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Show HEALTH IS MENACED BY DIRT IN MILK The cook Is as clean as the kitchen towel, and the dairyman Is as clean as the dirtiest thing his milk touches, Is the opinion of Ben F. Eldredge, dairy specialist of the extension service of the Utah Agricultural college. Unless everything, from the barn, cow and milker to the brush used on the palls, Is perfectly clean,"the milk Is likely to become contaminated with harmful bacteria of filth. One sour rag used In washing a bucket will make an entire en-tire milking dangerous. There Is no higher art than the production of wholesome human food,. Mr. Eldredga believes, and he declares that If dealers deal-ers who supply even a few families with milk fully realized the responsibility responsi-bility they bear toward the health of their patrons, they would redouble even their greatest care. The best way to produce clean milk Is to keep dirt out of It, Mr. Eldredge ays. No amount of straining or clarifying clari-fying can ever purify milk once Infected Infect-ed with dirt or germs. This fact Is particularly In evidence In the milk obtained from the single cow who supplies sup-plies a few neighborhood families, The milk cannot be pasteurized, and too often a tell-tale residue Is a common thing in the bottom of the bottle or bucket. For preventing milk from ever becoming be-coming dirty, sunlight and steam are the best possible cleansers.' Germs and harmful bacteria can live only a little time, and cannot multiply In the dry sunshine. Vessels properly scalded, scald-ed, with steam can never Infect milk. A clean dairy barn, dry bedding, a clean, healthy cow, a clean, healthy milker and sterilized utensils are what every producer of milk owes to his family and the community. |