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Show DAIRY CLEANLINESS ESSENTIAL. Msterlal and Conditions Cannot Oe Kept Too Free from Germs. In handling milk for retail trade I found the aerator tho best thing to cool tho milk, and it would keepsneet the longest, and noutd have no bitter tnsto or flavor I never use any soap la washing milk cans, hut use sal soda. Soap leaves a bud smell In the cans, n rites u Kansas rorresiondcnt of Farm and Home Alter tho cans are washed and scalded I let them aland right end up until cool, then turn bottom up to drain If a nurm can or pall Is turned bottom up, the steam will stay In and dry in and tho can will not bo so sweet as If (rented tho oilier way. My cowa are kept clean, the tie-up floor la swept' three or four times a day, no cobwobs allowed In It; cribs kept clean, and barn floor swept at least onco a day. Milk Is n ready carrier car-rier of dlseaso germs and so fnrtllo a breeder of bacteria that ono cannot bo too careful In Its care. I think tho next generation will see far greater restrictions placed upon the earn and handling of our cons, milk and cream than we have at tho present time, nnd It will bo better for both producer and consumer |