162 THE FARM DAIRY. 



Remaxkable Record for Certified Milk. — The 



writer shipped some of his certified milk to the 

 Paris Exposition, It was seventeen days in 

 transit and kept sweet until the twenty-first day 

 after it left the farm at DeKalb, 111. This was 

 the month of August, and the milk was shipped 

 by express to New York when it was placed into 

 a refrigerator on board a vessel. The French 

 officials could not believie this milk had not been 

 embalmed imtil it was analyzed. 



Separator the Best Cleanser. — ^I believe the 

 cleanest milk it is possible to produce is im- 

 proved by being put through a centrifugal sepa- 

 rator. I do not believe it possible to secure milk 

 that will not leave a deposit on the wall of the 

 separator after it has been run through it. The 

 claim that the separator breaks the fat globules 

 in the milk I believe is an argument in favor of 

 the use of the separator, as the smaller the 

 globules of fat, the easier it will be digested by 

 the babe. 



Sterilizing Utensils.— All iltensils used about 

 the milk must be thoroughly washed and rinsed 

 and then sterilized. I found in my experience 

 that , a concrete sterilizing room is best, as con- 

 crete is not affected by heat as much as wood or 

 metal. My sterilizing room was large enough to 

 contain all the utensils including the cans, pails, 

 cooler, bottler and bottles. This room was be- 

 tween the wash room and the bottling room, so 



