. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W 13 GENERAL NOTES A CUBAN PASTEURIZATION PLANT Cardenas can boast of a very fine plant for the pasteurization of milk. Small, it ma}^ be, but thoroughly modern and in all essentials as complete as any similar establishment in the United States. The illustration on this page gives an interior view, but the building itself, situated at the edge of the city, is very attractive, and the premises are thoroughly clean and sanitary. The milk is delivered each morning to the plant by the "guajiros" or natives in the peculiar cans carried on their ponie
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \' I E W 13 GENERAL NOTES A CUBAN PASTEURIZATION PLANT Cardenas can boast of a very fine plant for the pasteurization of milk. Small, it ma}^ be, but thoroughly modern and in all essentials as complete as any similar establishment in the United States. The illustration on this page gives an interior view, but the building itself, situated at the edge of the city, is very attractive, and the premises are thoroughly clean and sanitary. The milk is delivered each morning to the plant by the "guajiros" or natives in the peculiar cans carried on their ponies which illustrations have been made familiar. It is first measured for quantity and then tested for quality, and payment is based on the conditions found. The milk is then run into a tank and goes through the various processes of pasteurization until at last the bottles are rilled and placed in the re- frigerator. The cans from which the milk is taken are thoroughh- cleaned first by steam and then by cold water and the greatest precautions are exercised to prevent con- tamination. The plant is young and like all new enterprises, especially in Cuba ,which run counter to the methods which have pre- vailed more or less for centuries, it is slow work to induce the people to use the product. But the sanitary labors and in- structions of the United States authorities during the several interventions have had their effect in realizing the great value of hygienic precautions and they are ready to accept methods new to them. Those using the milk in Cardenas, especially in house- holds where there are young children, speak of it in terms of high praise. The milk is delivered in bottles, in quarts, pints and half pints and sells for 13 cents, 7 cents and 4 cents, respectively. The city council of Havana voted re- cently to change the name of Bernaza Street to Placido, after the Cuban poet and patriot. The motion was unanimously approved. Mariano Corona, congressman from Oriente Province,
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