BULLETIN 160.] [JULY, 1907. 



Ontario Department of Agriculture. 



WOMEN'S INSTITUTES. 



The Production, Care, and Uses of Milk. 



PURE MILK SUPPLY. 



Milk is the raw material used in one of our most important agricul- 

 tural industries, and it is an article of daily use in the dietary of nearly 

 every man, woman, and child. There is no more vital question before 

 those who produce milk for commercial purposes, or who use it from 

 day to day as an article of food, than its production under sanitary con- 

 ditions. 



The "Women's Institutes" of the Province is one of the most forceful 

 organizations that we have, and the information presented in this bulletin 

 is brought to their notice in the hope that they will use their influence to 

 the betterment of the milk supply, not only for consuming in its na- 

 tural state, but for manufacturing into butter and cheese. 



The ladies living in the towns should see to it that the milk used by 

 them is produced under sanitary conditions, properly cooled as soon as 

 drawn from the cow, and handled in a cleanly manner from that time 

 until it reaches them. 



The women in the country do not perform much of the actual work 

 of milking the cows and cooling the milk. They usually, however, have 

 this work more or less under their supervision, and, if they so desire, 

 can do much to improve the general conditions surrounding the production 

 of milk, by insisting that those who milk the cows are properly dressed 

 and wash their hands before they begin milking. By insisting upon 

 cleanly methods and proper cooling of the milk they can do much to 

 increase the quality of the raw material. Care in this respect not only 

 insures a better quality of cheese and butter, but a larger quantity. 



We wish to commend to the careful reading of the Institute members 

 the statements made by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, as to the 

 part which the women of the farm can take in bettering the conditions 

 surrounding the cheese and butter industry. More or less repetition will 

 be found in the material presented in this bulletin, but the importance of 

 the subject, and the different viewpoints from which it is considered, are 

 a justification for printing- the papers and addresses as prepared by the 

 persons named at the head of the different sections. 



Geo. A. Putnam, 



Superintendent. 



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