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The Rural Science Series
EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY
MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS
MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS
A TREATISE UPON THE NATURE AND QUALITIES OF
DAIRY MILK AND THE MANUFACTURE
OF BUTTER AND CHEESE
BY
HENRY H?’ WING
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PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN THE
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
REVISED AND ENLARGED
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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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By HENRY H. WING
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Reprinted with corrections kebruary, 1898, July, 1899, July, 1960. January, 1902,
February, 1903. January and September, 1904, July, 1905, April, 1906;
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PREFACE
THE revolution in dairy practice brought about
by the introduction of the centrifugal cream sepa-
rator and the Babcock test for fat and by a more
definite knowledge regarding the various fermenta-
tions that so greatly influence milk and the manu-
facture of its products, has seemed to demand the
publication of a small handbook that shall give
to the dairyman, and particularly to the dairy
student, in simple, concise form, the principles un-
derlying modern dairy practice. In attempting to
meet this demand, I have had largely in view the
needs of my own students, while still keeping in
mind the general dairy reader.
In the. collation of the information, where so
many points are still unsettled, it is of course dif-
ficult in all cases to distinguish fact from conjec-
ture. The aim has been at all times to give
the present state of knowledge as supported by
the weight of evidence and the opinions of those
whose authority is highest. In how far this has
been successful time alone can tell. It would be
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too much to hope that every conclusion will stand
the test of further investigation and experience.
Dairy practice in the United States owes much
to the investigations of the Agricultural Experiment
Stations. Of the results of their labor free use
has been made in various ways, and in many cases
without specific mention at the particular place.
Without wishing to make distinctions, particular
acknowledgment is here rendered to the reports
and bulletins of the Stations in Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Connecticut (Storrs), Canada, New
York (State), New York (Cornell), New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minne-
sota. For those who wish to make more extended
investigations, a bibliography is added in the Ap-
pendix, giving references to many bulletins.
Thanks are due to D. H. Burrell & Co., the
Vermont Farm Machine Co., the DeLaval Separator
Co., the Star Milk Cooler Co., the Champion Milk
Cooler Co., J. F. Hodgkin, and F. B. Fargo & Co.,
for the use of electrotypes.
Acknowledgment is also due my _ colleagues,
Messrs. Cavanaugh, Durand, Hall and VanWagenen,
for valuable assistance, and to Professor L. H.
Bailey for much friendly counsel and many useful
suggestions.
HENRY HH. WING
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DAIRY,
January 1897.
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
IN THE preparation of a new edition of Milk and
Its Products, in addition to making such changes as
are necessary to bring the body of the work up-to-
date, it has seemed well to add chapters on dairy cat-
tle and the production of milk, on certified milk, and |
on ice-cream manufacture. Brief directions for sim-
ple bacteriological determinations have also been
added. The latter has been prepared by my daughter,
Lois W. Wing, late assistant in dairy bacteriology, in
the New York State College of Agriculture. The
chapter on certified milk was written by Mr. George
C. Watson, formerly manager of the Tully Farms,
and grateful acknowledgment is hereby made to both
for their assistance.
HENRY H. WING.
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University, July, 1912
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CONTENTS -
CHAPTER I
SECRETION OF MILK
Milk defined—Mammary glands—Udder—Internal structure of
udder and teats—Ultimate follicle—Secretion of milk— Incen-
tives to secretion—Amount and duration of flow—Effect of
succeeding pregnancy—Incomplete removal of milk—Reg-
ularity and frequency of milking—Control of animal over.
secretion.
Pages 1-15
CHAPTER II
ComMPOSITION OF MILK
Milk constituents—Colostrum—Specific gravity—The fats—The
volatile fats—The non-volatile fats—The albuminoids—The
sugar—The ash—Other constituents—Variations in quality
of milk. ;
Pages 16-34
CHAPTER III
Tue PropuctTion oF Miitx—Datry Catrie
Milk a maternal function—The cow the only commercial milk
producer—F actors in the production of milk—The lactation
period—The operation of milking—Relation of form to capac-
ity—Value of records of production—Necessity for keeping
records—Food as a factor in milk production—The ideal
ration—Selection of breed—Pure breds and grades—Main-
tenance of the dairy herd—Selection of the bull—Management
of the bull—Grading up the herd—Major and minor dairy
breeds—Jerseys—Guernseys— Holstein-Friesians—A yrshires—
Shorthorns— Red Polled—Brown Swiss— Dutch Belted —
Devons.
Pages 35-76
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CHAPTER IV
Tue Testine oF MILK
Gravimetric anaylsis—History of milk tests—Cream gauges—
Specific gravity—Lactometers—Churn tests— Lactobutyrom-
eter—Pioscope— Lactoscope—Soxhlet’s Method — Lactocrite
—Fjord’s control apparatus—Milk tests in the United States—
Short’s method—Method of Failyer and Willard—Parsons’
method—lIowa Station test—Cochran’s method—Babcock test
—Beimling test—Gerber’s method—Butyrometer—Details of
Babcock test—The centrifugal machine—The glassware—
Sampling the milk—Composite sampling—Making the test—
The acid—Whirling—Reading—Cleaning the glassware.
; Pages 77-107
CHAPTER V
THe FERMENTS AND FERMENTATIONS OF MILK AND
THEIR CONTROL
Tendency to undergo change—Germs of fermentation—Bacteria—
Presence of bacteria in milk—Kinds of bacteria in milk—
Fermentations. of milk—Relation of milk bacteria to the
human system—Lactic fermentations—Fermentations affect-
ing the albuminoids—Butyric fermentations—Control of fer-
mentations—Prevention of infection—Holding at low tem-
peratures—Destruction of germs in milk—Pasteurization—
Selection of milk for pasteurization.
Pages 108-124
CHAPTER VI
DETERMINATION OF BacTERIA IN MILK
Bacteria as a measure of dirt in milk—The laboratory—Apparatus —
Media—Sterilization—Cleaning glassware—Procedure for plat-
ing—Checks.
Pages 125-134
CHAPTER Vuk
Market MiLk
Milk for consumption—Cleanliness—Treatment after drawing—
Aération—Delivery—Bad flavors in milk—Quality of milk
for consumption—Control of milk supply—Cream for con-
sumption—Pasteurized cream—Quality of cream.
Pages 135-148
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CHAPTER VIII
CERTIFIED MILK
Definition—Origin of certified milk—Standards—Production—
Sanitary stables—Selection of the cows—Care of the cows—
Care of the stable—Milking—Care of utensils—Cost of pro-
duction. ;
Pages 149-162
CHAPTER, LX
SEPARATION OF CREAM
Gravity. creaming—Shallow-pan creaming—Deep setting system—
Centrifugal separation—Conditions affecting completeness of
separation—Conditions affecting the relative amount of
skimmed milk and cream—Contrivances in the bowl to increase
the efficiency of separation—Mechanical conditions affecting
separation—Efficiency of separation in centrifugal machines—
Desirable and undesirable features of a separator.
Pages 163-194
CHAPTER X
Tue RIPENING OF CREAM
Means of producing lactic acid—Temperature of ripening—Amount
of acid necessary—Acid tests—Determination of lactic acid-
in milk and cream—Further effects of ripening—Churning
cream of different degrees of ripeness—Bad effects of over-
ripening. '
Pages 195-209
CHAPTER XI
CHURNING
Viscosity of the milk—Ripeness of cream—Temperature—Nature
of agitation—Quality of the globules of fat—End of churn-
ing—Difficult churning.
Pages 210-219
CHAPTER XI
FINISHING AND MARKETING BUTTER
Washing the butter—Working—Salting—Brine — salting—Pack-
ing and marketing—Composition and quality of butter.
Pages 220-232
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CHAPTER XIII
Mitk FoR CHEESE MAKING
Theory of cheese making—Quality of milk for cheese making—
Loss of fat—Cooling—Aération—Ripening—Rennet tests—
Degree of ripeness necessary—Starters—Rennet—Removal
of whey.
Pages 233-250
CHAPTER XIV
CHEDDAR CHEESE MAKING
Setting — Cutting — Heating — Cheddaring — Grinding — Salting —
Curing—Difficuities likely to occur in cheddar cheese mak-
ing—Qualities of cheese. .
Pages 251-268
CHAPTER XV
OTHER VARIETIES OF CHEESE
Home-trade or stirred-curd cheese—Sage cheese—Young Amer-
ica— Picnics — Pineapple — Truckle—American Neufchatel—
Philadelphia cream cheese—Limburger—Imitation Swiss—
Prepared cheese—English cheese—Stilton—Cheshire—Lanca-
. shire — Derbyshire — Leicestershire — Wensleydale — Gorgon-
zola—Emmenthaler or Swiss—Edam—Gouda—Roquefort—
Brie—Camembert—D Isigny—Pont L’Eveque—Port du Salut
—Parmesan.
