. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. easons; andthe strength of poor babies, taxed by theheat, is not sufficient to resist the strain. The reason for dwelling at such lengthon the importance of healthiness andcleanliness on the farm, is that milkonce contaminated can never be madeclean again; we may strain it andpasteurize it, but in pasteurization allwe have done is to cook the dirt, we havenot removed it, and straining merelyremoves the dirt which is large enough toshow, the dangerous part, the bacteria,
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. easons; andthe strength of poor babies, taxed by theheat, is not sufficient to resist the strain. The reason for dwelling at such lengthon the importance of healthiness andcleanliness on the farm, is that milkonce contaminated can never be madeclean again; we may strain it andpasteurize it, but in pasteurization allwe have done is to cook the dirt, we havenot removed it, and straining merelyremoves the dirt which is large enough toshow, the dangerous part, the bacteria,are too small to be kept out by anystrainer which can be used. Thereforeunless the first step be clean, subsequentcleanliness and care are of no avail tomake milk good. But equally true is itthat however carefully milk is produced,at any step in its journey from the cow,it may be made a food of great dangerto those consuming it. AN INEXrEX^ IVK lU r ( LKAN .Mli,KHOUSE The contractors plant nuist be im-maculately clean, and his su])i)ly mostcarefully inspected, for the ilaiigor uimixing milk is a very serious one. Unlike. DIRTY MILK HOUSE 38 NEW BOSTON water, dirty milk is not diluted by beingmixed with that which is clean; on thecontrary, the germs in that which ispolluted are given, by the supply ofclean milk, a large amount of freshnourishment which they make haste toappropriate, and develop accordingly withmuch greater rapidity than before. Daring the time it is in the care ofthe railroads great harm may be done ifthe milk be allowed to stand in the sunon the station platforms, or be trans-ported in anything except the new typeof refrigerator cars. These cars are con-structed with doors of the kind used inthe best refrigerators, and are withoutthe cupboards which have accumulated somuch nastiness in the past, they are more-over not capable of being used as thor-oughfares by the train hands. The rail-roads should feel their responsibility notonly to keep milk cool but to tran
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