The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-11-23
MIX ms u Food

(By Mrs. A. II. Foster, r. Nd
Milk is u perfect food and even at
the highest price Is the cheapest food.
A quart of milk equals in food value
eight eggs. The minimum allowance
Gfor each person per day should be
one ulart. At that rate town OF
5000 inhabitants should consume at
= least 5000 quarts.
- There is no greater beautifer tnan
milk, for milk drinkers develop the
most perfect compilations L. e: unless,
they spoil the food value by candy
eating. Milk has many other adyant-
ages az a food 1t cannot be kept
Indefinitely In cold storage like eggs,
meat, poultry and fish, consequently
we have a reasonable chance of hav-
ing II fresh. It cannot be refined,
and so lose it's food value, like wheat,
oats, corn rice, hurley, rye and su-
gar. 1t has all the food substances
D necessary for the building. OF the body
except iron. With infants this lack
is provided for as every young ami
nal stores up in the liver before
birth iron sufficient TO keep 1t sup
ss'flied for the first year of its life. Al
- ter the first year, however, the child
must get its iron from whole wheat
bread and cereals, but this Is not pos
sible If he is restricted to refined
nOurs.
Although blessing when pure,
milk may prove curse II 1t has
4been exposed to disease germs or Is
! taken from unhealthy cows. Ty-
d iphoid fever, scarlet fever. and diph-
:, iberia may all be caused by milk II a
person connected with the milk pro-
,ucinE business has been infected
with these diseases or has come from
H. family which Is infected. Cows
are liable to disease Just as we are;
and IL they live in. close ill-ventilated
.. stables and eat poor food they are
liable to develop tuberculosis. Bovine
tuberculosis may be transmitted to
child not only through milk but thru
potcheese, Ice cream, butter and raw
meat, such as uncooked bolonga. The
f.0nly way to be sure the germ Is kill
ed in meat is to boil. Il. as In rare
roast beef, should II be Infected, the
\, glands which contain the, bacillus
have not been sufficiently heated to
kill the bacillus. Bovine tuberculos-
Is may not kill but 1t Is likely to MAIN
or cripple as 1t attacks the glands OF
the victim. j
Another disease got from cows
during the summer season. is milk
infection This is caused by the
bacillus coli which Is found only in
the intestines of warm blOoded ami
mails and gets into the, milk through
careless milking. small particles of
manure getting into the milk.
II is for this reason that health de-
partments are so particular about the
condition of the premises from
whence comes the milk to be used
among the people under their care.
From various large cities inspectors
are sent far and wide through the
country wherever milk or milk pro-
ducts are sent to the cities and these
men are most rigid in their inspection
and take no chances in passing milk
which is not perfect. In addition to
this In the larger cities there are
maintained plants for the pasteuriza-
ton OF the milk before it Is distribut
ed. Pasteurizing consists OF raising
the milk to n temperature OF 140
Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. Where
there Is any doubt about the purity of
milk given to children In towns where
this method is not pursued. this may
he done In the family kitchen with
the help of double boiler and Their
,monieter for the purpose. 1t must
pot. of course. be supposed that the
milk can then be subject to all sorts
6f risks by being put in unclean ves-
selvs or placed In the refrigerator
with stale vegetables for milk no, mat
ter how clean or fresh is just as ready
to take up Injection at any stage of
It's history Milk should always be
handled like the most precious bev-
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