272 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



place the milk in foul smelling refrigerators or near odorous 

 food products. As stated above, milk should be placed in direct 

 contact with the ice. 



A Word Regarding Evaporated Milk. — Upon the market 

 are two products, one known as evaporated milk, which is cows' 

 milk evaporated in a vacuum pan so that lOO pounds of whole 

 milk yields about 45 pounds of evaporated milk. This product 

 is sterilized in the can with heat. The other product is known 

 as sweetened condensed milk. This is very similar to the evapo- 

 rated whole milk but contains about 40 per cent of cane sugar. 

 This product is preserved by the added sugar. We do not rec- 

 ommend these condensed or evaporated milks in infant feeding, 

 except in rare instances and then only on the advice of a physi- 

 cian. Someone has rightly said: "I am a firm believer in 

 canned foods — in polar expeditions and military operations but 

 not as food for infants as they are not engaged in these opera- 

 tions." 



Milk should be handled as follows: 



(i) Have dealer leave milk in a cool, clean place, pro- 

 tected from sun and from the visits of dogs, cats and flies. 



(2) Take in as soon after delivered as is possible. 



(3) Wash cap and outside of bottle in clean, cold water. 



(4) Place at once on ice. 



(5) Have no odorous substance in the ice box. 



(6) Do not remove the milk from ice box until you are 

 ready to use it. 



(7) See that all milk receptacles are clean and well scalded 

 before use. 



(8) Keep bottle covered with an inverted tumbler. 



(9) Wash and scald bottles as soon as they are empty. 



The following bulletins of interest to the housewife have 

 been issued by this department: Bulletin No. 13, Flies; Bulle- 

 tin No. 14, Nutritive Value of Foods. Copies may be obtained 

 by addressing a postal card to W. B. Barney, Dairy and Food 

 Commissioner, Des Moines, Iowa. 



The following bulletins issued by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture will be of interest. Copies may be secured 

 free of charge by addressing your Congressman or Senator : 



