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The bottles should be capped immediately after filling 
and only the best quality of caps should be used. Caps 
which lack stiffness or which have been poorly paraffined 
Mu 
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Fig. 40.—Bottle 
Capped with Her- 
metic Seal. 
breaking. 
Galvanized iron cases, 
usually can be bought cheaply but they 
will prove expensive at any cost. 
During bottling the room should be 
kept damp to keep the air free from 
dust and bacteria. No air currents 
should be allowed to sweep in from the 
outside. Only clean laundered white 
suits should be worn by those in charge 
of the cooling and bottling. 
Milk Bottle Delivery Cases. On de- 
livery wagons the bottles are carried in 
cases holding twelve or more bottles 
each. ‘These cases are made of galvan- 
ized iron or wood, or of both, and have 
light removable partitions inside, separ- 
ating the bottles to keep them from 
like that shown in 
Fig. 41.—Galvanized Iron Milk Bottle Case. 
Fig. 41, are the most sanitary and also permit putting 
crushed ice around the bottles. 
