Show Milk I 1 Cheats lost l Most I School Children I I j Many children at nt school who d ink mk milk from bottle bottles fail to get n uch of the richest part of 01 the the butterfat the United States Department of Agriculture has Sates found in tests teats in large cities ill iti 15 states i The children fail to get et all the I butterfat when when they they drink the mills mille I through straws They dl drink the thinnest milk first from the bottom lof of the bottle and it ir they leave any it is usually the cream In the ex- ex experiments experiments ex experiments I the children left an aver averI average average I age of per cent of the milk but this contained on an average nearl nearly 16 per cent of the butterfat butter butter- butterfat fat The least that can be done to help avoid this is to thoroughly shake the milk in the bottle A sur surer surer surer er way to have the children get more of the butterfat is to homo homo- homogenize homogenize homogenize the milk Milk is homogenized homogenized homogenized by subjecting it to high pres pres- pres- pres pressure pressure sure This breaks up the fat into tiny particles and it remains thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly mixed in the milk Practically Practically Practically cally every dart d iry which makes ice cream has apparatus for homo home homogenizing the milk and it would be feasible to homogenize the milk intended for school children es- es especially especially es especially in the larger cities |