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Wooden pails or other utensils are not suitable for handling 

 milk in miv wav. 



Plate 11. Wash Sink. 



Milk cans and pails should be smooth with all cracks and 

 seams flushed with solder. 



703. If skim milk or butter milk is returned in the cans to 

 the farms such milk should be emptied from the cans as soon as 

 they reach the farm. If the skim milk is allowed to stand in 

 them until it becomes sour it is difficult to remove the odor. 

 Washing the milk cans at the factory or place of delivery and 

 returning them empty to the farmers is an excellent practice. It 

 will remove the cause of many failures to make butter, cheese 

 and cream of first class quality. 



704 Anyone advocating the washing of any dairy utensils 

 or machine only once a w r eek is an enemy to the dairy business. 

 Milk and cream cannot be kept in a condition suitable for human 

 food unless they are produced from sound feed in a clean barn 

 and handled in carefully washed utensils. 



Handling milk in rusty, dirty or unsanitary cans is forbid- 

 den by law in some states and fines amounting to $25 and over 

 are imposed on guilty parties convicted of this misdemeanor. 



705. Keep Night and Morning's Milk Separate. Never mix 

 warm milk with cold milk as this will spoil both. The morning 

 and night's milk should be kept in separate cans until thorough- 



