DAIRY HINTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1924, Page 15

DAIRY HINTS.

All persons who milk the cows should have their finger-nails cut closely. Remove the milk of every cow at once from the shed to a clean, dry room, where the air i« pure and sweet. Do not allow cans to remain in stables while they are being filled. Never keep milk in your stable or near bad odours. Strain the milk through a metal gauze and a flannel cloth or layer of cotton as soon as it rs drawn.

Aerate and cool the milk as soon as strained. If an apparatus for airing and cooling at the same time is not at hand the milk should be aired firSt. This must be done in pure air, and it s-houlH then be cooled to 45deg.; 60deg. if for home use or delivery to a factory, or delivery for domestic use sold by pint or quart. 'Never close a can containing warm milk which has not been aired and cooled by turning from on e can to the other, stirred or dipped until animal heat is out.

If cover i« left off the can, a piece of cloth or netting should be used to keep out insects.

Keep the night’s milk under shelter so rain cannot get into the cane. In warm weather hold it in a tank of fresh, cold water. Never mix fresh, warm milk with that which has been cooled.