CHAPTER XVI 



CARE OF MILK ON THE FAEM 

 By II. T. Baldwin, B.S.A.* 



Milk is a highly perishable product which requires great care 

 in production and handling to keej) it in a wholesome condition. 

 Whether it is sold as market milk or made into butter, condensed 

 milk, or cheese, it is almost always used as a food and should bo 



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Flu. 164. — Clean cows give ciejiii milk. A cow when Icit 1( 

 surroundings; a clean stable will aid her in producii 



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■lean milk. 



kept free from contamination. Clean, pure milk of low bacterial 

 count also keeps longer and generally brings a better price than 

 milk tilled with sediment and containing large numbers of 

 bacteria. 



Healthy cows give clean, pure milk. The dirt, sediment, and 

 undesirable varieties of bacteria, which reduce the keeping quali- 



* Dairy specialist. 



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