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Show VHAT CAUSES MILK TO FOAM IN THE CHURN. III When milk foams In tho churn It III Is sometimes duo to tho fact that it is 7 III too warm or tho churn is too full, but 1 I occasionally It results from the prcs- 1 jj, enco of certain forms of baclll. (j Thcsq do not occur very often but t t whon thoy onco gain access to tho f milk or the palls or churn thoy aro j II auro to causo trouble and it takes j. g somo time to get rid of them. j, 5. The cows should bo thoroughly t 5, washed and sprayed with an effective j: but harmless disinfectant nnd tho I barn sjiould bo sprayed and then J thoroughly whitewashed. Cover every lt ft Inch of the Interior of tho barn In- l' I eluding the stalls nnd mangers. 1 I Next wash tho udders of tho cow f 1 thoroughly beforo each milking and fl mix with tho water a llttlo disinfect- AV nlt. TVIlln Ihn llrlrlnT. nrwl tonic -,.I ? dry with a clean cloth. j- Tho first milk should bo milked (" Into a separato vessel and thrown away for sometimes tho baclll lurks J in tho openings of tho teats, and If ?. this Is allowed to enter tho milk It f may contaminate tho entire supply. (; The milking pails and all vessels 5 containing tho milk should bo thor- f. oughly boiled In water containing a f little concentrated lye for at least two I hpura and this sterilization should bo I repeated for threo or four days. Tho room in which tho milk Is kept '( should also bo thoroughly cleansed ' and disinfected. This is very Import- 3 unt because no matter how clean your cows and barn and vessels may be. If ! thoro is tho least contamination left Jn qld milk or butter or In anything j that Is left in the room whero milk is j Jcopt tho baclll wjll continue to grow. f |