200 MANUAL OF MILK PRODUCTS 



Receiving the milk. 



The best way of buying milk is in bottles. Dipping milk 

 from large cans and pouring it into customers' receptacles on 

 the street, with all the incident exposure to dusty air not always 

 the cleanest, is a bad practice. Drawing milk from the faucet 

 of a retailer's can is almost as bad as dipping, because, although 

 the milk may be exposed to the street air a little less than by 

 the dipping process, it is not kept thoroughly mixed, and 

 some consumers will receive less than their proportion of cream. 

 If situated so that it is impossible to get bottled milk, do not 

 set out overnight an uncovered vessel to collect thousands of 

 bacteria from street dust before milk is put into it. Have the 

 milk delivered personally to some member of the family if 

 possible ; if not, set out a bowl covered with a plate, or better 

 still, use a glass preserving jar in which nothing but milk is 

 put. In the latter case use a jar with a glass top, but omit 

 the rubber band. Paper tickets are often more or less soiled ; 

 hence if they are used do not put them in the can, bowl, or jar. 

 For the same reason money should not be put in the can. 



Take the milk into the house as soon as possible after de- 

 livery, particularly in hot weather. Never allow the sun to 

 shine for any length of time on the milk. Sometimes milk 

 delivered as early as 4 a.m. remains out of doors until 9 or 10 

 o'clock. This is wrong. If it is inconvenient to receive the 

 milk soon after it is delivered, indicate to the driver a sheltered 

 place, or provide a covered box in which the milk bottle or can 

 may be left. 

 Handling and keeping milk. (See Plate XL) 



On receiving the milk put it in the refrigerator at once and 

 allow it to remain there when not using from it. Except in 

 cold weather milk cannot be properly kept without ice. Un- 

 less the milk bottle is in actual contact with the ice it will be 

 colder at the bottom of the refrigerator than in the ice com- 

 partment, as the cold air settles rapidly. 



