. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 973, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. RECEIVING MILK AT THE PLANT. The milk as received from producers, directly or through country cooling plants, is usually brought to the plant in trucks, either from the railroad station or directly from the country. These trucks are unloaded at the receiving platform; the milk is graded and dumped, and the cans are washed and returned to the trucks, so that they can go back to the producer to be fiUed again with milk. All milk should be received at the plant in the morning
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 973, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. RECEIVING MILK AT THE PLANT. The milk as received from producers, directly or through country cooling plants, is usually brought to the plant in trucks, either from the railroad station or directly from the country. These trucks are unloaded at the receiving platform; the milk is graded and dumped, and the cans are washed and returned to the trucks, so that they can go back to the producer to be fiUed again with milk. All milk should be received at the plant in the morning, if possible. It is usually desirable to have it all in before noon, so as to avoid hauling during the heat of the day, and so that the work of receiving at the plant may be completed in good season each Fig. 1.—Portion of receiving room, showing scales of overhead-lever type, vs^eigh can, conveyer on which cans are conveyed to wash room, and fan to blow flies away from the milk. The milk-plant manager is responsible for the quality of the milk put out at the plant, and he must therefore direct that' the milk is properly cared for at the farm where it is produced. One of the most important points in this connection is that of keeping the milk cool. Producers should be instructed to use ice early in the spring to cool the milk. Usually more sour milk is received at the plant in the spring and fall than during the summer, because producers fail to realize the importance of coohng at these times, and do not begin to use ice early enough nor continue its use late enough. The manager can help to have the milk arrive at the plant in good condition by having it brought to the plant immediately on arrival at the railroad station, and when it reaches the plant it should be sent immediately to the pasteurizer or kept in a cool place until it is pasteurized. No milk should be allowed to remain in a warm receiving Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pag
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