The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-25
PURE MILK FOR BABY
RIGHT KIND OF FOOD is ESSEN
TlAL TO HEALTH.
Thorough Heating VIII Kill Germs, If
Their Presence Is Suspected-Di-
rections for Home Pasteurization
Care Of the Bottle.

Prepared for this paper by the Children :
Bureau. U. s. Department of Labor.
Nothing Is 80 important TO the
health of the baby in summer as the
right kind of food. When for any
reason breast milk cannot be had a
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,
80 rapidly, in fact, that even If 1t is
reasonable clean when drawn it may
become dangerous food If left stand
ing in warm place for some time.
These germs may be killed by heating
the milk. Boiling it 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 it called pasteurizing Is
usually employed. An easy method
of home pasteurization is as follows:
Put 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 it to stand on
table for ten minutes uncovered Then
in tho f1iaI nnrlz a1 n ,
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 d few drops
on her arm. If it feels just slightly
warm it will be right for the baby.
After the baby has finished. the bot
tie should be emptied, rinsed, and
filled with cold water. At some con
venient hour in the day the mother
will wash all the used bottles with
soap and warm water, using a bottle
brush to clean the inside Of them.
She should then rinse them and boil
them in the same pan or kettle In
kettle and all the dishes used in pre-
pairing the baby's food should be kept
for that purpose alone.
The nipples should be washed care
fully. A little salt rubbed on the in
side will remove the 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 be
put away in dry glass Jar that has
also been boiled. covered and kept
out OF the light.
When handling the sterilized nip
pies take hold of Their by the lower
rim. Do not touch the part which is
to 60 into the babys mouth. Never
put the nipple into the mouth to test
the milk, as the baby might easily
be made sick If the mother happened
to have a cold or throat trouble.
It will be found convenient to have
enough bottles. nipples and clean bot
tie corks for the entire twenty-four
hours, and it will be a great saving
of time IL all the feelings are made
up at once This will also insure their
being of uniform quality
Whenever possible the baby's bot
ties should be kept on ice. A home
made refrigerator which will keep
milk sweet for "a hours is easily and
cheaply made at home For this pur-
pose procure lard or candy pail, or a
galvanized bucket. or even a wooden
box with cover. In the bottom place
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