. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . ove the pail. The deep-setting milk pails, eight oreight and a half inches in diameter, are convenient forcooling the milk in, and if the temperature is not lowerthan fifty-five degrees there will not be much cream riseduring the day. To prevent the cream rising the milkshould be stirred gently two or three times during theday. A tank of water, such as is described in a previouschapter, cooled to the right point by ice, is very suitable 404 THE DAIRYMAN S MANUAL. and convenient; but a thermometer should be used tobe sure the cooli
. The dairyman's manual. A practical treatise on the dairy .. . ove the pail. The deep-setting milk pails, eight oreight and a half inches in diameter, are convenient forcooling the milk in, and if the temperature is not lowerthan fifty-five degrees there will not be much cream riseduring the day. To prevent the cream rising the milkshould be stirred gently two or three times during theday. A tank of water, such as is described in a previouschapter, cooled to the right point by ice, is very suitable 404 THE DAIRYMAN S MANUAL. and convenient; but a thermometer should be used tobe sure the cooling is not below the safe point. The distribution of the milk by dairymen who have aroute, or a number of customers, may be eased verymuch by simple methods of avoiding diflSculties whichcause much trouble at times. Souring of the milk pre-maturely is the principal difficulty. This may be avoidedby thorough cleanliness in the utensils, which should bescrubbed witli a stiff brush and cold water; soap shouldnot be used, but a small quantity of a weak solution of. Fig. 97.—BOX FOK MILK OAKS. concentrated lye; this will remove all remnants of sourmilk, grease, or other impurities from the cans. Boilingwater should then be used, and, finally, clear cold .waterto finish, after which the pails and cans should be in-verted on a bench in the open air, in a sunny airy place,and tilted so that the air can enter freely. The routine of a milk route, as has been found sat-isfactory by the author, is as follows. The cows aremilked at five oclock in the morning, and the milk isimmediately strained into the cans; twenty-quart onesare better than the larger ones, as the milk keeps in MILK DAIRTIlirG. 405 better condition in very hot or very cold weather. Invery hot weather a glass jar or bottle filled with poundedice may be hung in the cans to keep the milk cool; incold weather the cans may be put in a box lined withwoolen, felt, or quilting of wool, and a hot brick in eachcorner in a sheet-iro
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