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Show Purity of Milk Protected Now By Scientists By KATHRYN ST. JOHN Careful housewives constantly make it a point to ascertain the quality of each item that goes on their tables. Preparing food for the family is an extremely important job, for the proper prop-er selection and preparation of foods make in a large measure for the health and happiness of the family. Milk is the most nearly perfect food, but it is a very delicate one as well. The keeping qualities of milk are slight. Danger from contamination is ever present. Evaporated milk, which is double rich because of the removal of 60 per cent of the water, is science's solution to these conditions. Safeguarding evaporated milk is worked out as perfectly as man's ingenuity in-genuity has been able to make the process. From cow to can, the milk which goes into the evaporated product prod-uct is matched every step of the way. mmtmik I Cows of the dairy herds are guarded with constant care and are subjected to regular inspections by veterinary surgeons. Herdsnre carefully groomed, and their yards and barns are kept scrupulously clean, as are all utensils. Milk condenseries are located in the heart of the big dairy regions to facilitate facili-tate speedy handling, for this is es; sential if the milk is to be canned at "its moment of maturity." Canvas-covered Canvas-covered trucks haul the milk to market, mar-ket, thus protecting the product from contamination on the way. Arriving at the condensery, the milk goes through tests for acidity, sediment, flavor and butterfat content before it is accepted. Experts watch the progress of the milk through every step of Its way. It goes Into the evaporating machine; to the homogenlzer, which breaks up the fat gjobules so that the milk may be easily digested b; the consumer; by way of the almost human filling machine into sterilized cans; then Into the sterilizer, where the cans are surrounded sur-rounded by steam and boiling water, destroying any possible bacteria. Inspectors In-spectors handle the product as the last step to see that the canning job has been perfectly done. Labeling and packing follow. The housewife obtains the milk as fresh and sweet as when it came from the cow. |