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often consume cows' milk in large quantities, and their 

 systems possess less power of resistance than that of grown 

 people, f But even here it may not be necessary to strive 

 to reach complete sterility, since infectious bacteria do not 

 appear to be very resistant toward heating. If precautions 

 are taken that the milk is always consumed within twenty- 

 four hours at the latest after the heating process, and that 

 it is kept in a cool place during this time, it will not be 

 infectious or undergo any injurious changes. 



The same results may be obtained by heating the milk 

 in an ordinary casserole to the boiling point, or even only 

 to about 158 F. It must be remembered, however, that 

 such a heating does not of course protect the milk from 



rutabagas or carrots (in small quantities). Of concentrated feed stuffs, 

 the cereals or the flour-mill refuse-products may safely be fed, but not 

 pea-meal, bean meal, or any other legumes. Malt-sprouts, linseed- 

 meal, palm-nut meal, cocoanut-meal, etc., may be fed sparingly all 

 but the first-mentioned not to exceed one pound of each feed a day 

 per head. No fermented or rancid feed should be given (except 

 silage, with the proviso mentioned), and no slump feed, brewers' 

 grains, etc. The milk from fresh cows should not be used for this 

 purpose until the eighth day after calving, and never under any con- 

 dition unless the cows are perfectly healthy and give milk fully 

 normal according to both taste, smell, and appearance. W. 



fMunkand Uffelmann(intheir "Ernahrungd. Menschen," 1891, 

 p. 294) state that " the high germ content of cows' milk, especially 

 of fermentative forms, is doubtless largely the cause of its poorer 

 utilization and palatability in baby-feeding. Soxhlet considers the 

 particles of dung very frequently present in cows' milk the main 

 carriers of these bacteria; and he is doubtless right. Experience 

 teaches us at any rate that feeding babies with boiled or especially 

 with sterilized milk gives far better results, and causes a much 

 smaller number of digestive troubles, stomach and intestinal catarrhs, 

 etc., than does feeding with unboiled milk." W. 



