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Show POINTS IN CARING FOR MILK Liquid Placed In a Clean Bottle la Practically Free Prom Outside Contamination. The nine rules given below will prove of considerable value to any dairyman: 1. Hottle milk Ik practically free from otitxlrie contamination and la the preferable form for purchasing It. ii. Can milk la liable to contamination contamina-tion from dust, from bent, and from Etrnng-amelllng aubatancea In tbo lc-frlgnriitor. lc-frlgnriitor. 3. The top and outside of the bottle should be rinsed off with warm water . 1 I j I'M 1 t ''- j 8impla Method of Cooling. before being opened, as tho milkman iiBtially carries the bottles by the top ar neck, and more or less dirt and bacteria are certain to he trannirred lo the outwlile of the bottles. 4. Place the milk at once In a refrigerator. re-frigerator. In cold water or In a cellar. cel-lar. Keep tbo covera on the bottles as It preventa material falling in, and also preventa absorption of odors. 5. Wah and acald tje bottle as soon as empty. 6. Clean vessels only should' be uned for holding milk sold by measure. meas-ure. These should have tight-fitting covera. 7. Never mix fresh and stale milk, sa all becomes tainted or sour In a short time. g. Milk slightly sour ran be sweetened sweet-ened by the addition of a small amount of lime water. Pasteurization will add to Its keeping quality. ThH latter Is not good policy, but Is a remedy rem-edy for a common evil. 9. Do not buy milk because It la cheap, for usually It la the dearest In tbe end. |