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Show ijj Essentials OF U Clean, Safe Milk l i I In llio iiroduction of clean, safe ' S, i milk tho essential factors aro: . J5 Clean, licnltliy cows kept In clcnn, ' m light, well vontllntcd stables. ', ijl i Stable bo constructed as to be I M. I easily cleaned. g! A clean, well drained barnyard. I. II ! Clean utensils, thoroughly sterlllz- fM Clean, healthy milkers that milk m f with dry hands. 'j jg A small top milking pull. i ' I Immediate cooling of milk to GO ' i I j degrees F. or lower. I I Storago of milk at n low tempera- I J turo until delivered. Ill A separate houso for handling tho I i m"k I 3 J An abundant supply of puru water. fff'j I Bacteria, according to tho bulletin, jt J I find their way Into tho milk from va- I Jiff I rlous sources. Some may como from j SI I the udder Itself, where they grow In ' pi j tho milk cisterns nnd ducts. Tho 'l greater number, however, como from ' the dust of tho air tho dirt fro"m tho ! udder nnd flanks, from tho milker Jl nnd from unclean utensils. Disease v'ljj jiroduclng bacterid may get Into tho 1 IS I milk from cows having such diseases 1 j nB tuberculosis, or from peoplo who jl handle tho milk who mny themselves Hj hnvo contagious diseases or who havo ' jl been taking enro of patients afflicted , it 'with such dlscaso as typhoid fever, jlw dlpthcrln, and septic soro throat. Km I The consumer is sometimes rcspon- 1 1 slblo for tho contamination of the 11 I milk. Milk bottles should not bo h I taken Into n sick room, bccntiRO In- j; fectlouB diseases can be spread by Jj j carrying Infected bottles back to tho ij J) dairy farm. If bottles are left where !S t there arc contagious diseases, they J 1 should not bo collected by tho milk H I man until they havo been properly ' S fl disinfected by tho bonrd of health. $ II In tho c.'iso of typhoid fever or other ut j serious diseases which may bo car- Jg I rlcd in tho milk It is better for tho 2! I consumer to put out a covered dish e I for tho milk or havo tt delivered to J I some member of tho household, Un- H I til otllcial permission has been grant- jj cd no milk bottles should bo remov- ed from a homo In which there Is or has recently been a case of communi- ' flj cable disease. Tho consumer should ; not uso milk bottles for holding vlno I gar, kerosene, or liquids other than 1 milk. I Why Clean Milk li Important jfj II " Tho consumer Is interested In clean j li milk primarily because no ono cares '1 I to uso a food which Is not produced 1 A and handled under sanitary condl- I tlons. Thero Is a more direct luter- II cut, however, because of tho danger $ H of contracting dlseaso which nitty bo . I communicated by tills means. Serious I I epidemics of typhoid fever, septic I I throat, and other diseases havo been I disseminated through tho milk sup-" sup-" ply. Tho weight of scientific ovidenco ; H nt tho present time leads to tho eon- H elusion that tuberculosis may bo t Jj transmitted from animals to human I beings, particularly children, who consume law milk containing tuber- I elo bacilli. -flj Cleanliness Is not an absoluto safo guard against disease, but It Is tho grcntcst factor In preventing contamination. contam-ination. From tho health standpoint thcio Is great danger not only from tho specific dlbcnsu producing bacteria bacte-ria previously mentioned, but from milk that contains largo numbers of miscellaneous bacteria which may cause serious digestive troubles, especially es-pecially In infants nnd Invalids whoso diet consists chlelly of milk. There Is also tho minor consideration of tho loss to the consumer from milk Bour-Ing Bour-Ing or otherwlso spoiling beforo It can bo used. The e'eaner the milk the longer It will keep good and sweet. Safeguarding tho purity of tho milk Is a protection to health ori tho farm In several whys; first, tho health of tho farmer's family who uso a por-Hon por-Hon of the milk themselves; second tho health of tho calves, which llvo largely on milk. Healthy cows to breed from nnd pure milk to feed up on aro two Important factors In lqtir-lug lqtir-lug thrifty calves ntul In tho development develop-ment nnd maintenance! of n licalthv nnd profltablo herd. Aside from theso immediate nnd definite benefits thc.ro, Is another consideration, not Immediately Imme-diately menBiirablo but of vast Influence Influ-ence namely, tho moral Influence, for no ono enn lenrn to produco good and clean milk without learning good methods of care and mnnngement ot tho herd, nnd the study of theso things lends to greater caro and In telllgenco In tho economic fentures of tho business. Tho hbovo Is tnken from Fnrmnrs bulletin No. G02 published by tho V. S. Department of Agriculture. |