The Delta independent., 1899-05-26
keepias n,lh in Not weather.

Psess bulletin No. OF the Kansas
aGFicultura. experiment station follows:
Nary patron OF creameries and cheese
fsetcries can NOT keep their milk sweet
sss The daily delivery. and more loee
9eeurday nights and Sur day mornings
ank-one seventh OF their entire pro-
-. This loss is unnecessary. and can
6oprevented by care that can be given
- eny farm.
he souring u milk 10 caused by
hoqosri. which are in the dirt on the
co(b uddss. milker's hands. str.iners.
psi1ss esd cana snd In the dust in the
air Under favorable conditions these
bsctesia double every twenty minutes.
and . single germ in pail OF warm 4 ilk
incressss to eight germs in an hour.
sixty four in two hours. 4oS6 in four
hour. and at the end cf twelve hours il
the growth was unchecked il would
require eleven figures to write the mum
Der a bacteria springing from a single
germ. With careless milking. 10000
germs have been found in cubic inch
OF fresh milk.
The inst step in keeping milk sweet
rs TO get IL clean. l. e. free from bacteria.
Clean dairy utensils by rinsing in luke
warm wster. then Thoroughly scrub in
ho; water and .cald with boiling water
or steam and expose to sunlight. Boiling
watcr and sunlight kill the germs founi
iu dirt ir pals and cans. just before
milking the mixer should wash his
hands ip hot water. as the dirt on his
hsnds is full OF germs We milk in
pail that has a top soldcrcd TO the side.
In the top 8 inch hole is cut. into
which . etrainer. Tie s;rsiner 10 taken
out to washed and the opening give.
room soe washing the pail. This pail
kerps bacteria IN the tine dus, from the
coN's body from getting in the milk.
Brush the cows u,ider with a damp
cloth just before milking. and milk in a
place free from dust. stain the milk
through the ordinary wire screen and
through one thickness of canton flannel
or four thicknessc. OF cheesecloth. tres;
Ing the cloth with boilirg water jrs,
before using. This method will give
milk With few germs.
Cod m,lk as .con as drawn. Tor ifscpt
twenty OF thirty minutes before cooling
the ssUring germs in i; may double.
The cutder the milk is kept the longer
ii vii keep sweet. Mix h-li at forty
degrees has been KEEP, sweet week in
Aususs. The germ. which sour milk
grow beet at blood heat. at Go degree.
srosth b stow, at ~ degrees very slow.
and at y u stops Water in Kansas
wells sssn,ls at about 81 d ssreer. With
itelean milk can be cool-,i and held at
6, deussss snd kept sw-e, -ss,l, thirty
six To essty eight hout. in the hot;e.,
w-athes. The beet meihod q: cuoliug
,- to - eoa.r in which the m'ls
i.oSs ovss . chilled surface in dru,-.
,rso!in9 sseh drop tLorvushly ard
9uRhly.
A's<s the miis is c,~ciei put the cane
coaisestaa u is . tank ot ca.d water
aud 49, 81 a. de .r-~-s @ Loo II The
d~IryOsa Ass . sisdn,ll the 10 Easy
done y 1sssiag . se.ll stream q srr.l
saies - through the tank. A. the
Asrisoeessa, cu:i~se milk 10 tsps good
- hnuO UtoAsst either ic~ or visdmill
Th> - , suussd so - dsgress On .
star Ouuoss With sell sates. pat 10
- aus9 - ed tss csss - 10 half
HsrseD - OisA WeIi vss~s. n
bsrsg1DUo poeos1 90 49, ssd ~
vss0 d1nuB6 stgAs ssd osssisg.
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