The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-08-31
CONSERVE MILK
BY PROPER CARE
WILL HELP IN NATIONAL. EooD
CRISIS, SAYS STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH.

Eliminate Wastefulness by Keen;n,
clean and covered; Wash Neck
and Top of Bottle After Nfilkmar
Delivers Before Opening; Keep Re
frigerator Sweet.
Elimination of unnecessary waste
Of milk is among the things wh;cr
are suggested as means of conserv.
Ing foodstuffs in Montana.
AT present there is a good suppl,
OF milk of satisfactory quality. with
the price bit high. Whether the
housewife takes care of the milk SC
there is little or no waste is another
matter. According to the state board
OF health milk is highly perishable
1000 and the length of time it will
remain sweet and safe, especially TO,
children, depends, specialists saw. al
most entirely upon the constant care
IT receives from COW to consumer
Milk passes through three agencies
the producer, the dealer and the con-
sumner If the first two have done
thelr part, clean safe milk will be de-
llvered, thoroughly chilled to the
consumer. TO produce milk under
clean conditions and then allow the
bacteria to grow, is about as bad in
principle as to allow greater
amount of dirt to get into the milk
during it's production.
Take Bottle in Quickly.
because milk poured from vessel
to vessel on the street is liable to con-
tamlnatlon milk usually is delivered
in bottles.
Even in the case of bottled milk.
however. the consumer must see that
the bottle is not left out in the heat
for moment longer than is neces-
sary. Milk should be delivered and
Kept at temperature of SO degrees
+. Or loWer-the colder the better.
AT such temperatures bacteria de-
velop very slowly and milk under
goes little change until consumed. A
slight rise in temperature above this
point, however, permits bacteria to
multiply rapidly and brings about
rapid deterioration of the milk.
which may render it unfit for ordin-
airy use and make it highly dangerous
TOR babies and little children. For
this reason bottled or other milk
should not be allowed to remain in a
warm place, as on sunny porch or
IN hot kitchen for a moment longer
than is necessary.
Delivery of Milk in Hot Weather.
In hot weather the best plan is to
nave the milkman put his milk di-
retly into the refrigerator, because at
tnat time OF year milk can not be
Kept properly except on ice 1t refri-
gerator is not available, provide a.
box containing ice, and if ice is UNI
obtalnable, provide some tight con-
tanner with insulated walls that keen
the heat from getting rapidly to the
cold milk. A homemade fireless
cooker is admirable for this purpose.
especially if partially filled with ice
In the absence of any of these devices
arrange with the milkman not to
leave the milk in the sunlight, but to
put it in the coolest, shadiest place
around the house.
Handling Milk in the Home.
In handling milk around the home
do not pour it from one vessel to an
other until it is to be consumed. Do
not let the bottle Of milk remain out
OF the refrigerator moment longer
than is necessary. Keep the milk
covered, using caps or an inverted
tumbler on bottles, or storing it in
covered utensils. ANY household
utensil that is to be used as a vessel
for keeping milk should first be
cleaned thoroughly and scalded.
Before opening a bottle of milk,
wash and wipe the neck and outside
OF the cap with water and a clean
cloth. The little depression on the
top of the cap may collect dust or wa
ter and any milk that leaks out may
attract flies. Lift the cap with a
pointed instrument so that the out
side of the cap, which may be con-
taminated, will not be pushed down
into the milk. Each time the milk is
to be poured from the bottle it is a
described.
Milk in a Refrigerator.
The refrigerator where milk is
stored should be cleaned regularly,
especial care being given to keeping
the drip pipe free and clean. The
ice rack also should be cleaned and
any place where food is kept or milk
stored should be scalded occasionally
with sal soda solution. The refriger-
ator, even though cold, may quickly
be contaminated by a few drops of
spilled milk, or by small particles of
food. No matter how clean the re-
frigerator, milk should never be kept
in an open vessel. AS milk absorbs
odors easily, such food as fish, cab
bage, or onions should not be kept in
proximity to it.
Clean Empty Bottles.
AS soon as a milk bottle is emptied
rinse it thoroughly with cold water.
Do not return dirty bottles and do
not use milk bottles except to hold
milk. Milk bottles should never be
taken into sick room In case of in
fictitious or contagious disease all
bottles should be boiled thoroughly
and should not be returned to the