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directions how to keep it clean carried with firmness will 

 remedy the evil in 99 cases out of 100. The factory should 

 wash the milk can as soon as emptied/ whether the skim 

 milk is returned in it or not. The milk should first be rinsed 

 out of it with cold or luke-warm water. It should then be 

 washed with hot water and a brush used so that every dent 

 or crease in the can will be touched. The can should then 

 be steamed by putting it over a steam pipe or putting pipe 

 into it. It is then ready to receive the skim milk or to be 

 returned home empty. If returned empty, the patron should 

 be obliged to remove the covers immediately upon his arrival 

 home, placing the cans in the sun, right side up, slanting 

 toward the south, so that the sun will shine into them and 

 the covers upside down, so sun will shine into them. If skim- 

 milk is returned in cans. It should be emptied at once, allow- 

 ing it to stand an hour, or even half an hour will give the 

 milk a chance to dry on the sides of the cans, where it has 

 splashed while being hauled. It is difficult to remove dried 

 or partially dried milk from a tin can. As soon as emptied 

 the can should be rinsed out with at least an ordinary pail of 

 water, then thoroughly washed inside and outside, using 

 a brush on the inside. If the can has been scalded at the fac- 

 tory a rinsing with hot water will be all that is needed. If not, 

 it should be scalded with boiling water. The can should 

 then be turned upside down for a minute or two to drain, then 

 it should be placed in the sun as stated before, right side up 

 and covers off. If can is not scalded at the factory, the occa- 

 sional use of washing soda will prove beneficial, but the can 

 must be thoroughly rinsed after its use. As a rule, it is 

 better not to use soap, although on the outside it will do 

 no harm. Much labor is saved in keeping cans clean by 

 having them free from dents, and a little care in handling 

 prevents this. Careless drivers are usually responsible for 

 them. Example upon the part of the factory will do more 

 than any other thing to get the patrons to do their part. If 

 to this is added the desire to give the patron a just share of 

 the profits and to give on the part of both factory, owner and 

 patron to the customer the very best product obtainable, the 

 question of care of cans would be solved. 



