The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-12-15
WHAT PAsTEURIZATIoE is AND cHE BEST
KEowM MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.

The name pasteurization comes from
the man who first discovered this process
of purifying milk, Dr. Louis Pasteur who
was born in 1922 and died in Paris 1895.
The object of pasteurizstion is to utter.
~ destroy sit undesirable microbes or
bacteria which rapidly germinate in
warm milk, and in SO doing produce an
article which can be used as food with
out question or suspicion by mankind
under all the different and varying con-
ditions.
Milk as it comes from healthy COW
fed upon pure food Ia pure and sterile.
Such condition even when the utmost
precaution is taken is almost, II not
wholly impossible TO find. Millions of
germs multil wing enormously, float in
che dust-laden air, undo the TANKS of the
cow, and in the hands of the mixer. To
give an idea of how these germs increase,
it has been shown that in milk at tenn
perature of 80 degrees Fahr., they multi
ply % times In hours, but in milk at q
temperature of ID degrees Fair, they
will OF LIZ multiply times in two hours.
These figures may be true or may not,
but come through an unquestionable
source.
The Woman's Hospital of Philade lphia
claim that since they decided to pasteur-
ize all of the milk used in the hospital,
the death rate has decreased enormously.
This in Itself would prove that there is
more merit in pasteur zing than the aver
age person would be willing to admit.
There ara at the present time numerous
enterprises started throughout the United
States and running on very successful
basis, who make practice OF pasteuriz.
ing and sterilizing milk to be used by
children and infants under special con-
ditions. Also progressive milk dealers
have fallen into line and put in large con-
tinuous process pasteurizsIs by which
they are enabled to purify the Who'll pro-
duct at very small expense and give the
public an article pure and unquestion-
able. Among these are the Deerfoot
Farm Co., of Contooeook, Mass, Boston
and New York Cities, the Troy Dairy CO.,
of Troy, N. Y, Rebt Brady of Atlantic
City, N. r., and the Alphse Dairy, CO.
Iumbus, Ohio.
These ara merely mentioned to show
that the public in general desire their
milk TO be pasteuriz ed, as soon as they
become acquainted with the method, or
get thorough knowledge Of the good
which pasteurizing does.
In Europe, notably Sweden and Dem
marx, they have been following this meth
cd for years with the best of results.
AS TO butter-maklng, the plan is carried
out in this line also in most complete
manner, by many Of our largest and most
progressive creamerymen throughout the
country, and we are pleased to note that
this desire for purifying the product Ia
growing very rapidly.
The system OF pasteurfziag for butter
making 10 slightly different from that
| used By milk dealers for city delivery of
milk.
The milk is heated In &C ntinuous pro
cess pasteurizer, such as made by Mr.
Reid OF philadelp running directly
from the pasteurizsr to the separator,
beinglseparated while hot, thus increas-
| ing the capac ty of the separator as well
as pasteurizing the milk ard cream at the
| same time. B = this method che milk lie
heated to tempt rature Of 165 degrees,
and held tEers very few minutes, and
we find upon careful analysis OF the milk,
that SO per cent, Of the germs and bac-
terra are utterly destroyed.
Then 60 ripen the cream starter Of
soma kind should be put In. These
lslarsaTs ara Inexpensive, or can he care,