only Way to Render the Fluid Re
fect1y Pure.

The Only Way to Render the Fluid Per-
fectly Pure.
What mistaken notions some people
have about milk! And then there are
others who, if they thoroughly under
stand the constituent character Of the
tactical fluid, ignore that knowledge in
stead of putting il into practical use.
The writer was on The train the other
day, and just before reaching his des-
tination a conversation was opened be-
tween two strangers across the car
heard the words milk" and dairy"
and SO strained my ears to listen. Il
take my milk to condensory." said
big, farmer looking man wearing
broad brim hat, but the past winter
have delivered it only twice a week,
and once Mondays milk was delivered
Saturday, and they never knew the diff.
ference at the condensory, for it was
all accepted as good milk" heard no
more, and after alighting from the
train l regretted that did not have an
opportunity for a conversation with the
stranger farmer, and SO learn more of
his methods By his own confession he
had kept milk at home until it was
nearly or quite a week old, and then
had palmed it off on an unsuspecting
manufactures. The buyer must have
been either an ignoramus rs regards
milk quality, or else he winkcd At the
deception his patron was practicing,
and passed the fraud along the line 10
the consumer. Mr.. Patron might have
been ignorant enough to suppose that
as long as he could prevent the milk
from souring by keeping it at low
temperature. the general quality of the
fluid was preserved.
As this opinion is shared in by many
dairymen who take superficial view Of
the subject, we will be charitable
enough to suppose that our friend Of
the train was imbued with the idea also
! suppose that as he lived a long dis
lance from the condensing factory, it
keep his milk length of time. and save
frequency of trips. While he was keep
ing it at u low temperature to stave off
the acid germs, another species of bac-
terra was at work destroying the natur-
al milk favor and giving il bitter and
nauseating taste. Sour milk is one
species of tactical decay and disintcgra-
ton, and bitter milk is another. For
healthfulness as human TODD. ] would
much prefer the sour to the bittcr-f1av-
ored milk. Dairymcn, there is nothing
like fresh. pure milk in any spot or
place. When milk comes from the cow !;
udder it is charged with animal heat,
and we might say animal odor There
is only one way to purge this offensive
gas from the fluid, and that is by aera-
ton. Acration must take place imme-
diately after milking, or else the i'm
prisoned heat and gas will develop a
peculiar species of bacteria, causing
faint and tactical rottenness. Aeration
begins from the surface of the milk as
soon as it is extracted from the cow;
and where the surface is large. as where
the milk is stored in shallow vessels,
Al aeration sufficient to preserve its
quality will naturally take place with.
out any further attention. A thorough
exposure to the air by dipping and
stirring is, however, generally expcdi,
ent- When we have milk yielded by
healthy cows, fed on healthy food
properly aerated and eaten fresh, we
have a rich. pure food containing al
the elements to sustain human life. and
give vigor to the body. Mark You, there
is nothing more healthful than pure
milk. while bad milk is an enemy Il
sanitivcness.-GeoE f. Newell, in Prairie
| Farmer