The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-07-05
PREVENTING OF SOUR
MILK IN SUMMER
Kentucky Bureau Gives Help
To Dairymen and
Others.

| During the hot weather OF the summsr
months many farmers have trouble with
sour milk. This causes much Los, not
only to the farmer who keeps one o..
more cows for family use, but especially
to the dairyman who retails his mi'k
or ships 1t to a dealer in the city. The
dealer usually pays only one half prizes
for sour milk or refuses to accept !t
at any price, thus entailtng heavy
loss to the producer.
Good sweetmilk can be produced and
delivered In prime condition to the con-
sumner In the hottest summer weabf,er.
The writer has for five years sItipped
milk from a farm In LOuivsiMe-a dis
tance of 81 miles-the milk being Nhree
hours on the train in transit, and has
not had drop of sour milk during tt,at
time. The amount of these shipments
ranged from 60 to 80 gallons a day,
| and was on strict business basis.
every gallon being sod at a good marst,
Of profit. During about half OF th,s
time the milk was shipped in and ~
gallon cans, the remainder of the timo
In pint and quart battles.
Good sweet milk depends on two
items. cleanliness and a cold tempera.
ture. To secure these the tollowtng
rules should be observed
Have the COWS udder clean before
milking. clean damp cloth can no
used for this purpose and can be carried
in the pocket of the mixer Only n
few seconds are required to wipe tile
udder off immediately before beginning
70 milk the COW. In our experience
this simple expedient has wTked
wonders
Be careful not to allow hairs. dust Or
Laden with germs. Germs cause the
milk to sour. The greater the number
Of germs the quicker The souning Will
occur. A pail with "a small opeiing
will be very helpful in keeping out dust
and other dirt.
Use the milk pail for no other pur-
pose than for mlking. Some hairypnen
use it for watering the arorses and
stopping the hogs, and then wonder why
the milk sours.
Cool the milk immediately by rum
1t over a milk cooler, zone Of these
can be bought for s. to 81. or by i'm
merisng in cold spring or well water.
The animal heat must be renSoved be-
fore placing in cans or bottled for de-
livery or shipment. If necessary to hold
the nights milk for shipment the
next morning it should be held at a
low temperature. Cold Spring Or well
water in wooden or metal tank OF
proper size to hold shipping cans
may be used Cor this purpose. If running
spring water Is hand. this will serve
admirably in some cases the milk or
cream may be lowered into a cistsrn
and kept cool until the time Cor ship
ment. If care Is exercised, milk can
be kept sweet without ice. but sup
ply of ice is very desirable.
Another Important point. Wash az yes
sells carefully. Examine frequently i,r
the angles to see that no aecumulaItbon
Of yellow Shiny casein material co.,
lects. as this will certainly cause
rapid SQUIRTING. After washing, scald all
vessels with boiling water and place in
pune fresh air until ready for use. IL
exposed to the sun. so much the batter.
as sunlight Is the best germ killer ami
purifier.
Milk produced In the manner OutFnet
will be of the best quality. and WI,
bring the highest market price. Such
milk is always in demand and II ussl
for butter making it furnishes the raw
maternal from which high quality butter
can be produced. II all the butter pro-
duced on Kentucky farms were made
from milk handled in this way, hundreds
of thousands of pounds of poor butter
which each year goes into our markets.
at very low price would be replaced
by a gilt edged article. which would
sell at an attractive price. and wound
add many thousands of dollars to the
annual profits of kentucky farmers.
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