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Show , Putting the "Reverse English" On the Mil Man This suggests another method of ; food conservation of tremendous and far-reaching Importance, the full significance sig-nificance of which Is just beginning to dawn upon the public. I refer to the canning of evaporate'd milk tho "re-'W "re-'W verse English" on the milkman's 1 classical course taking the water out I of milk, Instead of putting water in. m The 12 or 13 per cent of solids and I fats that are left in tho great pans after tho water has been evaporated, constitutes all there is of food value in the milk, and we can add the water when we use it. The enormous loss incurred in haul-, haul-, ing raw milk to market and distributing distribut-ing to the customer, handling it frequently fre-quently in unsanitary ways dangerous to life and health is obviated by using us-ing evaporated milk sold in small, sanitary san-itary cans portable and climate-proof. climate-proof. The water in milk is the element Jhat wastes millions to transport and handle, that permits fermentation and facilitates decomposition, and that makes terrifylngly easy the multlpli-; multlpli-; cation of pathogenic bacteria. Indeed, we have even standardized our asinini-! asinini-! ty in this last matter, so that when we . get more than 600,000 full-blown bugs ! to the cubic centimeter we know almost al-most enough to shake the admonitory finger under the nose of the food con-taminator. con-taminator. Some time, and the sooner the better, bet-ter, we will wake up as a nation to our child-mindedness in breaking the back of our transport system, and in freezing, spoiling, and Infesting a valued val-ued food product. Then all our milk will be safe. We'll evaporate it and keep it in sterile cans until we need it. And then we'll add it to pure water and make cream or milk. This will immensely decrease the x chances of typhoid, ptomaine poison -' ing, or cholera infantum, because it If will insure purity, freedom from con tamination, and enhanced keeping ; qualities. The public today can have safe milk in plenty for its cereals, and for all cooking and table uses by depending , on the little sanitary can of evaporat-! evaporat-! .ed milk on tho grocer's shelf. And 1 this is always available, regardless of climate or the local raw milk supply. |