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milking takes place after filling. One of the objections to the latter 

 method is the possible lack of uniformity in the composition of 

 the milk in all the bottles filled at one milking. This may be over- 

 come by waiting until all the cows in the herd are milked before 

 bottling of the mixture is begun. If bottled as fast as the cows 

 are milked the difference in the richness of the milk of different 

 cows will be noticed in the various bottles filled during the 

 milking. 



823. There are objections however to holding a large quan- 

 tity of warm fresh milk for any great length of time before cool- 

 ing and the general custom has been adopted to cool the milk at 

 once after milking and bottle the cold, mixed milk of the herd 

 after milking has been completed. 



Any of the efficient and economical milk coolers may be used 

 and the milk should be filled into the bottles as soon as possible 

 after milking and cooling. 



824. Many bottle fillers have been placed on the market and 

 these save time and labor. The simpler the construction the bet- 



Plate 36. Bottle Filler. 



