Show aj af IMPROVING QUALITY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS more afore and more quality in dairy products brings its just reward when milk Is clean and pure more of it la Is used and a better price Is paid ot of course there are exceptions to this as aa for instance where the milk from a large number of farms Is dumped into common vats the thing to be done under such circumstances Is tor for all farmers to improve their product and tor for them to let the world know about it it has been well said bald that the way to increase the use of milk la in the cities Is to increase its lt value by improving the quality people are saturated with the idea of and quality products that a few years ago were sold in bulk with no thought of contamination are now sold bold only in sanitary sealed packages just so with milk tf it it possesses quality people will use nse more of it and that will improve the market the consumption of dairy products has increased inci eased 25 per cent during the last few years credit for much of this increase must be given to the fact that tho cleanliness and quality of the dairy products offered for sale hate hare been improved to such an extent that they have become the best the world has ever known the methods of improving the quality of necessity must start at the farm the rules or the plans are very simple the cows and the should be healthy most towns and cities have hane ordinances requiring that cows be tested and found free from tuberculosis before their milk may be sold it Is just as essential that those who do the milking and who handle the milk chall be free from the same bame disease there Is a growing tendency to substitute principles for rules this applies especially to the brodu production tion of clean milk the way to produce produce clean milk is simply to keep heep it from becoming contaminated with dirt this requires a clean milking place clean cows cons clean and clean palls palla and other utensils isten siLs cooling the milk Is likewise very essential everyone kno as s that cool milk keeps very much better than warm milk the reason 1 Is s that bacteria which cause the milk t to 0 become sour multiply much more rapidly in warm milk there are possibilities ties on every farm of cooling the milk it may be running water it may be ice fee or it may be some other other arrangement the big thing Is to apply the alie slogan keep it clean keep it cool |