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Care  of  Milk  and  Butter 
I  would  like  a  little  information  on  the 
care  of  milk  in  the  Summer.  I  furnish 
milk  to  a  family  from  the  city  in  the  Sum¬ 
mer.  They  take  about  6  or  S  qts.  a  day, 
and  sometimes  they  find  it  makes  the 
baby  sick.  Should  this  milk  be  aerated? 
Wouldn’t  it  be  better  and  keep  better? 
The  city  man  thinks  that  the  milk  warm 
from  the  cow  is  the  best.  We  keep  Jer¬ 
seys  ;  milk  is  put  through  wire  strainer ; 
then  cheesecloth  doubled.  I  am  very  care¬ 
ful  about  scalding  and  cleaning  pails, 
strainer,  etc.,  but  can  not  say  about 
dishes  the  milk  is  carried  in.  My  idea  is 
the  warm  milk  is  what  causes  the  trouble. 
We  are  planning  on  building  a  milk- 
house  in  the  Spring.  Would  like  some 
suggestions  on  it;  have  electric  power  to 
run  separator.  Milk-house  would  have  to 
be  in  a  very  snug  place,  where  no  shade 
strike’s  at  all.  We  expect  to  put  in  milk¬ 
ing  machines;  should  they  be  taken  care 
of  in  milk-house,  and  how  far  from  cow- 
barn  should  it  be  built?  We  keep  15  or20 
purebred  Jerseys  and  make  butter;  would 
be  glad  to  get  suggestions  on  containers 
to  send  butter  by  parcel -post  to  city  in 
Winter.  Is  there  an  aerator  small 
enough  to  use  for  10  qts.  a  day.  Can 
good  butter  be  made  in  a  pantry  where 
food  and  housework  like  dishwashing, 
sink  for  washing  hands,  etc.,  are,  and  what 
do  you  think  about  cistern  water  for 
washing  separator?  What  is  the  best 
and  easiest  floor  to  keep  clean  for  milk- 
room  ?  P.  c. 
Northville,  N.  Y. 
The  best  way  to  handle  milk  in  Sum¬ 
mer  may  be  summed  up  under  the  fol¬ 
lowing  points;  (1)  Have  the  cows  clean 
(udder  and  teats)  at  milking  time;  (2) 
milk  into  a  sterile  small-top  pail;  (3) 
have  all  dairy  utensils  clean  and  sterile  ; 
(4)  cool  the  milk  as  soon  as  drawn  to  50 
degrees  or  below,  and  keep  it  cold  as  long 
as  it  is  in  your  hands.  I  should  recom¬ 
mend  that  you  cool  your  milk  as  soon  as 
it  is  produced.  Aeration  and  cooling  re¬ 
moves  all  “animal  taints”  and  checks  the 
growth  of  milk-souring  badteria.  The  per¬ 
son  who  uses  the  milk  can  later  adjust 
the  temperature  for  infant  feeding  pur¬ 
poses.  Unless  milk  is  carefully  handled 
in  Summer,  its  use  is  liable  to  cause  sick¬ 
ness  when  fed  to  infants. 
Plans  for  a  milk-house  to  meet  your 
needs  will  be  furnished  free  of  charge  by 
any  of  the  dairy  barn  equipment  com¬ 
panies  who  advertise  in  this  paper.  They 
undoubtedly  can  help  you  better  than  any¬ 
one  else,  once  they  know  your  needs.  A 
milk-house  should  be  built  to  provide  for 
the  washing  and  sterilizing  of  all  the 
utensils,  including  the  milking  machine 
parts.  The  milk-house  should  be  separate 
from  the  barns,  yet  conveniently  located. 
It  need  not  be  any  distance  from  the 
barn  but  located  in  a  place  that  is  well- 
drained  and  away  from  contaminating 
surroundings.  Most  milk-houses  have  two 
rooms,  so  that  the  milk  and  butter  may 
bo  handled  away  from  where  the  uten¬ 
sils  are  washed  and  steamed. 
The  best  way  to  send  butter  by  parcel- 
post  is  to  have  it  in  pound  prints.  The 
butter  is  wrapped  in  parchment  paper 
and  put  into  cardboard  cartons.  These 
cartons  should  then  be  wrapped  carefully 
in  a  strip  of  heavy  corrugated  cardboard. 
The  package  can  then  be  wrapped  and 
tied  in  heavy  paper  ready  for  nvailing. 
The  heavy  corrugated  cardboard  is  the 
best  protection!  against  damage.  Of 
course,  the  same  material  in  the  form  of 
a  box,  large  enough  to  carry  four  or  six 
cartons,  would  be  preferable  but  more 
expensive. 
There  are  several  aerator-coolers  on  the 
market  small  enough  to  handle  the  milk 
from  one  to  four  cows.  These  can  be 
secured  from  any  dairy  supply  company 
or  store. 
Cream  and  butter  should  not  be  han¬ 
dled  in  the  same  room  where  food  is  being 
cooked  or  dishes  and  hands  washed.  Dairy 
products  quickly  absorb  abnormal  odors 
and  flavors  and  therefore  should  be  han¬ 
dled  in  a  separate  room  where  the  air  is 
pure  at  all  times. 
Cistern  water  should  make  good  water 
for  washing  purposes.  All  dairy  uten¬ 
sils  should  be  scalded  or  steajned  after 
washing  and  it  doesn’t  matter  What  kind 
of  water  is  used  for  washing  if  it  is 
clean  and  free  from  contamination.  I 
should  not  recommend  the  rinsing  of  dairy 
utensils  in  cistern  water  before  using 
utensils.  A  properly  built  concrete  floor 
is  one  of  the  best  floors  to  keep  clean 
whereever  milk  or  dairy  products  are  han¬ 
dled.  j.  W.  B. 
Water  for  Chickens 
Knowing  your  willingness  to  listen  to 
both  sides  of  a  question.  I  cannot  refrain 
from  a  word  in  behalf  of  the  thirsty 
chicken.  More  than  once  in  the  recent 
numbers  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  it  has  been 
stated,  in  reply  to  questions,  that  chickens 
having  all  the  milk  they  wish  need  no 
water.  Milk  is  a  food,  and  a  thirst- 
creating  food.  Cats  and  does,  no  matter 
how  much  milk  they  have,  require  a  great 
deal  of  water.  Milk  is  one  of  the  best 
foods  for  the  chickens,  but  it  cannot  take 
the  place  of  water.  Deprived  of  this, 
they  suffer.  If  your  questioners  would 
ask  the  chickens,  their  answer  would  be 
prompt,  and  one  that  could  not  be  mis¬ 
understood.  JOSEPHINE  E.  CKAGIN. 
Stock  must  be  watered  and  the  barn  cleaned — and  it’s  an  every 
day  s  job.  The  time  saved  by  using  Louden  Water  Bowls  and  the 
Louden  Manure  Carrier  in  doing  these  daily  chores  is  in  itself  a  sur¬ 
prisingly  big  item  each  year — and  this  saving  goes  on  year  after  year, 
as  long  as  the  barn  stands.  But  the  saving  of  time  is  not  all  that 
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