CHAPTER XIV 

 MILK TRADITIONS 



TRADITIONS and superstitions have been handed 

 down from father to son through generations of 

 dairymen. These often prevent the farmer from 

 accepting modern methods of dairy practice which 

 are necessary to reduce the bacteria in his milk. 

 Some of these beliefs are as follows: 



SMOTHERED TASTE 



Warm milk put into a can and covered with a 

 tight lid, over night, will taste smothered. The 

 smothered taste will appear unless milk is left 

 uncovered so that the smother can escape. The 

 truth is that the odor and taste are due to cow- 

 manurs which has fallen into milk from unclean 

 cows or from dust in the stable air, or it is due 

 to foul odors in the air of the stable itself. Clean 

 milk can be put into cans with lids tightly on, 



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