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condition. All utensils should be washed as soon as possible after using - , 

 since the longer the milk remains on them the harder they will be to 

 clean. They should first be rinsed with luke-warm water to remove the 

 milk, then washed with hot water in which a little washing- soda has been 

 dissolved, using a fibre brush in place of a cloth, rinsed with hot water 

 and scalded with boiling water or steam. Cans should never be tightly 

 closed when not in use, and should be placed on a rack in an inverted 

 position so that the dust cannot blow into them. If possible they should 

 be placed where the sun can shine on them, as this will do much towards 

 keeping them pure and sweet. Bright sunshine is one of the best known 

 disinfectants, and has the advantage of being cheap. 



I favor using plenty of white cheese-cloth in dairy work. It is es- 

 pecially useful to tie over the cans while the milk is being cooled. It will 

 catch dust and many particles that might fall into the milk. It makes an 

 excellent strainer, and yet I hesitate to recommend the use of it, knowing 

 the careless manner in which it is sometimes cleaned. To plunge a milky 

 piece of cheese-cloth into boiling water will ruin it forever as a strainer. 

 The curd part of the milk is hardened on the cloth, and boiling will not 

 remove it. In a day or two it* becomes impure. To strain milk through 

 that would taint a whole milking. 



With the cow clean at milking time, the stable clean, the milker 

 clean and clean pails, strainers and other utensils, the problem of keep- 

 ing and delivering sweet milk and cream is well in hand. What most of 

 us need is more dairy knowledge and a better application of what we 

 already know. 



The story of the cow has never grown dim among those who have 

 known her longest, and have been the most ardent in bestowing praise 

 on the gentle mild-eyed queen. 



" Give to the lordly steed his equine grace, 

 Give to the farmer large reward for toil ; 

 Render to the milkman all honor due his place, 

 But bear in mind the cow is mistress of the soil." 



MILK— FROM A DOCTOR'S POINT OF VIEW. 



(Address by Dr. Helen MacMurchy, Toronto, at Women's Institute 



Convention, December, 1906.) 



This is a great occasion, and I am proud to take part in such a dis- 

 cussion as this. I congratulate Prof. Dean on being the first person in 

 Canada to appeal to the women of the country on the milk question. I 

 have endeavored for a good many years to interest those to whom I had 

 access, but I have for a long time been confident that, unless we could 

 appeal to some such audience as this, our efforts would be in vain. But 

 I believe Prof. Dean has succeeded in doing so this morning. 



The first thing I want to say is this : It is not often in listening to a 

 discussion that one agrees with every word that is spoken, but I want to 

 say that I heartily agree with every statement made by Prof. Dean and 



