CLEANLINESS IN BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES. 109 



Clothes of Factory hands. That the factory hands 

 themselves must keep clean in the most scrupulous man- 

 ner is a principle agreed to by everybody in theory, but 

 not always duly followed in practice. It is not fastidious- 

 ness to insist that factory hands should appear dressed in a 

 white, easily washable costume, for only in this case can we 

 feel certain that they go at their work in a neat way, and 

 that their clothes may not be the cause of infecting the milk 

 or its products. Furthermore, it cannot be considered un- 

 reasonable to require that persons working with milk or milk 

 products to wear a white cap, as it is well known how easily 

 hairs, etc., may loosen from one's head. The small coquettish 

 caps placed on the back of the head, which are seen in some 

 model dairies at expositions, do not accomplish the object 

 sought.* 



It is often objected that it is impracticable for fac- 

 tory hands to wear white costumes, as these soil so quickly, 

 for which reason gray or blue-striped clothes are recom- 

 mended. In my opinion this objection shows in the most 

 striking manner that white clothes alone ought to be used 

 in butter and cheese factories, for any dirt on them is 

 noticeable. The first condition for keeping absolutely 

 clean is, of course, that filthiness may be observed and im- 

 mediately removed, thus preventing its spreading. 



Changing Clothes. A question which sometimes agi- 

 tates the owners of factories is how often the factory-hands 

 ought to change clothes. As a reasonable rule in this 

 respect it is often stated that every factory-man ought to 

 appear with clean washed clothes at least every Sunday 

 morning. According to my experience from both Danish 

 and Finnish factories, it is, however, impossible to keep the 



* In European creameries all lighter work and the making of the 

 butter are usually done by women. "W. 



