The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-06-04

Die; no rubber bands should be used.
Direct sunlight on the bottle of milk
warns it rapidly, and increases the
bacterial content. Milk which is de-
livered very early in the morning,
say at 4 a. m, and remains out-of-doors
until or 10 o'clock, is very likely to
become warm and less fit for human
than if it were taken in
the house and placed in the refriger.
ator early in the morning.
Milk should not be transferred from
the original bottle into another re-
ceptacle until just before consumption.
The bottle should be kept covered with |
a paper cap, or an inverted tumbler |
as long as the milk is in it. Milk de. |
teriorates by exposure to the air in the |
pantry, kitchen or nursery. House
wives are familiar with the ability |
milk has to absorb smells from strong
foods, like fish, cabbage, or onions. 1t
is obvious, therefore, that such foods
should be kept out of the refrigerator
which contains milk.
If the milk is received in bowl,
pail, or other receptacle, instead of a
bottle, the same rules apply to the
keeping of the milk as those mentioned
above for bottled milk, Milk from the
grocery store or bakery which is kept
in a can, open most of the time, and
possibly without refrigeration, is to
be strictly avoided
Care Of the Refrigerator
The refrigerator unless kept scru-
pulously clean, often is in itself
source of the production of bad flavor
in milk. The refrigerator should be
inspected at short intervals, at which
times the outlet for the melted ice
should be freed, the ice-rack cleaned,
and the place where the food is kept
scalded with sal-soda solution. Even
though the refrigerator is cold, few
| drops of spilled milk, or small par
| ticle of food neglected, will soon con-
taminate it.
4 Care Of MIX Bottles and Utensils
Milk bottles are made for malk and
not to hold sundry other foods. AS
soon as the milk bottle is empty, it
should be rinsed with lukewarm water
until it is clean, and then set bottom.
side.up to drain. Bottles should never
be returned in dirty or filthy condi
ton. All utensils with which milk
comes in contact should be rinsed
washed, and scalded every time they
are used. When cleaning these uten
sils, do not wash them in dish water
or wipe with ordinary dish towels
First rinse them and then boil in clear
water and set away unwiped. If the
receptacles are hot, they will soor
become dry without wiping.
When baby is bottle-fed, every
time the feeding bottle and nipple are
used they should be rinsed in luke
warm water, washed in hot water tt
which small amount of washing so
da has been added, and then scalded
Never use a rubber tube between tn,
bottle and nipple.
If case of typhoid fever, scarle
fever or diphtheria breaks out in tn,
family do not return any bottles t.
the milkman except with the knowl
edge of the attending physician, ant
under the conditions prescribed b.
him.
Whipping Cream Should Be Cold
The above suggestions on the ear
of milk are equally applicable tt
cream Often the housewife finds tha
the cream she has will not whip. Tn
Departments dairy specialists poin
out that to obtain satisfactory result
in whipping cream it should be col
and of the right thickness, cOntainin
about 30 per cent or more of butter
fat. Ordinary cream, designated a
coffee cream by the trade, is altogetf
, er too thin TO give good results, TIL
whipping cream, as delivered by tn
milkman, contains 80 to 40 per cen
= of butterfat. Thoroughly chill tn
!, cream before whipping by placing
> in covered bowl on the ice. Tn
= whipping process is also aided an
, FASTENED by standing the bowl in
pan of ice water.
: Two other subjects bearing on tn
, topic of care of milk in the home ar
pasteurization and the food value {
% milk. These are treated in U. $. ID,
partment of Agriculture Farmers Bu
letin il3 and Bureau of Animal II
dustry Circular 1877 which may be o)
> tanned free upon application to tn
Editor and Chief of the Division {
Publications, IT, ). Department of Agr
culture, Washington. ID. c., as long q
: the Departments supply lasts.