Clean Milk 



very same rules which are in force at the 

 dairy farm. It is a manifest injustice to the 

 farmer and the dealer that, after their con- 

 scientious efforts to deliver milk in a whole- 

 some condition, it should be spoiled through 

 carelessness or ignorance on the part of the 

 householder. There is even a greater need 

 for proper care, as, by the time milk reaches 

 the consumer, Nature's provision for preserv- 

 ing milk has been exhausted. 



The care of milk may be briefly stated: 

 Expose it as little as possible and keep it 

 iced. 



Once the dealer delivers it his responsibil- 

 ity is ended and that of the consumer begins. 

 It should never be permitted to stand for 

 hours before being placed in the ice box. 

 Where it is delivered before people are 

 awake provision for icing it in warm weather 

 should be made. As one of the " modern 

 conveniences," so much vaunted in city 

 apartments, there should be an ice box for 

 containing milk until the tenants are ready 

 to care for it. Such a receptacle would pay 



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