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better condition in very hot or very cold weather. In 

 very hot weather a glass jar or bottle filled with pounded 

 ice may be hung in the cans to keep the milk cool; in 

 cold weather the cans may be put in a box lined with 

 woolen, felt, or quilting of wool, and a hot brick in each 

 corner in a sheet-iron receptacle will prevent freezing of 

 the milk (figure 97). When the weather in the hot 

 season is very close and sultry, and there is danger of 

 the milk souring, a teaspoonf ul of carbonate of soda, or 

 more as the case may be thought to need, may be dis- 



Tig. 99. 



solved in a quart of the milk and the solution poured 

 into the can. 



It will help the business very much if each customer is 

 given a card on which is printed a few simple directions 

 for caring for the milk ; for the most frequent complaints 

 arise from want of judgment in taking care of the milk 

 and to undue exposure to heat and impure air. These 

 directions should be to the effect that the milk should 

 be kept in a perfectly clean vessel and as soon as received 

 should be heated to nearly boiling and then kept in a 

 cool place. 



