New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

Fearing that the babies Of the nation
were going 20 be deprived Of paSteurizeu
milk Uncle Sam has come to their rescue
with a timely little pamphlet on The care
of Milk and Its Use in the Home In IL ne
tells worried mothers of New York anu
other mothers all over the country how 10
pasteurize milk at home He says;
Mil, fs most conveniently pasteuriZed in
the bottles in which il is delivered TO 90
this use a small pail with a perrOTateu
false bottom. An inverted pie TN Win a
fa,J holes punched in IL will answer this
purpoSe This will raise the bOttleS from
The bottom Of the pail. thus allowing a ne Le7
circulation Of water ana PieVeltIIls ,t-b UGlI-R
ing OF the bottles. Punch hoie tHIOu7H =
tho cap of one of the bottles and insert d
thermometer The ordinary floating type
of thermometer is likely TO be Inaccurate,
o1d AZ rosSthIe a good thermometer with
the scale etched on the glass shOuiO Os5
used Set the bottles OF milk in the pan
and fH with water nearly TO the leHel % y.
the milk Put the pail on the stove OF
over a gas flame and heat II untli the
thermometer in the milk shows not less
than Ia degrees nor more than loo degrees
Eahrenheit. The bottles should then be re-
moved from the water and allowed 70 stand
from twenty to thirty minutes Ine ZEN ,
perature will fail slowly. but may De @ ES.I
more uniformly by covering the botueS
with a towel The punCtuated cap ShOuld
be replaced with a new one, or the DOttLS
should be covered with an inverted cup
After the milk has been held as directed
1t should be cooled as quickly and as fnucn
as pOssfbIe BY setting in water TO avoid
danger Of breaking the bottle oy 700 sue sue
shOlId Re warm at first Replace the warm
wafer slowly with cold water After cool
ing. milk should in all cases be held at 'he
lowest available temperature
This method NAV be employed 20 retard
the sourfng of milk or cream for ordinary
uses. IL should be reInemoeredi t2. noweVsI;; -;
bacteria in milk. and after paSteurizauon IL
should be kept cold and in cleanly man
ner and used as soon as possible. cream an
completely in pasteurtzed milk as IN raw
milk
II may be surprising 20 some housekeep-
ers 10 learn that milk is in danger not only
from flies. with their 1.25OO00 bacteria apiece.
hut also from the atmosphere OF the ordi-
nary house. Fresh air, il seems. IS not so
good FOR milk as for babies. II IS very
sensitive stun, this Iactic fdid. and every
thing that comes near il makes an impress
sion on tt-bacteria from the air, germ laden
dust odors of other foods and the death
dealing fly Organisms which get into milk
multiply very rapidly while II IS warm.
hence the need OF keeping IL in he refrtg-
orator as much as possible and putting upon
the table for family use the amount re-
ouired for that meal only Milk left over
from the table should never be poured back
into the bottle with the purer portion. but
kept in a separate covered receptacle. The
bottom of the refrigerator is the best place
for milk, because cold air settles rapidly
and the bottom OF the refrf geratOr Is there
fore the cOidest-
The refrigerator should be washed and
scaIded every week. and the ice compart-
ment and outlet for water formed By the
melting ice kept free from dirt. The bot
Ties. too, must be kept clean and never
used for anything except milk The dealer
IS obliged 70 scald them each time he uses
them. but he does not scrub them. Uncle