Pages 269-298
CHAPTER XVI
Ick CREAM
Relation to dairy practice—Classification—Quality of cream—
Sugar—Flavors—Fillers—Freezing and packiag—Transferring
—Freezers—Recipes—Scoring.
Pages 299-314
: CHAPTER XVII
OTHER AND By-PropucTs OF THE DAIRY
Skimmed milk, buttermilk and whey—Condensed milk—Dried
casein—Milk sugar—Dutch cheese—Whey cheese—Cheese
food—Koumiss—Kephir—Wheyn.
: Pages 315-325
Contents XV
CHAPTER XVIII
BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES
Location of creameries—Arrangement of building—Construc-
tion—Cheese factories—Combined butter and cheese fac-
tories—Farm dairy buildings.
Pages 326-337
CHAPTER XIX
STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE Datry INDUSTRY
Increase in dairy production—Development of the factory sys-
tem—Dairy legislation— Dairy markets.
Pages 338-347
APPENDIX
A. Useful rules and tests.
Pages 349-362
- B. Metric system of weights and measures.
Pages 363-364
C. Legal standards for milk in the various states—The oleomar-
gerine law—The filled-cheese law—The New York state dairy -
law.
Pages 365-403
D. References to Agricultural Experiment Station reports and
bulletins.
Pages 404-415
INDEX
; Pages 417-433
Udders of good and poor types.
¥rom Bulletin No. 62, Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., by
See page 3.
permission.
MILK AND IT'S PRODUCTS
CHAPTER I
THE SECRETION OF MILK
Tue females of all animals that suckle their
young (class Mammalia) secrete for this purpose a
special. fluid which is known as milk. It is an
opaque yellowish white fluid, with a slight alkaline
reaction and a faintly sweetish taste. It consists
of an emulsion of fats in a watery solution of
alkaline salts, casein and sugar. It is secreted in
two special glands situated without the body cavity
on either side of the median line, and known as
the mammary glands or mamme.
Mammary glands.—While, strictly speaking, there
are but two glands, each gland may be divided
into two or more lobes, each having a separate open-
ing; thus, while there are ordinarily but two simple
glands in the ewe, mare and goat, in the cow there
are four or six, in the eat and bitch six to ten, and
in the sow ten to fourteen. In animals having
multiple glands, the mamme occupy nearly ‘the whole
of the lower part of the chest and abdomen. In
ther animals the glands are confined either to the
hest or abdomen. In many animals each gland
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or lobe is furnished with a single opening connect-
ing with a _ single duct, in others several ducts
open independently upon the surface of a single
nipple or teat. The mammary gland is a true.
organ of secretion in the sense that its product (milk)
contains substances not before existing in the blood,
_ that are formed during the process of secretion in the
gland itself. In the cow the mammary glands are lo-
eated on the posterior portion of the abdomen be-
tween the hind legs, and each gland is made up of
two lobes or quarters, each having a single outlet
furnished with a single duct, though there are often
one and sometimes two rudimentary ducts upon the
rear quarters, and which are occasionally developed to
such an extent that milk may be drawn from them
in small quantities. The whole organ is spoken of as
the udder, and the ducts as teats. While the mam-
mary gland is essentially a. female organ, it is present
in a rudimentary condition in the males of all mam-
mals, and in exceptional cases in man and in the lower
animals the organs of males have developed to such a
degree as to secrete milk.
The cow’s udder.—The udder is enclosed in a fold
of skin, which is here thinner and softer than upon
other parts of the body, and is supported by a band
' of fibrous tissue that springs from the median line of
the body and extends through the whole substance of
the gland. It varies very much in size and shape.
in different animals and in the same animal at dif-
ferent times. Its size is not always an indication
of the secreting powers of an animal, since the num-
Structure of the Udder 3
ber of true secreting follicles does not necessarily bear
any relation to the apparent size. The udder in a
good cow should be large and well developed; it
should occupy the whole .space between the hind
legs, extending well up between the thighs and
well forward upon the belly. It should’ be held
firmly against the wall of the abdomen. It should
be level or nearly so on the bottom, and the four
quarters should be as nearly as possible equally
developed and each furnished with a cylindrical per-
pendicular teat of moderate length. The whole
organ should diminish rapidly in size as the milk
is withdrawn. The hair upon the udder should be
fairly abundant, fine and soft, and abundantly sup-
plied with a brownish dandruff.
The substance of the udder is composed of the
fibrous band, already mentioned, connective tissue,
fatty tissue, milk ducts or canals, true secreting
cells (acini, ultimate follicles, alveoli), veins, arte- -
ries, nerves and lymphatics, the whole making up a
reddish gray mass of spongy texture.
The udder varies very much, in different indi-
viduals, in size and shape as well as: in internal
structure and secreting capacity. In some animals
the amount of connective and fatty tissue is much
larger than in others. Such udders are said to be
“fleshy,” and while usually of large size and good
shape, are deficient in true secreting capacity. They
are firm to the touch, particularly when empty, and
do not markedly diminish in size when the milk
is withdrawn. It is generally supposed that such
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udders are more subject to inflammations and in-
_ flammatory diseases than those with less fatty tissue.
In many cows the fibrous net-work that supports
the udder is held firmly up to the under side of the
abdomen. If, in connection with this, the udder has
comparatively little connective and fatty tissue, the
animal will have an udder apparently small, but with
large capacity for secretion. In old cows, particu-
larly those that have been large milkers, the fibrous
bands often become largely relaxed, so that the
udder falls nearly to the ground, and appears to be
of enormous size.
Internal structure of the udder and ‘cat ee
teat is simply a canal surrounded by muscular walls
and closed at the extremity by an _ involuntary
sphineter muscle, which varies much in rigidity in
different animals; often it is so lax that the pressure
of a small amount of milk in the canal is sufficient
to open it and the animal leaks her milk. In other
animals it requires a strong effort of the hand to
draw the milk. When desirable, the rigidity may be
overcome by keeping a smooth wooden plug of suf-
ficient size to moderately dilate the opening in the
end of the teat till the muscle relaxes sufficiently
to permit easy drawing of the milk, or the muscle
may be partially divided with the knife in the.
hands of a_ skilful operator. At the top of the
teat, or bottom of the udder, there is a small —
cavity known as the milk cistern, serving to hold
the milk after its secretion until it is drawn.
It is of varying capacity, up to half a_ pint,
Arrangement of Milk Ducts D
and is partially separated from the canal of the
teat by a-more or less well-marked constriction
in the muscular walls of the upper part of the
teat. From the milk cisterns a system of canals
or so-called milk ducts extends to all portions of
the udder. These ducts are larger near their open-
ing into the milk cistern, and diminish in size
as they rise through the udder. They branch and
anastomose freely in all directions, and finally end
in a group of small sac-like bodies, the ultimate
follicles. The system of milk ducts arising from
each teat is practically distinct, though there is
more or less communication between the smaller
ducts in the upper portions of the two quarters
on the same side of the animal. This’ renders
it possible to draw a part of the milk secreted
in the hind quarter from the forward teat on
the same side, and vice versa. There is no com-
munication between the ducts on opposite sides
of the animal. At the junctions of the larger
ducts there are greater or smaller enlargements,
forming small cavities or milk reservoirs, which
serve the same purpose as the reservoirs. at
the top of the teat. The branching points of
all the ducts, large and small, are guarded by
sphincter muscles. These muscles are connected
with the abdominal muscles of the animal, and she
is able to more or less completely close them at
will, and so “hold up” her milk. It requires a
strong effort on the part of the animal to com-
pletely close the larger ducts in the lower part of
6 Milk and Tis Products
the udder; a comparatively slight effort is all that is
necessary to close the smaller vessels. Animals vary
greatly both in the control they possess over these —
muscles and in their disposition to use it. Very few
can completely close the larger ducts, and very many
rarely exercise whatever power they do possess. Sud-
den fright, the presence of strange persons or animals
in the stable, any irregularity in the time or manner
of feeding or milking, and slight feverish conditions,
particularly sexual heat, are the most common pro-
voeatives to holding up milk. There are very many
cows that contract the habit of holding up the milk
upon the slightest provocation, and if the habit is
once formed it is almost impossible to cure it, and
the result is that the usefulness of the animal as
a milk producer is largely destroyed, for the reten-
tion of the milk in the udder interferes greatly
with the activity of secretion, and in a short time
permanently lessens it.
The ultimate follicles.—The milk duets, after
branching and anastomosing in all directions, finally
end in a group of small sac-like bodies known as
acini, or ultimate follicles. It is in these small
bodies that the secretion of the milk takes _ place.
