(54 HINTS OX DAIKVINC. 



The eye, to one of experience, is almost certain to detect 

 any great variation. Even slight watering is seen by 

 some from the peculiarity of the reflection of light from 

 the surface especially when in motion. Much water 

 shows from the "thin" appearance of the fluid. Where 

 the smell or appearance are cause for suspicion, or there 

 is any other cause, a sample may he saved and such tests 

 as are at hand may be applied. The so-called lactometer 

 will show whether the specific gravity is below or above 

 the normal standard. The cream gauge will give the 

 percent, of cream at a given temperature. If, after- 

 ward, a sample right from the herd, taken so as to know 

 that it has not been tampered with, shows better quality 

 by these two tests, it is pretty conclusive evidence that 

 the milk from which the factory sample was taken was 

 not in a normal condition. If the herd has been subject 

 to no change of feed or conditions between the times of 

 taking the two samples, any jury would be safe in bring- 

 ing in a verdict against the defendant for watering, skim- 

 ming, or otherwise tampering with his milk, as the facts 

 in evidence might indicate. 



BAD MILK. 



Sour or tainted milk, to any perceptible degree, ought 

 not to be received at the factory. One such mess will 

 injure, if it does not spoil, a whole batch. The sour milk 

 is likely to lead to a sour, leaky batch, and the tainted 

 milk to huffy if not floating curd, and porous, quickly 

 off-flavor and decaying cheese. We have little patience 

 with those who deliver such milk, and none with those 

 who attempt to devise means to work it into palatable 



