Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-23

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Approach Of warm weather adds (,
tne dairyman's problem Of keepin,
mix from sOuring. 1t is commonlj
known that bacteria in milk produce.
changes which spoil 1t and therefor,
every means should be taken to reduce
the bacteria content of milk as much
as possible. This can be done, first, BY
producing milk under clean conditions
second, by cleanliness in handling and
keeping 1t in sterilized utensils. and
third' by cooling it and keeping it cold,
DIRTY milk utensils, and even those
which apparently are clean but which
nave not been sterilized. contain vast
numbers OF bacteria which are added
70 milk or cream when it comes In con.
TACT with them. It Is true that even
when milk is produced under clean
conditions 1t win contain few bacter-
Ia Tor when such milk is placed in un.
sterilized utensils or is run through
an unsterilized strainer cloth of the
separator, large numbers of bacteria
are added. which are apt to spoil II
quickly. When dairy utensils are steri.
Lied BY steam germs are DESTROYED.
and therefore milk and cream in these
utensils will keep sweet much longer.
sterilization of utensils on farms is
neither difficult nor expensive II the
simple steam sterilizer DESIGNED nv
dairy specialists of the United States
department Of agriculture is used.
kor Smaller or Larger Farms.
This sterilizer is designed to be of
greatest use to those who have ono
two or three ten-gallon or smaller ems
with similar number of pals and a
strainer cloth, but 1t can be used to |
advantage where q larger number of |
cans are required. In its construction
are needed first roasting pan of stan.
dard size GO inches long. IA inches
VIDE and inches deep). close fitting |
cover to at over this nan.
ana box with removable ton to al
over the cover.
10 make the cover, take a sheet Of
heavy galvanized iron and cut II large
enough to allow It to project three.
.ourshs Of an inch over the edRe OF
me pan. Bend the edges Of the sheet
20 as to form q shallow box with sides
Of an inch high. Then
,ut out q cover for the shallow box {
nus made. Cut q hole one and one. |
laif inches in diameter In the center
Y Doth the cover and the box. Iron | |
races should be placed crosswise on I
ne Dox to strengthen It. Then all
ne shallow box with paper or ashes.
os sheets, after which the top Of the
OK Is carefully soldered on. Solder :
round, galvanixed-iron pipe four and !
ne-half INCHES long and one and one s
ar inches In diameter in the hole In s
he center Of the cover. II
Inc box with the removable cover I,
reviously referred to should also be h
lade OF galvanized iron. This box
nouio De IL inches high and large o
nough to fit on the cover Just de. II
'fiDed. The complete cost of thu n
ltnt should not be more than s.. and q,
soldering outfit Is available II can r
made at home. or any timer can do r.
e job. y
Using the sterIIixer. "
10 sterilize cans. the roasting nan -
ouid De placed on two burners of a :.
OK stove or an especially built brick a,
mace. The pan should be filed .,
TN water to the depth of one inch -,
q the cover placed over it. As soon ~
the water heats sufficiently, steam - :.
IL come out Of the outlet pipe. and "
rule 1t takes less than Is minutes
develop enough steam for sterilizo.
n. when steam Of sufficient heat fat
st 205 degrees Fahrenheit) has been
place the can over the steam Il
liet Tor nve minutes, then remove
IKE out any water and place up- -,
mt on the floor. The can should he on '
'olutely dry In two or three minutes "e
not dry In that time II shows that 9
steam was not as hot as 2O5 de. o,v
es Fahrenheit, or that the can has :. .,
been washed clean. -"
ais and other utensils are steri. =
q In the same manner. But to cr.
rliize can covers, strainer cloths sov
arator parts and other small uten- ~
II Is necessary to use the box hay.
the removable cover. When the 7
I'm begins to issue from the outlet OLE
place the box over the sterilizer. on,
the small utensils In It and Mace H.
cover over the box. See that all
Is Mt snugly SO the steam will not =,
'pe, and then proceed as in steri. own
e cans. -
pev operated' this sterf. feed
destroys practically all bacteria
ne utensils. including all disease n
rs. 1t will accomplish the same viii
ITS as any sterilizer in which In a
m not under pressure is used. Ex- neci
ments with this sterilizer show min