They are about 1-30th of an inch in diameter, and
are found in groups of three to five, with a com-
mon outlet at the end of each branching duct.
In form and appearance they present marked
changes according to the condition of the animal.
During active lactation they are found in their
highest development. When lactation ceases, the
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smaller ducts become much _ retracted, and _ the
follicles shrink in size and finally become rudimen-
tary, or even entirely disappear, until under the
stimulus of a succeeding pregnancy, the whole
gland renews its activity, and the ducts and. fol-
licles regain their former size and appearance.
New ducts and follicles may also be formed up to
about the fifth or sixth year, and the power of
the animal to secrete milk be thereby increased.
Surrounding the follicles, and intimately _attached
to them, are capillary blood vessels, both veins and
arteries, and through the cells of the membranes
making up the walls of all these vessels the fiuids
of the blood freely pass into the cavity of the
follicles by means of osmosis, or transudation.
The cavity of the follicle is lined with epithelial
cells, that during lactation are filled with proto-
plasm, and are eapable of rapid multiplication,
growth, and degeneration, at the same time that
the cell contents are undergoing rapid and exten-
sive changes.
The secretion of milk.—The milk is formed from:
the blood, partly by the transudation of the blood
serum directly into the cavity of the milk follicle,
and partly by a transformation of the contents of
the epithelial cells lining the cavity of the follicle,
which at this time are especially active. The
water passes directly from the capillaries into the
milk follicles and ducts, carrying with it the min-
eral constituents in solution and a part of the al-
bumin of the bluod serum; but by far the larger
Bre Milk and Its Products
part of the albumin is in some way changed dur-
ing its passage from the capillaries, and appears in
the cavity of the follicle as the casein of the milk.
fig. 1. Section through alveoli of the mammary gland of the dog in first and
second stages of secretion. From Meade Smith, after Heidenhain.
»
When milk is being secreted, the lining cells of
the follicle are in a _ state of constant activity.
New eells are constantly being formed by budding
or fission (the cell elongates, a partition forms
across it, and the two halves so divided enlarge to
the size of the mother cell, and there are two cells
where but one existed before), and older cells are
as constantly breaking down. While this is going
on, the cell contents, consisting mainly of protoplasm,
become changed into a globule of fat, and the
globules so formed are either extruded through the
cell wall into the eavity of the follicle, or set free
by the breaking down and reabsorption of the eell
wall. In all probability both processes take place.
Small portions of the fat may also be carried over
directly from the blood and appear in the milk
without change. The milk sugar is probably formed
~ Incentives to Secretion 9
through a chemical change in the contents of these
lining cells, since but minute quantities of sugar
are found in the blood.
Incentives to secretion.—Maternity is the prime
incentive to the secretion of milk. While there is
a distinct increase in the development of the mammee
upon attaining puberty, it is not until pregnancy is
well advanced that the organ attains anywhere near
its full development, or that there is any activity
in the true secreting cells. In the virgin animal,
and up to within a short time of parturition, the
cavities and ducts of the udder contain a watery
saline fluid, but true milk does not appear until a
short time before, and in some eases not until after,
parturition. The immediate stimulus to the produc-
tion of milk is the turning of the blood that went
to nourish the foetus from the arteries of the uterus
to the arteries of the udder. The pressure of blood
in the vessels of the udder stimulates the secreting
cells to great activity, and the cells, hitherto dor-
mant, begin to multiply rapidly. When this activity
is first set up, the various processes of secretion are
more or less incomplete, so that the milk first se
ereted is very different in character from that se-
ereted afterwards, and is known as colostrum. The
colostrum contains in the first place considerably
less water than, normal milk; in the second place,
the transformation of albumin into easein is only
partial, so that colostrum contains large amounts of
albumin; and finally, when secretion of milk begins,
the cells of the follicle multiply more rapidly than
10 Milk and Its Products
they can be reabsorbed, and portions of partially
broken down cells break away from the walls of
the follicle and appear in the colostrum. Gradually
the colostrum takes on the character of normal
milk, and in the course of four or five days the
change is complete. Other characteristics of colos-
trum are discussed in detail in the next chapter.
While maternity is the prime cause of secretion,
it is not the only means of stimulation to the ac-
tivity of the udder, nor is it a necessary prerequisite
to the secretion of milk. The regular removal
of the saline fiuid in the gland of the virgin
animal, or even the stimulation of the organ by the
friction of the hand or the suckling of a calf, may
be sufficient to cause the secretion of milk of nor-
mal character in considerable quantities. In the
same way and under the same exciting causes, other
glands of the body, notably the lymphatics in the
arm pits and the rudimentary mamme of males,
have been known to secrete a fiuid resembling milk
in all essential characteristics.
Amount and duration of flow.—With wild ani-
mals in a state of nature, the milk is secreted only
in amount sufficient for the needs of the young
animal, and only until the young is sufficiently de-
veloped to secure its food independently of the
mother. Under the influence of domestication the
cow has been brought to increase her flow of milk
many fold, and the time during which it is se-
ereted has been lengthened until it is almost, and
indeed is, in some cases quite continuous. <A _ 4ais-
Dependence upon Circulation of Blood 1]
eussion of the agencies by means of which this
most important result. has been brought about
would open up the whole question of the selection,
breeding and training of cows, as well -as_ every-
thing pertaining to the science of foods and feed-
ing, which is not here possible. There are, how-
ever, some physiological conditions affecting the
secretion of milk that may be mentioned.
Milk is secreted from the blood.. The amount
of milk secreted will, therefore, depend upon the
amount of blood passing through the udder, and
this, in turn, will depend upon the number and
size of the blood vessels, not only in the udder it-
self, but leading to it and away from it, the vigor
of the circulation, the supply of food to the ani-
mal, and her capacity to eat, digest and. assimilate
it and turn it into blood. From or shortly after
parturition, there is a constant tendency of the
blood vessels in the udder to shrink in size, and
consequently a constantly diminishing flow of milk.
When the period of lactation advances at the same
time that the pastures are growing more scanty
and less succulent, this diminution is fairly regular
and constant, especially after from three to five
months of the period of lactation have passed. This
tendency to shrinkage in the size of the blood
vessels of the udder may be held in check in great
measure by an abundant supply of nutritious food,
particularly if it is of a succulent character, and
if is not at all uncommon to find cows secreting
milk in regular amount, or “holding out,” for eight
12 | Milk and Its Products
or ten months. But in this respect the individ-
uality of the animal plays an important part, so
that wide variations are seen in different individ-
uals under the same conditions of food and eare.
After a shrinkage in the flow has once taken place.
it is extremely difficult to again inerease it by
increased food until after another calving.
Effect of succeeding pregnancy.—The effect of the
animal again becoming pregnant is to decrease the
flow of milk. The cause of this’ decrease seems,
in many eases, to be two-fold: First, a ‘sympa-
thetic effect, following immediately upon conception,
and secondly, a shrinkage due to a turning away of
a part of the blood from the udder to nourish -the
growing fetus. This shrinkage does not become
marked until the fourth or fifth month of preg-
nancy. In this respect, as in their power to “hold
out,” individual animals show the widest variation.
With very many the effect of becoming again preg-
nant is so slight as to be searcely noticeable ; with
others it is so great as to materially interfere with
the usefulness of the animal.
Incomplete removal of milk.—One of the most
important means of checking the secretion of milk
hes in the incomplete removal of milk already se-
ereted. We have already seen that the removal
of the saline fluid from the ducts of the inactive
gland is an efficient stimulus to secretion. So, too,
the presence of milk in the ducts acts as a check
to further secretion. Further than that, it not
only checks secretion but is an actual irritant, suffi-
Regularity of Milking 13
cient in many instances to give rise to inflammations
of a serious character. Clean milking is_one of
the most important aids in keeping up and _ pro-
longing the flow of milk.
Regularity and frequency of milking.—While the
process of milk secretion is a continuous one, it is
not entirely uniform. There is reason to _ believe
that the secretion is considerably more rapid while
the operation of milking is going on, and that a con-
siderable portion of the whole amount is then secreted.
On the other hand, the distension of the milk ducts
and reservoirs by milk already secreted acts as more
or less of a check upon the activity of the follicles,
and so lessens the rapidity of secretion. While for
these reasons it would be inferred that frequent
milking would lead to increased secretion, the limits
of such increased secretion are’ moderate, and beyond
a certain point no increased flow of milk is secured ~
by inereasing the frequency of the milking periods.
In all cases where the udder becomes unduly dis-
tended with milk between periods, an increased flow
will be secured by milking oftener. The common
practice is to milk twice in the twenty-four hours,
and the nearer the time can be divided into equal re-
riods the more uniform will be the secretion. Where
more frequent. milking is practiced the same principle
will hold. Not only is regularity in the period from
morning to night of importance, but regularity in
the time of milking from day to day is equally so.
