. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 304 AGRICULTURE some bacteria will have found their way into the milk. By cooling it as soon as drawn to a temperature of 50° F., the bacteria will be prevented from multiplying. They cannot grow when the milk is cold. If the milk is allowed to remain warm, they will develop rapidly and soon sour it. Health}'^ cows, kept in clean, sunny, well-ventilated stables, will do their part in producing clean milk. Most bacteria and. Fig. 167. — Milk in bottles. This is the cleanest way to market milk and cream, dirt fall in while the milk is being handled, and
. Beginnings in agriculture. Agriculture. 304 AGRICULTURE some bacteria will have found their way into the milk. By cooling it as soon as drawn to a temperature of 50° F., the bacteria will be prevented from multiplying. They cannot grow when the milk is cold. If the milk is allowed to remain warm, they will develop rapidly and soon sour it. Health}'^ cows, kept in clean, sunny, well-ventilated stables, will do their part in producing clean milk. Most bacteria and. Fig. 167. — Milk in bottles. This is the cleanest way to market milk and cream, dirt fall in while the milk is being handled, and the farmer him- self is responsible for this. The Babcock test. —Since the market value of milk depends very largely on the percentage of fat it contains, it is a great aid to farmers who produce milk to know how much fat there is in the milk from each of their cows. The milk from some cows contains much fat. That from others contains so little that their milk will not sell for as much as it costs the farmer to keep them. He loses money on every such cow in his herd. Fortunately, there has been discovered a simple method of finding the percentage of fat in milk. It is called the Babcock test. We. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mann, Albert Russell, 1880-. New York, Macmillan company
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