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Show , PREVENTION OF ROPY MILK i ajK Caused by Certain Bacteria, One Type of Which Is Found in Dirty, Stagnant Water. A woman reader wishes help regarding regard-ing ropy milk, asking the cause and the cure. The milk is strained at night and the next morning the cream is ropy and must be thrown away. It is not always easy to trace the cause of ropy milk to its source. Without going into any lengthy explanation, it may be said that ropy or slimy milk is caused by certain bacteria. One type may be found in dirty, stagnant water. If the cows wade in this water their flanks and udders become the resting place for this type. The bacteria are easily transferred to the milk at milking milk-ing time. The stable becomes infected, infect-ed, as it were, and also the utensils that come in contact with the milk. The germs lodge in the crevices of the f utensils and readily propagate in the y warm milk. The cure lies in absolute cleanliness. All utensils should be thoroughly scalded. Lime is an excellent ex-cellent destroyer of all germ life. The utensils may be given a coating of the slaked lime, then washed iu boiling water. It may be necessary to give the stable a thorough cleaning with lime used as whitewash. |