FROM THE PRACTICAL VIEWPOINT 



The rotary filler and capper is coming into quite 

 extensive use, with many features about it which 

 appeal strongly to the milkman. 



Bottle-Capping 



It is important that milk, after having been 

 pasteurized, shall not be recontaminated in any 

 way. If containers are properly cleaned, the great- 

 est danger of such reinfection lies in the practice 

 of capping bottles by hand. When this method of 

 capping is employed, the caps are frequently kept 

 in open boxes beside the bottling machine, and they 

 are sometimes kept in the pockets of the workmen 

 who are capping the bottles. There is thus con- 

 stant danger that the caps will become infected by 

 dust in the air, by milk which is spattered upon 

 them or by means of the hands of the persons who 

 handle them. Men who handle bottle cases and at 

 the same time work about machinery cannot easily 

 keep the hands clean. The milk caps then suffer. 

 If any germs of disease are about these employees 

 then the danger becomes apparent. 



Some form of capping machine is desirable. Sev- 

 eral such are on the market, and many of them 



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