A difference of an hour in the time of milking will
frequently make a difference of 10 per cent in the
14 Milk and Its Products
amount secreted, and where these irregularities are
frequent, will soon result in a considerably diminished
flow. The amount of milk given is also considerably -.
affected by the way in which the milk is drawn.
In general, it may be said that rapid milking is con-
ducive to a large flow. In any event, the milk
should be drawn so that no discomfort: is caused
the animal, and in this respect there is great dif-
ference in milkers. A_ rapid, uniform stroke, with
a firm touch on the teat, and a stroking motion to
the lower part of the udder, gives the best results.
Babcock has found that certain milkers uniformly get
not only more but richer milk from the same cow.
Control of the animal over secretion.—The secre-
tion of milk is involuntary. The animal can no
more control it than it can control the respiration
or the circulation of the blood. Yet there are
numerous conditions of the animal that have a
more or less direct effect upon the secretion of milk.
These conditions have not only to do with the physi-
eal condition of the animal—as the supply of food,
the circulation of the blood, extremes of temperature,
etc.—but extend in large measure to the nervous
organization and condition of the animal. We have
already seen that the animal may by an exercise of
will more or less completely control the withdrawal
of milk already secreted; so, too, there are nervous
conditions that have a great effect upon the actual
secretion. Sudden fright, an unfamiliar milker or
attendant, unusual excitement, sexual excitement, or
the presence of an animal in heat in the herd, an
Physical Condition of Animal 1b
unusual amount of exercise, or any one of many
other causes, may be sufficient to decrease-the secre-
tion of milk one-half in any one day. The effect
of such disturbances is usually quickly overcome, but
their frequent recurrence leads to a permanent diminu-
tion of the _ secretion. The nervous organization
of the animal is a most important factor in deter-
mining the effect of these various disturbing influ-
ences. Many of the animals in which the powers of
digestion, nutrition and secretion are most highly de-
veloped are possessed also of a highly developed and
sensitive nervous system, and hence are easily affected
by any disturbing condition. With all such animals
it is of the utmost importance that every condition
surrounding the animal should be as regular’ and
uniform as possible. Other animals of equal capacity
show a remarkably quiet and phlegmatic nervous
temperament, and are consequently slightly or not at
all affected by such disturbing influences. Such an-~
imals are of great value to the milk producer, for
with the utmost care and. regularity there are always
disturbing influences beyond the control of the
dairyman.
CHAPTER. II
COMPOSITION OF MILK
THE constituents of milk are numerous and of
diverse character, but may be easily classified into.a
few well marked groups as follows: (a) water, (b)
fats, (c) substances containing nitrogen (albumi-
noids), (d) sugar, (e) ash. Excepting the water, they
are collectively known as milk solids. The solids
exist partly in solution, partly mm semi-solution, and
partly in suspension in the water. Milk from the
various classes of animals has the same_ general
constitution and properties, and varies only in the
relative proportions of the various proximate con-
stituents. Cow’s milk is typical of all milks, and as
it is the only milk used in processes of manufac-
ture in the United States, all of our discussions
have reference to it alone. In various other coun-
tries milk from the goat, ass, mare and ewe is con-
siderably used, not only as food but for the man-
ufacture of various products. Indeed the peculiar-
ities of some of these are supposed to be largely due
to their having been made from the milk of ani-
mals other than the cow. Koumiss, made from
mare’s milk in Arabia, and Roquefort cheese, made
largely from ewe’s milk, are noteworthy examples.
(16)
| Percentage Composition Li
All of the milk constituents are more or less va-
riable in quantity, and many of them vary widely:
hence it is not possible to make a statement of the
average percentage composition of milk that will give
more than a general idea of its composition. The
following are taken from recent authorities in the
various countries:
American. English. German. French.
(Babcock.) ( Oliver.) (Fleischmann.) (Oornevin.)
WViateRy Gs nt STL 87.60 87.75 87.75
Pee Mite ot ote 3.69 By 3.40 3.30
@hseinwise fcr, sSL02 3.40 2.80 3.00
Alp uMIn. <<) .53 A5 .70
Sucars 02. 4.88 4.55 4.60 4.80
J:\ 1 ae eee Agal ie -75 -75
100.00 100.00 100.00 99.60
The following, from Kcenig, shows the range of
variation of the several constituents in nearly 800
analyses collected from all parts of the world:
Maximum. Minimum.
TYAS r ee ara Nn dame alne Reeeat ic ie ORR ee alae al 90.69 80.32
LP SIR Se Sve lay a ne ee ares i er Sen G4 1.67
(CIGIETET ceteris tte oa ORO sean Pe 4.23 1.79
PANS INIT TN eect ate et clas hak a ahaa co 1.44 .25
SHricaie rea Bee neds eon eee eer ena eran 6.03 2.11
IS) OVS eee ie ey Nee Su Een ON lgINN aia Ro 1.21 30
While the range of variation shown above is
considerable, some of the ‘constituents, notably the
fat, may show even greater ranges in milk secreted
by normal, healthy cows. It is probable that the
minimum of Koenig is seldom exceeded, but as high
as 10 per cent of fat has been found in the milk
of single cows giving a very small quantity. Bab-
cock states that no analysis showing more than 9
B
18 Milk and Its Products
per cent of fat is recorded from any cow giving as
much as 15 pounds of milk per day. Any analysis
above 7 per cent is extremely rare, and should be
regarded with suspicion unless well authenticated.
The mixed milk of herds seldom falls below 3 per
eent of fat and rarely rises above 5.5 per cent.
— Colostrum.—The first milk secreted by the animal
after parturition is quite distinct in composition and
physical properties from that produced after the
secretion has become well established. Such milk
is called colostrum, and is ordinarily considered
unfit for consumption or manufacture. Colostrum
differs from normal milk chiefly in its less proportion
of water and sugar, in the much greater proportion
of albumin and ash, in the extremely variable amount
of fat, and in the presence of small organized bodies
known as colostrum corpuscles, which are probably
debris of the cell structure of the gland. The follow-
ing analyses from Richmond after Vaudin show the
extremely variable composition of colostrum:
No. 1. No. 2.
SW LR ee aa oh thes Tenure ae Moa eur nec at nk air ns 72.39 foo
1 EUENS Vea eer ease A vie fae Bas oe nee a Me ae oth on yes 1.30 6:32 3
Sth ee ee Bara ey bi tant se web e Tela ee toch Bin See ys 1.52 217
Proteids (casein, albumin, etc.)......... 23210iae 14.91
UNS) Teo Ne ee Sue Ot MR WMO TIGR: Sal Ace aN cee 1.09 1.09
100.00 100.00
The percentage of albumin in eolostrum is so
ereat that it will cause the whole mass of milk to
thicken upon boiling, and this is ordinarily consid-
ered a sufficient test for determining the suitability
of the milk for consumption or manufacture. With-
Specific Gravity of Milk mG 19
in four or five days after calving, the miik loses its
colostrum character and takes on its normal condi-
tion. This change is a gradual and progressive one,
and is more or. less dependent upon the physical
condition of the animal. When the cow is feverish,
or when there is local inflammation in the udder,
the colostrum character of the milk is retained
for a longer period than otherwise. The amount
of coloring matter present is also considerably
greater in colostrum than in normal milk, and the
percentage of fat varies very widely. Usually the
percentage of fat is less in the colostrum than in
the normal milk from the same cow, although oc-
easions are not infrequent where more fat is found
in the milk immediately after calving than at any
other time in the whole period of lactation.
Specific gravity of milk.—Some of the solids .of
milk are heavier than water and some of them lighter, -
milk as a whole having a specific gravity somewhat
greater than water. The variation in the _ specific
gravity is considerable, the range usually given being
from 1.029 to 1.035 at 60° F., the average being
about 1.032. In general, the effect of an increase
in the solids of the milk is to increase its specific
gravity, though in milk extremely rich in fats (6
per cent or above) the specific gravity is lessened.
Formerly, more than at present, it was the custom
to estimate the quality of the milk by determining
its specific gravity, but as soon as it became known
that the specific gravity depended not so much upon
the amount as upon the character of the solids, a
20 Milk and Its Products
determination of the specific gravity became of little
value. Unserupulous dairymen soon learned that
water could be added to milk and fat or cream
taken from it in such proportions that the specific
gravity would remain the same as that of normal
milk.
The fats.—The fat of milk, or putes fat, as it
is often called, is a mixture of a considerable number
of separate and distinct fats, no less than six or
eight being normal to milk, and a considerable fur-
ther number may be present under various conditions.
