Clean Milk 



with, if pure milk is to receive proper care. 

 A good spring should be considered an 

 auxiliary in cooling rather than a main re- 

 liance, for seldom is spring water, without 

 the addition of some ice, cold enough to re- 

 duce the temperature sufficiently. 



One ton and one half for each cow is a 

 good average amount for a year, and this can 

 generally be procured in the country at a 

 moderate cost of labor and money. If a 

 small pond is not already available, it is easy 

 to flood a meadow or dam a brook in winter 

 time and cut the quantity of ice needed. 



Building the ice house may form the prin- 

 cipal expense, but this expense is incurred 

 but once in many years and is justified by the 

 improved quality of the milk. The ice house 

 need not be a fine structure of double walls 

 filled with sawdust, for almost any kind of 

 building can be made to serve the purpose. 



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