The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-14
KISS A LA PARIS keep MILK CLEAN
Kansas Girls Are Now Getting Many Consumers Careless
Them Frequently. Homes.
Art of French Oscillation Government Campaign To
Brought Back by Heroes Educate Consumers.
MADEMOSELES LIPS LINGER ten SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN
Five-Sxths of $4,000 Returned
Soldiers Know Secret. Is the Cheapest
San FARRELL Estimates 5OOOO RefrigeratOr Should Kept
Sweetheart Deliveries Clean at All Times.
Many Consumers Are Careless
With 1t in Homes.
Government in Campaign To
Educate Consumers.
TEN. SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN
The Best That Can Be Bought
Is the Cheapest.
RefrigeratOrs Should Be Kept
Clean at All Times.

The United States department OF
agriculture, according to Miss Annetta
Nicoll, city bacteriologist, has under
taken a campaign Of warning con-
sumers regarding the care of milk in
the home. Under the direction of an
efficient health department there is
good assurance that the product is
safe, clean and pure but the RESPONSE
bility of the producer and the health
department ceases at the home.
In the home whoever takes care of
the feeding end must assume respon-
sibility. M,.ny complaints against
producers are due to carelessness in
the home.
In speaking of the warning issued
by the department. Miss Nicoll stated
that no milk should be brought into
homes except in bottles.
As four general conditions to be
avoided, the department mentions:
posing milk unnecessarily to the air;
failure to keep milk cold up to time
of using; and exposing milk to flies.
Use Original Containers.
Milk should be kept in the original
container. When the cap on a bottle
is removed, another made of paper
may be used or the mouth covered
with an inverted drinking SldSS. w men
milk is poured from one bottle to an
other contafner additional bacteria
are picked up. resulting in quicker
spelling of the milk. Exposure to air
means additional bacteria.
When milk is delivered at the home
and is not placed in a refrigerator at
once an arrangement should be made
to take care of it. A simple appar-
atus may be made by placing a small
box or tin pail inside another larger
box or pail, and filling the space be-
tween with sawdust.
Ten Suggestions.
Ten suggestions advocated by the
agriculture department follow:
1. Buy only the best milk obtainable. 1t
is cheapest in the long run
2 Consult the health department before
selecting your milk dealer.
s. Buy only bottled milk if possible. Dip
ped milk is often dirty and deficient in
cream.
4. Take milk into the house as soon as It
is delivered, aud place it in the refrigerator
Immediately. Bacteria increase rapidly in
milk which stands in the sun or warns
up, and such milk will sour quickly.
refrigerator until the moment of serving.
Milk which has been poured from the bottle
should not be returned to 1t.
9. Keep the bottle covered with a paper
cap or an inverted tumbler. to prevent the
entrance of flies and dust, which may
carry dangerous bacteria into the milk.
by means of proper drainage and frequent
washing with scaldfng water and sal soda,
since milk quickly absorbs unpleasant
odors and becomes less palatable
s. Wash milk bottles as soon al emptied,
by rinsing first with lukewarm water and
then with hot water. II there is an in
fictitious disease I'm your house, do not re-
turn any bottles except with the knowledge
Of the health department and under condi-
lions which it may prescribe.
o. Return empty bottles promptly and
do not use them for anything except milk.
Remember that they are the property of
the dealer and represent cash
10. Remember that clean milk. properly
cared for, is one of the best foods obtain-
able. 1t is nOurishing, digestible, and
usually economical.