The fats in milk are of two kinds, volatile and non-
volatile. To the former class belong the various
normal essential oils that give to milk and butter
their characteristic odors and fiavors, and in addition
to these normal fats there may be a large number
of volatile oils that are present in the food of the
cow, and that impart to the milk the characteristic
flavors of such foods.
The volatile fats.—The volatile fats make up only
a small part of the total milk fat; in general, prob-
ably about 15 per cent of the whole. The chief
normal volatile fats are butyrin, caprin, caproin,
eaprilin and laurin. Of these, butyrin is in much
the largest proportion and of much the greatest im-
portance. It is the chief volatile fat of milk and
butter, and to it are due in large part the character-
istic flavors and aromas of milk and butter. Butyrin
readily deccmpuses, forming butyric acid, which is the
chief element in the rancid or “frowy” taste that
butter acquires upon long standing.
Effect of Strong-flavored Foods a ot
The volatile fats that are derived directly from
the food may give either desirable or undesirable
flavors to the milk. Thus we esteem the character-
istic flavors due to the grasses, clover and like fodder ;
on the other hand, the stronger flavors of garlic,
onions, turnips, cabbage, etc., give to the milk an
undesirable character.
The presence of these undesirable flavors in milk
is often a source of a good deal of annoyance, but
with proper precautions the bad results coming from
them may be greatly lessened, and in many eases
entirely obviated. Since all of these flavoring oils are
volatile, they easily pass through all the tissues of
the animal, and in a comparatively short time pass
off through the various excretory channels. We shall
find them present in the greatest amount not only
in the milk, but in all the tissues of the animal,
during the time that the fodder containing them is_
undergoing digestion, and by the time the digestion
is completed the volatile products will have almost
entirely passed away. If, therefore, sufficient care
is taken to so time the feeding and milking that the
milk shall be drawn not less than ten or twelve
hours after the undesirable fodder has been eaten,
there will be slight danger of contamination of the
milk by it. Whereas, if milking occurs within three
or four hours after feeding, the milk will be
strongly impregnated with the undesirable flavor.
Taking advantage of this, and feeding cows immedi-
ately before or immediately after milking, dairymen
are often enabled to feed large quantities of turnips,
yey) Milk and Its Products
and even onions, without danger of contamination of
the milk. The presence of wild garlic and wild
onions in pastures is a source of bad flavor in the
milk in a considerable portion of the country. Where
this is the case it is, of course, more difficult to
overcome the bad flavor; but by allowing the cows
to pasture for a comparatively short time only im-
mediately after milking, and keeping them up and
giving them some. dry food for three or four hours
before milking, there will be a great deal less an-
noyance from this source.
The non-volatile fats.—The non-volatile fats make
up about 85 per cent of the whole amount of fat,
and consist of a more or less uncertain and variable
mixture of several fats, of which olein and palmitin
make up the chief part. They are glycerides of the
corresponding fatty acids—oleic, palmitic, stearic, myr-
istic, ete., and differ from one another chiefly in
their hardness or melting point. Olein is liquid at
ordinary temperatures; palmitin and the others are
solid. Olein melts at about 41° F., the hard fats at
various temperatures from 130° to 150° F. The
mixture of the whole, as we find them in ordinary
butter, melts at from 92° to 96°F. The hardness
or softness of different butters, depending largely
upon varying proportions of olein. Considerable doubt
exists as to the relative proportions of the various
fats and fatty acids. Browne* gives the following
percentages of volatile and non-volatile fatty acids:
*Jour. Am. Chem. Soe. 21, 823.
The Non-volatile Fats | Za
OPTIC tis US So) Se HOE aac aR CEC VCs i ae ho A A cls ee, re a 33.95
ee rTM ce ee ie! Kul sl to aaa eye nee neta Meme taint W's! Fel elves: es).a- once 40.51
PVE ESULG: vet as oii se oho ses hte Fh abe MRA MES OW fat gc nd ee 10.44
SUG LET Gays chr asaee ci ve.) 5 cyt ole wnte cagsntenetieet st natiette) cr Sieoiatls ,-) be ate Be
WDNR Y SEAT Cm Fak vet jal "70% i at wl Maen aten EOIN VaMReRE ofan halo tela cre 1.04
PESD YD Msatonioiie: pele <ot'e: foe 1 eto ern meeh oeaah toler amy si tis. ot ehule. Sten ol me 6.23
Meu URTGT Gewrca tar aoe We Nei la homed Mit ener Sel oh wale aon SERENE eile cabo ssi ters owls 273
CAMEOS Rao cee modo nel eled oo eh ie Mobdonte a ee TLS eeieae eet apie omee 2.32
Wap ieylieas, eh oee a ce ioe" in: 6 Wt ate trol takes tal aan eadtlee ot had! e welk-wc et acre 53
CCAD TAO hfe ceie! ey fe seh lee Rie SoD eee ONE AER tate Me be Ae ery e We 34
100.00
It is asserted that the coloring matter of the
fat is most intimately associated with the palmitin..
The fat exists in the milk in the form of an emul-
sion of extremely small globules, varying in size
from zsoo0 to ssd00 Of an inch in diameter. These
globules are not surrounded by pellicles, or so-
called skins, as was formerly thought, but main-
tain their form by reason of the surface tension of
the liquid fat, and also to some extent because of
-a layer of more or less condensed casein that im-
mediately surrounds them. ‘The permanency of the
emulsion is further increased by the viscous nature
of the milk serum, due to the presence of sugar
and other solids in solution.
The albuminoids.—The casein is the chief albu-
minoid of milk, although there is always present a
small amount of albumin, and, according to some
authorities, of fibrin. Casein is of prime impor-
tance in the manufacture of cheese, and it is the
chief constituent that goes to form tissue when milk
is used as a food.
There is a good deal of doubt as to the form
ae Naik ands tia erode
in which the casein exists. Formerly it was sup-
posed that the casein is in solution. This idea
was brought about by the fact that it is impossible
to filter the casein from the milk, even though it
is passed through several thicknesses of fine paper.
Later, though, it was found that when milk is
passed through a fine porcelain filter a certain part
is removed, and it was then supposed that there
were two forms of casein, one of which was in
solution and the other in suspension in very fine
particles of a colloidal or gummy character. Still
later investigations have shown that in all proba-
bility a large part of the casein is in this extremely
fine colloidal state. When milk is subjected to
the action of weak organic or mineral acids, to
rennet or to certain vegetable substances, the casein
is precipitated in a flocculent mass. Casein is not
acted upon by heat. The albumin of the milk is
in all respects similar to blood albumin. It is
rendered insoluble by a heat of about 180° F., but
it is not acted upon by weak acids or rennet, and
in this way it is chiefly distinguished from the
easein. The fibrin of milk, if present, is in ex-
tremely minute quantities. It is supposed to be
the same as blood fibrin, and coagulates upon ex-
posure to the air, but is never present in sufficient
quantity to form a clot, as in the case of blood.
Its coagulation is hindered by a reduction of tem-
perature, and it has been supposed that when it does
eoagulate it forms a sort of network of threads
through the mass of milk.
Milk Sugar and Ash 25
The sugar.— Milk sugar, otherwise called lactose,
exists in solution in the milk serum. It has the
same chemical composition as cane sugar: that is,
CyH20nu + H:0. It erystallizes with considerable
difficulty, and has very much less sweetening power
than ordinary sugar. Under the influence of vari-
ous ferments it readily undergoes decomposition,
each molecule of sugar breaking up into four mol-
ecules of lactic acid. This change begins in the
milk almost immediately after it is drawn, and con-
tinues until from .8 to 1 per cent of lactic acid
is formed. The presence of lactic acid in this
amount acts as a check upon the growth of the
ferments, and prevents the further formation of
lactic acid, unless the acid is neutralized with an
alkali, when the fermentation proceeds as_ before.
Milk sugar does not readily undergo alcoholic fer-
mentation, but by the action of yeast and some
other ferments the lactose is “inverted,” or changed
to dextrose and a peculiar substance known as ga-
lactose, and these readily change to aleohol under
the influence of the proper ferments.
The ash.—The ash is the smallest and _ least
variable constituent of the milk. It is composed
chiefly of the phosphates of lime and potash, the
chlorides of potash and soda, with small amounts
of phosphate of iron and magnesia. Most of the
salts are in solution. It seems probable that at
least a part of the phosphate of lime is ordinarily
in insoluble form, suspended in the milk in very
fine particles in connection with the casein. The
26 Milk and Its Products
chloride of potash is largely in excess of the
chloride of soda. This is exactly opposite to the
proportions of these two salts in the blood. |
Other constituents.— Besides the constituents enu-
~merated above, several other compounds are more or
less “normally present in milk in minute quan-
tities.
