Show Electrical Discharges Cause Souring of Milk Do you Oil believe that thunderstorms I cause milk mille to sour It Is generally ell i believed the they do The souring of the I milk Is generally attributed to the electrical elec elec- electrical action he between tween clouds which is responsible for fOI the thc lightning associated ted with thunderstorms torms There is no relationship between n these those electrical discharges and the souring of milk Some authorities report report report re re- re- re port that electricity 1 will ill destroy h hu bac bacteria u eteria e- e teria or Ill retard their growth th ro In such cases el electrical action would cause the milk to keep lon longer r Souring of or mill milk Is cause caused b by e n growth of ot bacteria which feed upon the milk sugar and convert con it Into an acid arid when the mill milk Is held at n a warm temperature The acid sours the e milk It Is believed ed that the temperature conditions Immediately pre preceding n a thunderstorm cause the souring of or milk Thunderstorms usually follow a n period of hot humid weather eather The I meat bent and humidity cause the refrigerators tors cellars and cooling tanks to I warm up The milk Is also warmed warmed Jp mp stimulating a rapid growth of ot hac bac bacteria teria which really causes the milk to tour E. E. E H. H Parfitt Purdue sit sity er |