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Show HOW TO KEEP MILK Always tako the milk Into the. house as soon as possible. In warm weather weath-er put the dish where the sun cannot shine on It. Milk Is frequently spoiled spoil-ed because It has been In sunshine two or three hours. Except In very cold weather milk cannot bo kopt properly without Ice. Always put it In the refrigerator , as soon as It received unless the m!lk bottle Is in actual contact with the Ice It will bo colder in the bottom ot the refrigerator than In the top, as the cold air settles rapidly. Do not take the milk from the original ori-ginal bottle and fill It when needed. It should never be stored In a bowl or pitcher, says The Mother's Magazine. Maga-zine. Always clean the edge ot the milk bottle and wash off tho top ot the cap beforo romovlng the cap. Keep tlio cap snapped In place except ex-cept when actually pouring the milk from the bottle. No matter how clean your home may be, milk will deteriorate If exposed ex-posed to the air. One of the besj. waj's of serving milk on the table, from tho sanitary standpoint Is In the original bottle, Always keep in mind the fact that milk Is easily contaminated con-taminated from dust, odor and files. As many as 100,000 typhoid bacteria havo been found on a single fly, and In thousands upon thousands ot cases Intestinal disorders in- Infants has resulted re-sulted from flies contaminating the milk upon which the babies were fed. In one experiment 414 flies were examined and were found to carry an average ot 1,250,000 bacteria per fly, such aa might readily cause fatal Intestinal disorder In Infanta., Always keep the-refrlgerator- clea,n and sweet. Inspect It and scald It out every week, wiping up at once any particle of food, liquid or solid, that may be spilled In it. Do your share In keeping tho. empty bottles clean. Do not wash them with soap or a cloth, but first rinse them with cold or slightly warm water, and then, scald them before rinsing with cold or warm water, the boiling waterNwllI mako the milk stick to the glass. Do fair to ybur neighbors, Just as you would have them be fair to you. It any contagious dlseaao breaks out In your family, do not return any of tho bottles to tho milkman until you have consulted ybur doctor and he hns advised you how to sterlllzo them, |