The Harrison times., 1915-07-10
PURE MILK FOR BABY
RIGHT KIND OF FOOD Is ESSEN.
TlAL TO HEALTH.
Thorough Heating WlII XIII Germs, II
Their Presence Is suspected-Dl-
rectlons for Home Pasteurizatlon
Care of the Bottle.

prepared for TINS paper Dy the Cnlldrens
Bureau, U. s. Department Of Labor.
Nothing is so important to the
health Of the baby in summer as the
right kind OF food. When for any
reason breast milk cannot be had q
substitute must be found,
Experience in many thousands Of
cases has shown that cows milk is
the only food that can take the place
Of mothers milk with even fair pros
pect of having it agree with the baby.
Neither condensed milk nor the infant
foods sold in the stores are so good
as clean COWS milk for the baby who
cannot have breast milk.
Germs multiply very rapidly in milk,
so rapidly, in fact, that even If 1t Is
reasonable clean when drawn 1t may
become dangerous food If left stand.
ing In warm place for some time,
These germs may be killed by heating
the milk. Boiling 1t for half an hour
is a safe method and is sometimes
advisable In very hot weather; but
the method of heating the milk with
out boiling 1t called pasteurizing Is
usually employed. An easy method
Of home pasteurization Is as follows:
Put a gallon of water over the fire
In clean pan or kettle. When the
water Is boiling hard take the kettle
from the fire and allow 1t to stand on
table for ten minutes uncovered. Then
put In the filled and corked nursing
bottles and leave them for half an
hour, covering the kettle meanwhile
with a blanket. At the end Of the half
hour remove the bottles and cool them
as quickly as possible to so degrees
and put them where they will keep
cold until needed.
When It Is time to feed the baby
take out bottle and set 1t In pail
Of warm water over the fire to heat,
The mother may test the warmth Of
the milk by sprinkling a few drops
ON her arm. II It feels just slightly
warm It will be right for the baby,
After the baby has finished, the bot.
tic should be emptied, rinsed, and
filed with cold water At some con.
yenlent hour In the day the mother
will wash all the used bottles with
soap and warm water, using bottle
brush to clean the inside Of them,
she should then rinse them and boil
them in the same pan or kettle In
whica they were pasteuri2ed,
Tho nipples should be washed care
fully. A little salt rubbed on the In
side will remove tho milk. They
should then be rinsed and dropped
into boiling water for few moments,
They will dry with their own heat
when removed. They should then bo
put away In a dry glass jar that has
also been boiled, covered and kept
out Of the light
When handling tho sterillzed nip
pies take hold Of them by tho lower
rim. DO not touch the part which 10
to 20 into the baby's mouth. Never
put tho nipple into tho mouth to test
tho milk, as the baby might easily
bo made sick II tho mother happened
TO have q cold or throat trouble,
It will be found convenient to have
enough bottles, nipples and clean bot
tlo corka for the entire twenty'four
hours, and Il will be great saving
Of time If all the feedings are made
up at once. This viii also Insure their
being Of uniform quality,
Whenever possible tho bNby's bot
ties should be kept on Ice, A home
made refrigerator which will keep
milk sweet for "a hours Ia easily and
ehoaply made at homo, For this pur'
pose procure q lard or candy pail or a
galvanized bucket, or even q wooden
box with cover In tho bottom place
layer Of gawdust IN inch Thick
Inside the box or pail place another
smaller receptacle, such aB n ton'duart
pail (tln) with cover, and I'LL all
tho space around II with sNwduat
This inner pail holds tho Ice and the
milk,
The ice will keep longer II It ID
broken up and enclosed In Il small
covered pail. Put the little pail In
tho bottom Of tho refrigerator and
pack the bottles around II, and put tho
cover on, Then close the outer cover,
which for additional protection may
be lined with newspapers, or with a
cushion stuffed with hay or straw,
Where Ice cannot be had, the bottles
may stand In n pail, under a stream
OF running water,
A bottle baby should bo fed with
tho Same regularity M q nursing baby,
The bottles may be given Al and
0 n, m., At 10 noon, and at ., and
Op, m, Up TO the ago OF four months
tho baby will need ono moro night
feeding, After that he should sleep
all night,
beginning AZ tho NTH month the
time between ieedlhge should DO
heightened n quarter OF nm hour each
week until tho interval Ia four hours,
when the baby la ak montha old, Give
no other feed than the bottle feedlhga