The Holly chieftain., 1915-06-25
MILK FOR The BABY
MUST BE THE BEST AND CLEAN
EST THAT CAN BE HAD.
10 Really the Most important Thing to
Which Mothers Can Give Atten-
tion-cieanIiness the One
Absolute Consideration.

prived Of his natural food, that Is. his
mothers milk, it Is necessary to hnd
as good substitute as possible. At
best such food will be only substi-
tute, not an equivalent This substi-
tute food should be the best and clean
est cows milk that can be had.
Cleanliness is the watchword Of
proper milk production. The cows
themselves should be clean and
healthy; the udders and teats should
be washed before the milking Is be-
gun; the hands of the mixer should
be freshly washed and he should wear
clean cotton coat; the pail should be
partly covered and previously scalded
with boiling water. and the milking
shed or stable should be clean. The
milk should be strained at once and
cooled as quickly as possible to so de-
grees and kept cold until used.
Even clean milk may be spoiled
after it comes into the house II it is
not kept clean, cold and covered. Milk
which stands uncovered, exposed to
flies and dust, or ia left In warm
room for any length Of time, or is put
away in open vessels will be unfit for
the baby. 1t should be kept In COW
cred bottles, cans or jars.
Use any convenient receptacle. such
as wooden box, lard or candy pail,
or garbage pail, for the outside. Put
a layer Of sawdust an inch deep in the
bottom. In the middle place covered
eight or ten-quart pail. or section Of
ten-inch pipe. Fill the space between
the two with sawdust, packing 1t care
fully into all the corners. The outer
receptacle should have cover. II
box is used this cover may be a
hinged one and may have thick layer
of newspapers or a straw cushion
tackled to the inside to make 1t fit
tight. The inner pail is intended to
hold the ice and the milk bottles.
1t has been found that If, instead Of
putting the ice in loose. 1t is broken
up and put into small covered pail,
which Is never uncovered, 1t will last
longer Set this little pail in the inner
receptacle. pack the cooled and corked
milk bottles around 1t and close the
cover. This little device will keep the
baby's milk sweet for "a hours. II
properly made.
Great care must be taken to keep
the baby's milk clean in making up the
baby's feelings. The mothers hands
and clothing must be clean before she
begins. The utensils needed should be
kept for this use alone and should be
freshly boiled before being used. All
the food needed for "a hours should be
made ready at one time. 1t is con-
venient to have enough nursing bottles
for the whole day and fill them all
when the food is prepared In the
morning. Each bottle should be closed
with new clean cork which has been
boiled. The bottles should be cooled
and put away in the refrigerator or a
cool place at once. When a bottle Is
needed take it out of the refrigerator
and set 1t in small pail OF warm wa.
ter. Put the pail over the fire and let
the water heat. To test the tempera-
ture Of the milk the mother may sprin-
kle few drops on the inner surface
Of the arm. When it feels slightly
warm. not hot, 1t will be right for the
baby.
1t is impossible In short article
like this to give all the necessary d.
rections for preparing the bottles, or
how to determine the amount of milk
a baby Of given age requires, and
ia l.,,k
are answered in bulletin of the chill
dren's bureau called Infant Care"
This will be sent free to anyone ask.
ng for it, giving their name and ad.
dress plainly.