A small amount of citric acid is said to be a
normal constituent of milk.
A peculiar substance called lactochrome is also
a normal constituent of milk, and gives to it its
characteristic color. This has been already men-
tioned in connection with the palmitin. The amount
of lactochrome. present varies under many condi-
tions, notably the breed of the animal and the
character of the food. Whatever other conditions
may prevail, the milk is always of a higher color
where the animals are fed on fresh green forage.
This has led to the idea that the color of the
milk is in some way connected with the condition
of the chlorophyl or green coloring matter of the
plant. Careno* has suggested that as the chloro-.
phyl undergoes a change when the plant is dried,
the digestive organs of the animal will have a
different effect upon it, and so account for the
difference in color in the milk.
An albuminoid ealled lactoprotein has also been
described in milk.
Urea to the extent of .001 of 1 per cent may
also be regarded as a normal constituent of milk.
* Milch Zeitung, vol. xxiv. 387.
Variations in Quality 27
Variations in quality of milk.— We have already
seen that the amount of milk secreted may vary
greatly under the influence of a large number of
varying conditions. So, too, we find that there
are a large number of conditions that affect the
quality of the milk, meaning thereby the relative
proportion of the various constituents, and particu-
larly the proportion of fat to other constituents.
Some of these changes are regular and progressive
during the period of lactation. Others are due to
definite causes, and still others occur from time to
time to which we have as yet been unable to
aseribe any definite cause. After about the third
or fourth week of lactation the percentage of fat
in the miik remains nearly constant until the seventh
or eighth month, or until the quantity of milk begins
to rapidly diminish; but while the percentage of fat
does not markedly change, the character of the fat
undergoes several marked and characteristic changes.
The butter globules are largest in size early in the
period of lactation, and constantly diminish as lac-
tation progresses, at the same time that they in-
erease 1n number, so that the total amount of fat
is not greatly changed. LEarly in the period of lac-
tation there is a larger proportion of olein. In
some cases it may amount to 50 per cent of the
total fat. As the lactation progresses the propor-
tion of olein decreases and stearin and palmitin in-
creases, until the proportion of olein may fall as low
as 20 per cent. This change is more marked when
the animal changes from fresh to dry food, as the
28 Le Maik: and aie Se eer
period of lactation progresses. The hardening of
the fat and the shrinking in the size of the glob-
ules are also more marked when the animal again —
becomes pregnant. In the case of cows that are
milked for a prolonged period, as sometimes hap-
pens with farrow and spayed cows, the milk often
becomes abnormally rich, not only in fat, but in
casein; and in such cases the fat is usually made
up of very minute globules.
It is usually observed that milks drawn at
night and morning differ quite widely in the _ per-
eentage of fat. This is not because there is any
difference in the milk secreted by night or by day,
although when cows lie still there is a larger_ per-
centage of water and a correspondingly less _ per-
eentage of solids in the milk. The difference in ~
the milk drawn at morning and evening is due to
the unequal time that elapses between the periods.
In general, the milk is richest in fat that is drawn
after the shortest period, and this has been shown
to be the case where cows have been milked three
or four and even five times per day. It is,
however, not an invariable rule that the milk is
richest succeeding the shortest period. Not infre-
quently it has been found that the milk is richer
after the longer period. In a series of observa-
tions made by the writer upon 12 cows, ex-
tending over 221 days, in 72 cases the percentage
of fat was greater in the morning; in 114 eases
it was greater in the evening, and in 35 eases
there was a difference of .1 of 1 per cent or less
First and Last Milk Drawn 29
oetween the morning and the evening milk. In this
instance the period from’ evening to morning was
about two hours longer. The amount of variation
that may occur between the morning and evening milk
is often very considerable. In the great majority
of cases it is not more than .5 of. 1 per cent,
but variations so great as 2 or 2.5 per cent be-
tween the milk of one morning and that of the
preceding or following evening have frequently
been noticed. It is probable that a part of this
variation may be explained by the action of the
lymphaties of the udder in reabsorbing a _ part of
the fat when the milk remains for a long time
in the vessels of the udder.
There ‘is also a eonsiderable variation in the
milk from day to day. This is usually not so
great as between the morning and evening milking,
but it not infrequently amounts to 1 per cent.
Such daily variations may be ascribed to changes
in the climate or other environment of the cows,—
the effect of storms, the effect of change of food,
the effect of slight indispositions, ete.; but there
are numerous conditions not usually or readily
recognized by the owner that affect the composition
of the milk. It has been noted in many instances
that the normal effect of a slight febrile condition
of the animal is to largely increase the percentage
of fat and albumin. If the febrile condition con-
tinues, and particularly if it grows more severe,
the fat then falls as quickly as it had risen, and
to a correspondingly lower point.
50": Milk and Its Products
The variation in the percentage of fat in the
milk first and last drawn is very great. The first
milk drawn is much the poorer in fat. Differ- —
ences so wide as 1 and 10 per cent of fat in
the first and last few pints have not infrequently
been noticed. This is due in large measure to the
fact that the larger globules of fat, being of
nearly the same size as the smaller milk ducts,
pass along these vessels less readily than the more
fluid portions of the milk, and are only drawn
out with the last milk drawn. The milk first
drawn has been in the milk cisterns and larger
vessels for a considerable period of time, and so
has been subject to the reabsorptive action of the
lymphatics for a longer time, which also would
tend to make it poorer in fat. ss
The food also has a considerable influence upon
the quality of the milk, although the quantity of
the milk is more easily affected by changes in the
amount and character of the food than is quality.
In fact, with cows kept under favorable conditions,
with an abundant supply of food, it is hardly
possible to increase the proportion of fat to other
solids by a change in the food. On the other hand,
while the amount of the various constituents of
the milk is not easily affected by the food, the
quality of the constituents themselves may be
considerably influenced, notably in the case of the
fat. Certain foods have a marked infiuence upon
the character of the milk fat. Thus linseed meal,
gluten meal and certain other foods make a soft,
Relation of Fat to Casein 81
oily fat, while cotton-seed meal, the seeds of the
various legumes and wheat bran make a hard fat.
Constituents other than the fat are not so readily
affected in this way.
Of the constituents of milk, the ash and the
sugar are the least variable, the fat and albumin
' the most variable, while the casein usually bears a
nearly constant ratio to the fat. The percentage
of water also varies considerably. The causes of
the variation of the fat have already been noticed.
The proportion of albumin. is very largely in-
fluenced by the physical condition of the cow, and
it has. been shown, notably by Van Slyke (see -
Chapter XIII.), that with what may be called normal
milk,—that is, milk containing from 3 to 4.5 per
eent of fat,—the proportion of casein rises or falls
in almost exact ratio with the fat, but when the
fat rises above this point the casein does not
follow in the same proportion.
A notion is prevalent that the percentage of fat
in the milk is also affected by the age of the cow;
that during the first and second periods of lactation
the young cow usually gives milk poorer in fat
than when she is mature. During the years of
greatest vigor the percentage of fat is supposed to
be fairly uniform; but in cows of advanced age it
may sometimes again fall to a low point. Recently
some records have been published* that go to show
that the age of the cow has little, if any, influence
*Holstein. Friesian Herd Book, vols. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Cornell University
Agr. Expt. Station, Bulletin No. 169.
32 Milk and Its Products
on the percentage of fat in the milk. In the one
ease the observations were made upon a large num-
ber of cows of all ages, for a week at a time, com-
paratively early in the period of lactation. In the
other the observations were made upon a single herd
extending over several years, and the percentages of
fat are the average for the whole period of lactation.
The percentages of fat for the different ages are as
follows :
“ Official” weekly tests of Observations on Cornell
Holstein-Friesian cows. University herd, 1891-8.
No. Average No. Average
of Cows. per cent fat. of Cows. percent fat.
2-year-olds ..... 147 3.29 25 3.71
3-year-olds ..... ~ 81 Brot : 25 3.71
4-year-olds . . mate 59 3.41 18 3.68
5-year-olds ..... 37 3.42 12 3.60
6-year-olds) 2) = 0% 36 3.34 8 3.49
T-year-olds ..... 22 3.25 5 3.68
8-year-olds . ... 14 3.40
9-year-olds . . yo 10 3.37 Z oe
0=year-OldS eae 9 3.83
11- and 12-year-olds’ . 4 SOT
The breed of the cow’also influences very largely
the percentage of fat in the milk. Cows of certain
breeds normally give milk much richer in fat than
others.
