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wash them in hot water, using a good brush ; then scald them in 

 boihng water. Every dish or cloth that is used in connection 

 with milk, after it is washed, should be put in a clean place and 

 where there is circulation of pure air. 



Methods of Creaming the Milk. 



After the milk has been produced the next step is to separate 

 the cream from it. The old way was to put the milk in shallow 

 pans and set in the cellar or pantry for the cream to rise. By this 

 method considerable butter fat was left in the skim milk, and at 

 the end of the year, this loss amounted to considerable money, 

 even though but few cows were kept. 



CUT 1. Illustrates a Cooley Creamer and Cans. The tank can be used for deep 



setting- cans. It is not difficult to make a tank of this kind for holding- 



the deep setting- cans. 



The next system that came in use was the cold deep setting. 

 This method was to place the milk in a can 20 inches deep and 

 8 inches in diameter, and then put the can into a tank of ice 

 water or cold well water. This method Avorked very well and 

 separation was quite complete when the cans were kept in cold 

 water from eighteen to twenty-four hours. 



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