Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-02
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So As
90 per cent solids not IA IN sample
In test ing tot adulleiated milk II Is
pest lot The Inspector To get a sample
direct ifom the fam where the milk Is
produced. As the total 50 Is IN a
sample OF milk from h. fd will rarely
vary more than three. tenus e one u, 7
cent fum day to day, sam l. ffom the
nome the DAIRY, and the sample from
lhe Cchvefy eau, should practically
agree u such sample cannot be pro-
cured Tine per cent sonds not lat Is
taken as n bass OF calculations, as milk
irOm a herd very seldom goes be Wv So
per celt solid, not tat or above 10 per
cent, the average beng very Ose to
nine. Then II we had a sam i Of mi X
which from our ties aud cdiculatto !
gave Us oily s.S7 per cent solids not TAI,
a. d per cent fat, II Is evidently =
sampe vi watered milk, not skinned
mix, (as sample oi tnis descfiI ion
'as recently FAMED In one OF the SAT-
Lake papers, except perhaps in slight
dtgfee 10 Ind tue amount vi adultera.
to the question Is; / 9psf cent is the
amount # lids not ia IN pure milk,
how much pure mills - there ~ q samp
Containing SIS per cent solids nj AT a
question ~ pfopurtiun; 9: iSo $50. I
Hbl.A per cent ol pure mlS wnicu, suD.
traced hon 100 ves $50 per cent. the
amount oil water added. 10 however we
Iva a sample testing per cent lat and
9.S per cent solids net lat, We know that
sucn relation never exists IN pure milk
and that 1t is partly skinned milk.
By tbs method the students In our
dairy laboratory Cen te | to within pr
cent, they often 20 clos, r. u the amount
OF water with which dilute a sample, n
they have the oigiaai to compare il
wi h, whether that original be a sample
OF whole mi pauly skinned. or
SKINNED mnk II an original sample
cannot be obtained. Il can b.. seen that
rcn milk may he diluted 10 a slight
extent Without Il being detected. But
human nature is sucn that sooner or
later, those men who practise It yet too
bold and add an eN IA gu intit,, ami
when q vigilant inspection IS kept up
sucn parties seldom escape.
WIN regard TO other deliberations:
Oiher ials or oils are never a deu to
mix. as Il Is impossible to emuls,fy them
with the mix Pfrse vaiivts are not
unirequentiy used. Boiaeic aud salicy.
lie acid. or mixture of these, are tie
most common Their action Is an {.
eeplic, delaying the action OF organisms.
In small quantities they may lie harm
less, but as they seem to accumulate 10
the system and finally work harm. par.
uculsry to children, they suOull no be
used. Several states and some OF thr
European countries have laws az int
the use In any dairy products. linink
these prtservatives are ssidom used ~
an excuse to- adding water OF 20 cover
up such dilution. Any ordinary sample
OF milk which does not thlcken H.
twenty four hours. 10 the summer time,
u Kept at the temperature Of the liviug
room, | would suspect Of beng q pre-.
served sample, and II should be sent to
n chemist Tor analysis. Even the adding
OF burnt sugar, or even cJloring, Doth oi
which are practiced to improve the az.
pearance VI the milk, would not escAp
The detection OF an expert, more par
ucularly as only poor milk needs such
treatment. Good milk requires no such |
up.
subject would refer them to the Eighth |
Annual Report OF the Wisconsin Tx
pefimt nj station, page aga; also the 9 h |
a"S 'SNh Ntpotls, anu uulcun NO 90
) me OF them, perhaps all, may be on.
tanned for the asking. The Ddfy Mess
enger No. contains a very iull ce,crip |
ton OF mix testing. Volumes " b. oie
20 ten may be obtained from HoaTd's
Dairymen for sI,aS.
To those wnO would like to inquire
further would advise them to take the
course In Agriculture at the Utah Ayr
cultural College. II they cannot take
he iour year course, then take the two
year, or, u not that, then the specia
winter course, The subject is thorough.
y covered. We have al the rel, Fences
given and many more, to which the stu.
dents have access.
Yours respectfully
l.. d. LlsFIELD
Utah Ayr. Exp Station, Logan.