The following, compiled from a large number.
of analyses made at various American Agricultural
Experiment Stations, will give a general idea of
the average composition of the milk of the more
common breeds, so far as it relates to total solids
and fat:
Milk of Different Breeds 33
Solids. Fat
RIOESE Va Be eri net esis ie! ce eral facet) Nouslen Mapu tatemmet amare) a 14.70 5.35
GilerlSeyieuier ade, s..)s onde a? we tes eee Fata e scot wert ral tes ae 14.71 5.16
[DEO GR eR aioe Gricuiae ou a ob cue Cc 14.50 4.60
SHOT OLM eee! ais sh ckeereele a erie oe eee ee 13.38 4.05
PARVESTNIT OR Sch se) |e" aes dot SE pe de eunea en eee ree a 12.61 3.66
Holstem=Hriestane.c «5 som us Beer ees US he attaner een. 11.85 3.42
The variation due to breed includes not only the
amount of fat, and the color and melting point of
the fat, but the size of the milk globules. In some
breeds the milk globules are uniformly large, in
others extremely small, and in still others both large
and small globules are found.
While there is a distinct difference in the qual-
ity of the milk of the different breeds, the dif-
ferent individuals in the breed also vary largely in
the quality of the milk. The difference in the
percentage of fat in milk from different cows of
the same breed is quite as great as the average
differences between the breeds; that is to say, the
difference between the highest and lowest percent-
age of fat in the milk of different individuals of
the same breed is as great as the difference be-
tween the average percentage of fat in the breeds
giving the richest and poorest milk.
The variations due to the breed of the’ animal
extend, of course, in some measure to the butter
made from the milk. This is particularly true of
the color and hardness of the fat. But while
these differences are sufficient in amount to be
characteristic, they secareely affect the quality of
the butter as a whole. While some partisans may
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34 Milk and Its Products
contend that the butter made by their favorite breed
is of superior quality, it would be well-nigh impos-
sible, in any given case, by an examination of the
butter, to say from what breed of cows it had
been made. Butter of the very best quality in tex-
ture, color and flavor may be made from the milk
of any breed of cows.
CHAPTER III
THE PRODUCTION OF MILK—DAIRY CATTLE
THE prosperity of any dairy industry is very largely
dependent upon the economic production of the raw
material, namely, milk. Unless milk is produced at
a profit to the farmer or dairyman, it is impossible ©
to establish a permanently successful manufacturing
industry upon it.
While tt is without the scope of this work to dis-
—euss all the phases of economical milk production,
every manufacturer of milk products should have at
least some understanding of the various conditions
which so closely underlie the prosperity of the industry.
Milk a maternal function.—As has been mentioned
in a preceding chapter, milk is produced as a part of
the maternal function of the females of the class mam-
malia, but while maternity is the efficient stimulus to
milk production, the commercial production of milk in
the highly civilized and specialized animal known as
the dairy cow, is influenced to such a degree by so
many other conditions that we are in danger of over-
looking the part that maternity plays in milk secretion.
Wild animals, and, as a matter of fact, practically
all domesticated animals, secrete milk solely to supply
the young with food until such time as it is able to
(35)
36 Milk and Its Products
secure and digest food-of the same kind and nature
as its parents. The function of milk secretion in all
such animals, then, begins when the young is born,
increases rapidly for a few days or weeks, as the
developing infant requires more food, and then grad-
ually diminishes as the infant with continued growth
begins to seek its natural and permanent food, and
finally entirely ceases when the young is able to get
its own subsistence, at the age of a few weeks in the
ease of most small animals, and in no event longer
than a few months even with the largest forms.
The cow the only commercial milk producer.—His-
tory does not tell us how the cow came to be devel-
oped as the preéminent producer of milk for man’s
use. In all probability the milk of the goat and the
ass was used by man before that of the cow. But —
in her development the cow has shown herself to be
so much more adaptable to the commercial production
of milk as to have distanced all other animals in this
‘respect. There is no historical evidence that leads
one to believe that in her wild state the cow had any
ereater tendency to give milk in excess of the demands
of her offspring or for longer periods of time than
many other animals. The domestication of the cow
has resulted in developing an animal in which the
eapacity for secretion has been multiplied many times,
and the duration of secretion has been made practi-
eally continuous. As a liberal estimate, a vigorous
ealf would not need more than 20 pounds of milk per
day for the first four months of its life, or 2,400 -
pounds of milk, and this, or less, would be all that a
The Lactation Period a ot
normal wild or semi-wild cow would be likely to pro-
duce in a year. Numerous cows have lived that have
produced more than ten times this amount, or 24,000
pounds of milk in a year, the largest amount on record
being 30,3183 pounds of milk given by the Holstein
cow, Pietertje 2d, in 1888.
Factors in the production of milk.—The chief fac-
tors on which the production of milk depends are:
(1) Maternity, or the period of lactation; (2) the
inherent capacity of the cow, which in general is
largely determined by her breed and hereditary char-
acteristics, but always to a greater or less extent inde-
pendent of them; (8) the amount and character of
the food supply.
The lactation period.—As has already been stated,
the domesticated cow has been developed so that the
production of. milk is practically continuous. Never-
theless, pregnancy and parturition play a very impor- -
tant part in the production of milk. While cows
may, and often do, secrete milk continuously for two,
three or four years without producing a ealf, on the
other hand, the birth of a calf serves t6 stimulate
the secretion of milk to such an extent that prac-
tically all dairymen are agreed that milk is produced
under the most favorable conditions when the cow
produces a calf at regular intervals each year, and
this regardless of the value of the calf when born.
It is also found that a period of rest before par-
turition is essential to the largest production of milk
after the calf is born; that is to say, the cow will
secrete more milk in a year if she goes dry for two
38 | Milk and Its Products
to four weeks before calving, than though she is
milked right up to calving, as often may be done.
So far as can be ascertained, the good effect of this
dry period is very largely physiological, the secreting
glands in the udder are stimulated to greater activity
by reason of having been inactive for a short space.
While dairymen often speak of this period of dryness
as a resting period, its good effect is probably not
so much due to the resting of the general vital
powers of the animal as to the physiological con-
dition of the udder itself. On
In most cows when the period of -pregnaney has
reached about the seventh month, there is a marked
diminution in the flow of milk, and the udder shrinks
rapidly in size. If now regular milking ceases, the
cow soon “dries up,” the udder shrinks away and
- becomes flaccid and empty, except for a small amount
of watery saline fluid. About two weeks before par-
turition, the udder begins to take on renewed activity.
It increases rapidly in size, but remains soft and spongy
under normal conditions until a very short time
before calving. If the cow is very fat, if she is
fed heavily on stimulating, heating foods, or if there
are other conditions that tend to plethora of the body,
the swelling of the udder may be unduly large, take
on an inflammatory character, and the udder becomes
eaked. In cows of a heavy milking habit this often
is a very serious condition, and may even destroy
the usefulness of the animal, or at least one or more
quarters of the udder. It is obviated by taking care
that the animal is fed only loosening and cooling
Duration of Flow ~ Sega 5
foods, and that the bowels are kept free and open.
Ordinarily, milk does not appear in the“ udder more
than a few hours before parturition. It is usually
abundant as soon as parturition takes place, and its
regular and complete removal, having due regard for
the condition of the animal, is a very efficient means
of establishing a large flow. And if there are no .
troubles attending parturition and the establishment
of the milk flow, the animal may be fed liberally as
soon as the milk has lost its colostrum character,
and under favorable conditions of health, food and
treatment, the flow of milk will increase for two to
four weeks after the calf is dropped, at which time
it ordinarily has reached its maximum. From this
time, favorable conditions continuing, the flow of
milk may be kept very nearly constant for several
months. If the cow is to produce a calf regularly
each year, she will naturally be bred about three
months after calving. It is not at all uncommon for
cows to show.a quite marked diminution in the milk
flow immediately after service, but the best cows will
eontinue to -yield milk with very little diminution
until. the foetus begins to grow and make demands
upon the mother at the fifth or sixth month of preg-
nancy. From this time until the seventh month there
will be a regular and quite rapid diminution in the
flow until the tendency to go dry is strong, as has
already been said, at about the seventh month.
~The operation of milking.—The production of milk
is also dependent to a considerable extent upon the
operation of milking. A skilful milker will get ap-
40 — Milk and Its Products
preciably more milk from a cow, or lot of cows, in
the course of a season than an unskilful one. The
milk should be drawn from the cow as rapidly, as
quietly, and as easily as possible. It goes without —
saying that it should also be completely removed.
Downward stroking manipulations of the udder are
of some use in removing the very last portions, but
the method advocated by Hegelund* for this purpose
some years ago has not been generally adopted.
