The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-26
Care of Milk
In the Home
Bulletin of tho Iowa State Dairy and
Food Commission.

N'S -"
Food Commission
The medical milk commission OF the
city OF New York recently visited 1900
homes in that city and found 400
homes where the milk was improperly
cared for. This statement though
startling is not an eXaggeration of con-
ditions the country over and with the
hope of lessening the enormous infant
mortality, this circula of information
is issued. When you consider that Al
Cables out of every 100 die that are fed
other than by the breast, 1t is criminal
not to heed a warning in regard to the
selection and care OF the food of our
children.
Do not purchase milk that is sold in
bulk. Insist upon having your milk
bottled at the farm not in the wagon
and delivered to you sealed from all
lust and flies. The ~unSanitary method
Of carrying milk ans and measures
through the dusty streets with flies
alighting on the milk receptacles after
~alighting on garbage wagons, sputum.
manure, etc, should not be tolerated.
Have the milk man place the bottled
milk out of reach of dogs n cats and
in a cool, shady place. When the milk
Is delivered, note whether or not it Is
cold. If the temperature is above 60
degrees, F, the milk man has been
careless in his transportation meth
DDS. The bottle of milk should be
held under the cold water faucet and
washed thoroughly with as little agi-
tation of the milk as possible. Then
note whether there is n dirty sedi-
ment in the bottom Of the bottle.
The caps used on milk bottles are
of two varieties, the waXed paper cap
which is fitted into the recessed rim
Of the bottle, n the paper lined metal
cap which fits owe the top of the bot
tie. The waxed paper cap Is 1mper-
81 Itr+ ryNr 0a~ ~
compare with the paper lined metal cap
in regard to cleanliness as there Is al
ways some dirt which collects around
the edges of the cap that Is difficult
to remove while the milk Is in the bot
tie.
Unless you are familiar with the con-
ditions at the dairy, such as the health
Of the cows and the Clearly manner of
milking and caring for h product,
the milk should be ~pasteurized in the
home. Do not depend upon
cial pasteurization. The pasteuri-
cation as it is carried on today In q
commercial way kills Tactic acld
tubercular and typhoid germs. Pas
teurization in the home may be per-
formed without any apparatus other
tina is found in the common
utensils. Select a pail somewhat larger
tina the bottle or bottles of milk and
place an inverted, perforated pie TN
in the bottom to prevent humping. Set
the bottles Of milk on the pie tin and
fill the pail with water to the level of
he milk in the bottles. Punch a hole
through the car, or in case nursing
bottles are used. plug the necks with
absorbent cotton. Heat on the stove
or over a gas burner until the water
just begins to boil. then remove from
the fire and allow to stand for 20 min
utes. Replace the water in the pail
gradually with colder water until the
bottles have been cooled to the tenn
perature of the tap water, then place
on ice until ready for use. By the
should be heated to a temperature Of
not less than 145 degrees F. and not
more than $50 degrees F. The milk
should be allowed to stand at this
temperature for from 20 to 80 minutes,
then quickly cooled and kept on ice
until used. After pasteurtzation, it Is
always well to remove the caps from
the ordinary milk bottles and invert a
glass turnbler over the bottle as a pro-
lection against dust. During the pro-
cess Of pasteurtzation, 1t is preferable
to have a thermometer in the bottle Of
milk SO that the temperature may be
accurately controlled. y
Another source of contamination IS
the condition of the refrigerator which
should always De sweet n clean. Milk
absorbs odors very. rapidly SO that
care must be taken not, to place the
milk in foul smelling refrigerators or
near odorous food products. AS stated
above, milk should be placed in direct
contact with the Ice.
A Word Regarding Evaporated Milk.
Upon the market are two products,
one known as evaporated milk which Is
cows milk a~yaporated in a pan
SO that 100 pounds of whole milk yields
0 40 pounds Of evaporated milk.
This product is sterilized in the can
with heat. The other product is known
as sweetened condensed milk. This is
very similar to the eyaporated whole
milk, but contains about 40 per cent of
cane sugar. This product is preserved
by the added sugar. Some people are
diluting the unsweetened ~evaporated
milk and feeding the same to babies.
The directions which appear upon the
can for the dilution of the milk in many
cases are such that the diluted prod
uct would starve a child If this were
his only food. If, to the sampe of
evaporated milk about / Ia times it's
volume Of water is added and the prod
uct thoroughly mixed, you will secure
a milk very closely approximating its
original composition. &G