Show X EThe tl tlC C r. r 0 CLEAN AND COOL COOL- MOTTO FOR MILK The two greatest causes of hIgh bacterIal counts In milk are unclean W. W utensils and delayed cooling says College Col Col- E. E Ayres of the New York State lege of Agriculture Even a moderate Jy Iy careful dairyman may have un clean denn utensils utensil for tor milk cans or milk palls paIls zany may contaIn b bacterial lodging places so concealed that the user I falls lails to see them or his method of washing may be Incomplete To prevent giving germs a home the cans should have no open seams or cracks Such places retaining milk material and moIsture form torm snug harbors bar har- bors for tor millions ot of bacterIa and the growth whIch occurs here between will wash Into and contaminate the next nest warm milk that reaches It All such pockets should be smoothly smooth smooth- ly closed with solder Immediately after usIng milk ills Us should b be rinsed rinsed In cool or lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm water and then thoroughly washed In a solution of washing powder and hot water ater using sum I dent powder to readIly dissolve any t greasy materIal A brush cleans more effectIvely than a cloth and permits Using hotter water When washed the utensils should be rinsed and aDd scalded wIth boiling a I water and aDd put In a clean airy place where they will drain and dry quickly quick quick- ly Jy It Is better not to wIpe them for tor the wiping cloth may be a source of i contamination The strainer pad whIch serves senes for forone forone one milking only oDly Is superior to the strainer cloth which often forms torms n a pI place nee for germs to gather It If the strainer cloth must be used It should be thoroughly washed and aDd rapidly dried Immediately after each use Milk cans are so rapidly passed through the washer at the milk plant that often they are neither clean nor dry when returned to the own 70 Such cans should be well rInsed as soon as they reach the farm and inverted on racks nt at nn an angle which will permit them to drain and aDd dry A foul cnn can may may add great grent numbers of bacteria to the milk Delayed cooling Is one of the major causes of high bacterial counts count For Forthe Forthe the average a dairyman a simple well well- Insulated tank of Ice water deep enough for the water to reach rench the necks of the enDS cans Is most tory It If the cnn can Is set In the water t as the first milk Is strained in ID and nOlI the milk Is stirred us as each ench succeeding Is added little should be experienced In meeting th the cooling requirements of city ordinances or 01 of state codes Any temperature 50 fiO degrees Fahrenheit allows bacteria to Increase Enough Ice should ue be used sed so that large lurge pieces are ure always s 's present In the tank Lit tie If an any more Ice Is needed to keep the tank cold than to cool it If after the lie temperature has been heen permitted to rise Proper Insulation and n a good cover cr of course cOUlse aid In maintaining low temperature and these are Je paid for hy by the sa saving saIng Ing In Ice |