The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-03
milk through the COW. Only man has
learned that trick

milk through the COW. Only man has
learned that trick.
Next, give the COW plenty Of salt.
Treat her kindly. Treat her as TX
she were your friend. Any man who"
will kick a cow or strike her with
a pitchfork should be taken by the
back of the neck and kicked out OF
odors.
The COW house should be kept clean
and sweet and well ventilated. 1t is
impossible to get good milk from a
cow kept in stable that is not clean.
l would like you to see the stable in 4
connection with our college, and I
think you would agree with me that
the air in that stable is probably as
pure as it is in this room Such a
condition can be got at small ex-
pense. Bulletin 143 gives instruction
as how to ventilate a COW stable at
small cost. No man should keep his
COWS in small, damp, filthy house
and expect good milk fit for human,
use. The COWS must be kept clean
If you suggest currying the cows, farm
ers will laugh at you but nevertheless
COWS need to be regularly brushed and
curried They need to be kept clean,
as much as horses, if not more so. It
is impossible to get clean milk from
dirty cows. You have only to notice
the sediment.in milk bottle to know
that this is a fact. The people OF
this country should rise and demand
clean, sweet milk.
Next, cows should be MIXED in a.
kindly manner. The person doing the
milking should have on clean clothes
Men do the milking as rule. Wom-
en- should not be asked to go in the
barn to milk cows, and especially not
through dirty barn, to milk dirty
cows. AS a rule, the milking should
be done by a man. He should have
on clean clothes and should wash his
hands before milking. The average
man will think nothing of sitting down
to milk with dirty hands. Milk in a
quick manner into a clean pail. The
milk, Immediately after it is drawn
from the COW, should be strained, ahuq
cooled to temperature of so or 60'
! degrees.
If you get milk cooled to so or 60
degrees, it can be kept for long
time and will be fit for human con-
sumption. Milk which is not cooled at
once forms q medium for the develop
ment of bacteria, and very often con-
tagious diseases are spread through
an impure milk supply. Milk which
| is sold in towns and cities ought to be-
under the strict control of the mu-
nicipality, and the people of the mu-
! nicipality should see to it that the
milk is above reproach. In Glasgow
and Copenhagen the milk is inspected,
and the people of those cities get milk
Of much higher standard than 10
sold in this country, and at no greater
cost.
| | see no reason why skim milk
should not be sold. 1t is of special
value to growing children. A great
many cities have bylaws prohibiting
| the sale of skim milk. hold that
skim milk should be sold, that the
poor of our towns and cities ought.
/ to have it. But it is hard to get
anyone to buy skim milk, because 1t
| gives one the appearance of being
poor Buttermilk is a most healthful
drink. If people would drink but
| termilk instead of whisky it would
probably be better for all concerned
Scientists tell us that there are germs
in sour milk which fight against the
germs causing death to the human
body. 1t is also said that buttermilk
has a tendency to lengthen life. Peo-
pie in some parts of Europe drink
largely Of sour milk, and these peopke
live to a very great old age.