The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21


II IN any milking a part Of the milk is
bloody or stringy or unnatural in appear
ance, the whole mess should be rejected
MILK with dry hands; never allow the hands
10 come In contact with the milk. II
any accident occurs by which a pail full
or partly full of milk becomes dirty, do
not try to remedy this by straining, but
reject all this MILF and rinse the pail.
All persons that milk althe cows should
have their finger nails cut closely.
Remove the milk of every COW at once
IRON the stable to clean. dry room
where the air is pure and sweet Do not
allow cans to remain in stables while
they are being filled. Never keep your
milk In your stable or near bad odors.
Strain the milk through "a metal gauze and
flannel cloth or layer Of cotton as soon
as 1t is drawn.
Aerate and cool the milk as soon as
strained. If an apparatus for airing and
cooling at the same time Is not at hand
the milk should be aired first. This must
De done In pure air, and 1t should then
pc cooled to 40 degrees, 10 degrees II for
nome use or delivery to factory, or de-
livery for domestic use sold by pint or
quart.
Never close a can containing warm milk
which has not been aired and cooled by
turning from one can to the other stored
or dipped until animal heat is out.
II cover is left off the can, a piece of cloth
or mosquito netting should be used to
keep out insects.
If milk is stored, 1t should be held In tanks
OF fresh. cold water (renewed daily, in a
clean, dry, cold room. Unless it is de-
sired to remove cream. it should be stirred
with tin stirrer often enough to prevent
forming a thick cream layer.
can not get into the cans. In warm
weather hold 1t in tank Of fresh cold
water
Never mix fresh milk with that which has
been cooled.
Do not allow the milk to freeze.
Under no circumstances should anything be
ADDED to milk to prevent Its souring
Cleanliness and cold are the only preven-
tives needed.
All milk should be in good condition when
delivered. This may make it necessary to
deliver twice a day during the hottest
weather.
When cans are hauled far thew shou,d no
full, and carried in spring wagon
In hot weather cover the cans, when moved
In wagon, with a clean wet blanket or
canvas, or covered wagon or covered milk
MIX utensils for farm or dairy use should
De maze OF metal and have all joints
smoothly so!dered. Never allow them to
become rusty or rough inside
Do not haul waste products back to the
farm or dairy In the same cans used for
delivering milk. When this is unavoid-
able, insist that the skim milk or whey
tank be kept clean.
whey should be emptied and cleaned as
soon as they arrive at the farm.
lean ali dairy utensils by first thoroughly
Iinsing them in warm water then clean
INSIDE and out with brush and hot water
In wn1ch cleaning material is dissolved;
then rinse and lastly sterilze by boiling
water or steam Use pure water only.
After cleaning, keep utensils, inverted. in
pure air, and sun if possible, until wanted
for use.
All the Minnesota butter sent to To
peka Tor entry at the buttermakers
meeting was scored before leaving. by
Prof. Heacker; seventy-five tubs in ali
were scored, fifty accepted, scoring
n1nety-fiVe or better. The balance was
sent back to the creameries, as not
being up to the standard. We call that
shreWd way Of management, and
have no doubt 1t aided much In sending
the grand sweepstakes prizes to Min
nesota.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Cornish, Curtis & Green, St. Paul, re.
port that orders for creamery outfits
are Increasing. Which is another in
dication that great many new cream
cries will be started throughout the
Northwest this spring.
The butter shipments from Albert
Lea last week were as follows: Geneva
Village creamery, u tubs; Albert Lea
81; Glover Valley, 4S; Riceland. AZ; Ban
croft, So; Clark's Grove and Hayward
80 each; Sumner Valley, 10, making g
total Of 342 tubs or 24,624 pounds, q
slight increase over the previous week
H. E. Schuknecht has left the Albert
Lea creamery. The buttermakers will
be sorry to lose Mr.. Schuknecht, as
they depended largely on him for in
formation on pasteurization. The Min
tot q nd nhnnCo lyor
will regret to learn that Mr.. Schuk-
necht will not be able to continue his
duties as secretary Of that association
Mr.. Schuknecht has accepted good po-
sition as manager of the Union cream
cry, of Madison, Neb.