The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-04
BY Having Fluid Cold and Covered In
Sanitary Fashion, 1t VIII be
Possible to Keep It
Freoh.
SHOULD WASH BOTTLES
Every Empty contaIner Should be
RInsed In Cold and Then
Washed In Hot
Water.

Here is some good advice for every
body who produces, buys, sells or uses
milk:
Don't let milk spoil on the farm, in
transit, or in the home. Whole milk,
skim milk and buttermilk are highly
|nourishing and valuable foods. These
foods spoil quickly when allowed to
get warm or when exposed to bacteria
and molds present in the dust and the
air.
Keep milk constantly clean, cold
and covered. This injunction applies
equally to the producer, the wholesaler
the dealer and the consumer.
Unclean milk sent from the farm
sours and spoiis more quickly than
clean milk. Pasteurization makes milk
safer.
Milk, to keep properly, should never
get warmer than so degrees F. until II
is consumed. The lower the temper
ature the better the milk will keep.
Bacteria-such as those which cause
milk to sour-develop very slowly and
cause little change In milk kept at
such low temperatures. A slight rise
in temperature, even for a short time,
idly and bring about rapid deteriora-
ton Of the milk which may render 1t
unfit. for ordinary use.
Don't leave your milk bottles on a
hot porch or doorstep. A short ex-
posture in the sum or warm place
hastens the spelling even Of cold bot
tied milk.
Have the milkman put your milk in
to the refrigerator. If this is impos-
sible, provide. in warm weather, box
with ice, or a bucket of water In a
shady place for the milk. At any rate
have the bottles left in the coolest and
shadiest place about your premises.
Don't leave milk in bottles or yes
sells In warm room for a moment
longer than is necessary
Never pour milk, which has been
exposed to tho air, back into bottle
containing other milk. Keep such
clean utensil
Bacteria Will Live. !.
Milk, when warm, is an ideal cul-
tural medium for bacteria. Keep milk
clean. You can keep 1t clean only by
keeping 1t covered so that the bacteria
and molds from the air will not get
into it.
Keep your milk bottles covered
either with caps or by placing glasses
over them. Keep them covered in the
refrigerator and in the kitchen or din
ing room.
Never pour milk into an unsterile
bowl or pitcher. Scald all vessels into
which milk is poured for keeping or
serving. Cool these utensils after
scalding, before you put milk into
them.
Before you open a bottle Of milk,
wash and wipe the outside of the cap
with water and clean cloth. The lit
tie depressions at the top of the bottle
collects dust or flies. Lift out the cap
with pointed instrument, so that the
outside of the cap, which may be con-
taminated, will not be pushed down
into the milk.
Clean and scald the refrigerator
where milk is stored, regularly with
hot sal-soda solution. See that the
drip pipe is kept open and clean.
Even in the cleanest refrigerator,
never keep milk in an open vessel.
Milk absorbs odors easily
If there are babies or little children
in your home. clean. cold, covered
milk is absolutely essential.
Rinse Empty Ones.
Finally, clean empty bottles. Rinse
thoroughly with cold water every milk
bottle as soon as emptied, and then
wash with hot water. This helps your
milkman to give you clean milk.
Never take milk bottles into a sick
room. If you have an infectious or
contagious disease In your home, boil
the milk bottles, and do not return
them without the express sanction OF
your local health officer or attending
physician.
Don't throw out skim milk or sour
milk. Clean skim milk Is valuable
food, containing all the nourishing ele-
ments of whole milk except the fat or
cream. 1t is useful in cooking cereals,
soups. sauces, cocoa, ETC., and is pal
atable, nourishing beverage.
Sour milk and buttermilk can be
used with soda in making hot breads.
or sour milk can be easily turned into
cottage cheese, clabber Sour cream is
a good shortening for cakes and cook
les and is useful for salad dressings
and gravies for meat.
Demonstrate thrift in your home
Make saving, not spending, your social