STERILIZING THE STRAINER 



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are simply rinsed in cold water. This does not 

 remove all of the milk on their surfaces and results 

 in a growth of bacteria over night which often 

 seriously contaminates the next morning's milk. 



STERILIZING THE STRAINER 



More good milk 

 is spoiled by a bad 

 strainer than in any 

 other way. 



The cleanest milk 

 needs no straining 

 at all. A strainer 

 because of its mesh 

 is far more dangerous 

 than any other article 

 of dairy equipment. 

 The mesh catches dirt I 

 and bacteria. 



A filtering cloth not thoroughly washed and 

 not thoroughly sterilized breeds bacteria between 

 milkings so that it hides many millions in its 

 meshes. Cheese cloth is easier to wash and 

 sterilize properly than any other kind of mesh. 



The dairy farmer should have two pieces of 

 cheese cloth large enough to use doubled once 



