OUTLINE OF CHAPTER VIII. 



MILK AND ITS CARE. 



C. H. ECKLES, 



Dairy /{tishaiidrv, Missouyi Agricultural Experiment Station 



y^.— MILK. 

 I. Secretion. 

 II. Care of Milk. 



1. Soil! ces of Abnormal Odors. 



(i) Certain Foods. 



(2) The Air. 



(3) Bacteria. 



2. Keeping Bacteria Out of Milk. 



3. Preventing Grozvth of Bacteria. 



(i) Low Temperature. 

 (2) Pasteurization. 



ni. Composition. 



1. Butter Bat. 



2. Casein and Albumen. 



(i) Casein. 

 (2) Albumen. 



3. Milk Sugar. 



4. Ash. 



IV. Colo.. 

 V. Variation in Quantity and Quality* 



1. Breed of Animals. 



2. Individuality. 



3. Period of Lactation. 



4. Feed. 



5. External Conditions. 



6. First and Last Milk Drawn. 



7. Intervals between Mil kings. 



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