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chances are that it is not. Experience has shown that few men 

 can wash a cloth strainer clean; it is a difficult thing to do. It 

 ought to be boiled a half hour. 



Mr. James : Would it not be a better practice to wash the 

 best you can after the night's milking and before the morning's 

 milking for there would be no sunshine then? 



Prof. Hunziker: If I use cloths I thoroughly sterilize 

 them for fifteen minutes. I think that will answer your ques- 

 tion. 



Mr. James: That is very good, but many of the farmers 

 do not have steam and for that reason it is a difficult thing to 

 sterilize. 



Prof. Hunziker : The point I was getting at was the dan- 

 ger that might occur from using cloth strainers at all. 



Mr. James : Is it not better to use a strainer and take out 

 part of the dirt than have your milk sent out without any strain- 

 ing? 



Prof. Hunziker : While you are taking part out you might 

 put something in ; if the strainer is clean it is a good thing. 



Mr. Lynch : I would like- to state a case in my territory. 

 A farmer had the fashion of using the same cloth for months 

 without washing. He strains his milk and hangs his cloth on 

 a nail, when he comes to takent down to use the next time it is 

 covered with flies. 



Member: Are we to understand that it is better to be as 

 filthy as you can than to be fairly clean? 



Mr. Newman : We are to keep clean of this whole business 

 by keeping clean in the first place. I think that a fine wire 

 strainer, approximately loo meshes to the inch, is the best kind. 



