OUTLINE OF CHAPTER VIII. 



MILK AND ITS CARE. 



C. H. ECKLES, 



Dairy Husbandry, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.. 



A. MILK/ 

 I. Secretion. 

 II. Care ot Milk. 



1. Sources of Abnormal Odors. 



(i) CERTAIN FOODS. 

 (Y) THE AIR. 

 (3) BACTERIA. 



2. Keeping Bacteria Out of Milk. 



3. Preventing Growth of Bacteria. 



(1) Low TEMPERATURE. 



(2) PASTEURIZATION. 



i 1 !!. Composition. 



1. Butter Fat. 



2. Casein and Albumen. 



(1) 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 Milkings. 



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