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cause of the carelessness and ignorance of so many people. 

 They get into the water we drink and the food we eat. 

 Our bodies are able to kill these germs by thousands if 

 we keep healthy by regular habits of exercise and sleep, 



PASTEURIZING AND BOTTLING APPARATUS FOR MILK 

 The milk is kept at 140 F. for thirty minutes. About 98 per cent 

 of the bacteria are killed. (From La Flam Creamery.) 



and take nothing into our bodies but pure food and pure 

 water. 



25. How to Destroy the Germs. Since the germs 

 are very numerous and so many people are not healthy 

 and so many are careless, it will be well to know how to 



