Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-31
cARE oF MILK IN THE tioME

1t is not sufficient that the milk
should be clean and pure when deliv-
cred to you. Unless the proper care is
taken in your own home after the milk
is received you will not have good milk
In spite of every effort of the dairy
men. 1t is therefore important that
you should take good care of your
milk-not just today. but every day.
the whole year round.
Milk Is the most valuable single
article of diet known to man, and 1t is
the only proper food for babies under
year of age, when they cannot get the
nourishment which nature intended for
them-their mothers milk.
But, But wiliie good milk is such an ex-
cellent food, bad milk Is one of the most
dangerous foods possible, being re-
sponsible for a large part of the bowel
troubles of babies and for the death
of very many of them.
The chief means by which milk is
often made dangerous are: "a dirty
methods of keeping and milking the
cows, dirty mixers and dirty milk ves-
sells; (2) failure to cool the milk
promptly and keep 1t cold until before
it is used, and (3) keeping the milk too
long before it is used.
Bad milk, therefore, SO far as danger
to health is concerned, is dirty milk,
or warm, stale milk.
ia AIlG AOluC Do OAA tiC AGA AL ehhA AAt
the city dairy, cleanliness and cold are
the two essentials In the securing of
wholesome milk.
All vessels used for milk should be
thoroughly cleansed as soon as empty,
using first clean cold water for rims
inng and then scalding them with hot
water containing a small amount OF
washing soda or borax. Do not use
soap for this purpose. After thor
fa oh ha
rinsed with clean water and then well
aired and summed in some place where
they will be protected from dust.
If your milkman delivers his milk
in sealed bottles, see that he does not
leave these in a place where they
will be exposed to the hear of the
sun before being brought into the
house. They should be taken in as
soon as possible and stood at once in
the refrigerator until used. AS soon
as you have emptied bottls, wash
it out carefully Do not return to your
milkman bottles containing stale milk.
If you are getting bottled milk and If
a case of typhoid fever or other
catching" disease breaks out In your
house, you should tell your mil<mar
at once and he should not take away
any milk bottles from your house until
the case has gotten well, as one of
these bottles might otherwise be the
means of carrying the discuss to other
houses.
If your milkman does not deliver his
milk in bottles 1t is best to have him
deliver it directly to you or your SER
want, and you should see that 1t Is
pot on ice Immediately and kept cold.
The practice of putting out an uncov-
cred pitcher or other vessel for milk
the night before cannot be too strongly
condemned.
Such a pitcher or vessel, exposed to
the dust and dirt of the street. VIII
collect thousands of germs before the
milk Is put into It, Many Of these may
be dangerous TO life and health, besides
which they will certainly cause the
milk to sour in a short time and be-
come unfit for use. The purest milk
received in such a vessel may become
as bad in a few hours as the worst
milk from a dirty farm.
If you are compelled to stand out
vessel to receive your milk, provide
yourself with several glass preserve
jars, which should be used for this
purpose only. They should be kept well
washed and aired as above described.
Get Jars with clamp tops. Those with
screw tops are hard to keep properly
cleansed. Do not use the rubber ring
which comes with most jars, as 1t is
difficult to keep clean, and the jars VIII
be sufficiently clean without it. In
stead of a preserve jar, bowl, COW
cred by a plate may be used. A pitch
er cannot be tightly covered on account
of the projecting spout.
Give your own personal attention to
your milk vessels.
Racause milk is delivered to you