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CLEAN MILK 



Bottles. — In regard to glass bottles there is not much to say 

 except that a bottle of good material and proper annealing must be 

 secured to stand the repeated sterilizations (Fig. 45). The shapes 

 are more a matter of taste than anything else. The bottles with* 

 the long and slender necks make a greater display of cream. The 

 latest departure in the way of a milk bottle is the single service 

 milk container of wood-paper made and invented by G. W. Max- 

 well of 2101 Folsom St., San Francisco. It is now in actual use 

 by dairymen in Los Angelos, Cal. The containers in shape re- 

 semble an ordinary drinking glass. There are quart, 34 > V? an( f 



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Fig- 45- 



Milk Bottles. 



pint, sizes. The pints are 5^ in. high and 3 in. across the top. 

 The quarts are 6y 2 in. high. The pints weigh 1 ounce; the quart 

 sizes, 2 ounces. After the containers are filled with milk the paper 

 cover is pressed down firmly into the narrowing container, until it 

 becomes securely wedged in place, and is held there by four small 

 tongues punched from the walls of the container (which press upon 

 the top of the paper cover and are %. in. from the top rim of the 

 container) by the bottle filling and capping machine (Fig. 46). Af- 

 ter the containers are made they are dipped into melted paraffin at 

 220 F., which ensures absolute sterility and water-tightness. The 

 •containers and covers are nested and packed in sterile paper in 



