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Show HEALTH FULNESS OF MILK. This Quality Is More Important Than the Richness of It. Wo hear a great deal of talk about watered milk and milk that runs bo-low bo-low n certain standard In proportion of butter-fat. But the most Important thing to consider la tho hcnlthfiilness of milk. It will, however, bo n long tlmo befpro tho citizen can put tho cleanliness of milk abend of tho quality qual-ity of milk as relates .to tho butter fat ln It. This perhaps comes from tho fact that for' centuries whllo wo had no means of testing milk It was Judged, on tho amount of cream that roso on It. Good, clean milk Is a vpry .desirable food product. If it could bo made always clean and healthful, thero is' no limit to which its sale might go. Ono dairy oxpert, says tho Farmors' Rovlow, assorts that where poor quality milk has done ono dollnr's worth of damage, dirty milk (which nftor carries dlseaso germs) has dono $50 worth of damage. Moro than onco typhoid fovor lias becomo opldcmlc opl-dcmlc through bad milk, ami scarlet fovor Is often carried by It. Moro than that, thoro nro to bo found In milk sometimes ferments that bring nbout tho dlgestlvo troubles provalent at times In various localities. So, to got tho most good out of our Investigations of milk, wo should pay tho most attention at-tention to Its freedom from dirt nnd ferments that produco dlseaso. |