Regularity in the time of milking is also an impor-
tant factor in securing large amounts, more particu-
larly in keeping up the milk flow, and preventing
rapid drying off toward the close of lactation. The
interval between milkings also affects the amount pro-
duced. Up to a certain limit the amount of milk
produced will be inereased by shortening the milking
period, and it is by no means infrequent to milk cows |
three or four times daily, at intervals of eight or six
hours, and practically all large records of production
are made under such treatment. When the interval
is shortened to less than six hours, the disturbance
to the animal checks the milk flow quite as much as
the increased frequency of removal tends to inerease
it, and no advantage has as yet been gained by
milking cows oftener than four times a day. It is
difficult to make an exact standard with respect to
the relation between frequency of milking and amount
of milk secured, but it may be said in general that the
amount of milk will be increased if the cow is milked
as often as her udder becomes moderately distended.
*Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 213.
Bad Milking Habits eee
Cows easily contract habits with respect to milk-
ing, and often these habits are very disagreeable and
amount to a good deal of loss. Many cows will not
“give down” the milk unless they are fed at, or just
before, the time of milking. Occasional cows will
yield very much more milk for a favorite milker than
for a stranger. For this reason it is a common
“practice, particularly in small herds, that each milker
should milk the same cows each day. In large herds,
however, where milkers necessarily have to be
changed frequently, pains are taken to prevent the
contraction of any such habits, and the cows are
milked indiscriminately, and so have no chance to
form an attachment for any particular milker. It is
a common opinion among dairymen that milking
habits are more easily formed during the first lacta-
tion of the heifer, and care is taken that the heifers
be milked as well as possible, and that their lactation
period be prolonged as closely as possible up to the
time of dropping the second ealf. There is no dis-
advantage in such practice, even if it often fails to
yield tangible results. Mechanical milking machines,
that have been the subject of so much and so long
continued experiment, have now reached practical
form, and are being successfully introduced in many
large dairies.
The individual capacity of the cow.—No single fact
in milk production is of more importance, so far as
profit and loss is concerned, than that the cow is a
law unto herself in respect to the amount of milk
that she can be made to give. Profitable dairying
42 Milk and Its Products
depends upon distinguishing between productive and
non-productive cows, and there is no one thing that
will secure greater improvement to a dairyman than
weeding out the unprofitable cows in the dairy, and
supplying their places with. those that are profitable
producers; at the same time, there is no factor more
generally neglected by the dairymen of the United -
States than this. It therefore becomes a matter of
some importance that the dairyman should be skilled
in distinguishing between ee and unproduc-
tive cows.
Relation of form to capacity.—In the development
of the dairy cow, and particularly in the formation
of the various dairy breeds, it has been noticed that
the capacity to produce milk is to a certain extent
correlated with certain well marked and easily recog--
nized characteristics of form. This has led to the
distinction between the so called dairy and beef types
of animals. The chief characteristic of the dairy
form is the wedge shape; that is, the larger develop-
ment of the hind quarters, and the corresponding less
development of the fore quarters, so that if the cow
is viewed from the front or side, there is a distinctly
wedge-shaped appearance, with the apex of the wedge
toward the head. This is contrasted with the charac-
teristic rectangular shape of the beef animal. In
connection with the wedge shape, a large degree of
angularity and lack of muscular development, particu-
larly along the ribs and loins and on the shoulders
and thighs, is quite as characteristic of the dairy
animal as the wedge shape itself. In addition it is,
Use of Score Cards 43
of course, essential that the cow, in order to be a
profitable milk producer, must have a large, capacious
udder, full of secreting follicles, and, as the udder is
an external organ, its size and capacity are quite
readily and easily determined by examination. Capa-
cious digestive and respiratory organs are also im-
portant, as indicating activity of the vital functions
of the animal, and strong, vigorous constitutional
powers. So useful are these external characters
known to be as indicating capacity for secretion that
dairymen find it worth while to train themselves in
recognizing these indications and comparing cows one
with another with respect to their external indica-
tions for capacity for milk secretion, and a large
amount of instruction in schools and colleges is given
along these lines. Training in these matters is facili-
tated by the use of score ecards or seales of points,
which enumerate and describe the general external
characteristics of the cow, and assign numerical
values to the different characters in proportion to
their assumed relative importance. Most breeders’
associations, and very many colleges, have formulated
and used such seales of points. They naturally vary
more or less, according to the ideas of the persons
who formulate them. A sample card is shown on the
next page. The chief value of a score card is to
teach the novice to make a careful examination of
every part. His final judgment, however, should be
based on the individual as a whole, and this is best
trained by practice in comparing individuals side
by side.
44 Milk and Its Products
Score Carp ror Datry CATTLE
Seale of Points—Cow
Perfect Score
Estimate
Per cent.
Students
Cut
GENERAL APPEARANCE—
Weight.—Estimated........ pounds; actual..
Form.—Wedge-shaped, as viewed from front, side and top..
Form.—Spare, as indicated by prominent joints and clean
pene and lack of muscular development along ribs and
ONS As eee Pt eae ee Racy oe ae in gh Sat acy een te ana
Quality.—Hair fine, soft; skin pliable, loose, medium thick-
ness; secretion yellow, ‘abundant... 3.) eee
Constitution. —Vigorous, as indicated by alert expression,
evidently active vital functions, and general healthy
EAP PEAT AM CO ok Ve Boos rode tahoe Gast Oe A
HEAD aNnD NEcK—
Muzzle.—Clean cut; mouth large; nostrils large..........
iyes:=—Warce: \brightas2 > wee See ee ee eee oe eee
Face.—Lean, long; quiet expression..................-.-
Porehead:— Broad; shehtly dished yes) Seeger oe
Ejars.—Medium size; fine texture....................- |
Neck.—Fine, medium length; throat clean; light dewlap.. .
Fore- aND HIND-QUARTERS—
Withers.—Lean, thin. Shoulders. Pore not fleshy ..
Hips.—F ar apart; not lower than spine.
Rump.—Long, wide, comparatively level. t
Thurls.—High, wide Apa bta aw pe eee ek ae
chighs=— Thin, Ome soc fn ee. ee ee naa co ae
Legs.—Straight, short; shank fine......................-.
Bopy—
Chest.—Deep; with arge aR and broad on floor of chest;
well=sprung: riloss Ai ae etic es ee ae eos eo ea
Abdomen.—Large, deep; indicative of capacity; well sup-
OPEC Ss 2 oak aol et ors eae
Back.—Lean, straight, chine open. Tail.—Long, slim, with
HITE SWATCH Hrs ine ee meee ees Fe Reo es Tae do's.
MILK-SECRETING ORGANS—
Udder.—Large, long, attached high and full behind; extend-
ing far in front and full; quarters even................--
Udder.—Capacious, flexible, with loose, pliable skin covered
wath short, / fine aie i.) Vic) 13). soe sonic is heye ee ee
Teats.—Convenient size, evenly placed..............----.
Milk Veins.—Large, tortuous, long, branching, with large
milk wells. Escutcheon.—Spreading over thighs, ex-
tending shighvand! Wides ia: ee oe eee ee oe
Doe
Scoredeby. tie 8 ibe 0 a eee ee ee Total Score
Value of Records 45
Through natural aptitude, through careful and
systematic training, and through constant practice,
very many persons become expert in the selection of
cows, and they are able to distinguish with a good
degree of accuracy between cows that are large or
small producers. Yet no matter how much skill may
be attained along these lines, the fact still remains
that the external conformation fails to coincide with
the actual production of the animal in a sufficient
number of instances so that it is never safe to depend
entirely upon outward indications in selecting cows.
Value of records of production.—The statement is
frequently made, and generally accepted, that there is
no means of determining the prospective value of a
cow for the production of milk that can compare
with a knowledge of what the animal has already
done as determined by an actual record of production
in both milk and fat extending through a year or
a complete period of lactation. This is so _ well
recognized that all dairy cow breeders’ associations
are making provision for the segregation of the large
producing animals of the various breeds into a class
by themselves, known as the advanced registry or
register of merit, admission to which is gained only
by actual production, authenticated by. disinterested
supervision, and breeders of dairy cattle are expend-
ing thousands of dollars each year to secure such
authenticated records of their animals.
Necessity for keeping records.—If records of pro-
duction are recognized by breeders ot pure-bred
animals as an essential factor in the breeding and
46 Milk and Its. Products —
selection of their animals, they are no less useful to
him who keeps cows merely for the production of
milk, without regard to the productive value of their:
posterity. It has been demonstrated many times that
in milk-producing herds where no records are kept
there will be found anywhere from one quarter to one-
half, and sometimes more, cows whose total production
is insufficient to pay for their feed and care, such
cows being kept at an actual loss to their owner,
and their deficiency covered up by the higher pro-
ducing animals. There are many herds, the total
production of which may be profitable to the owner,
in which from 10 to 25 per cent of the individual
cows are kept at a loss. The great reason for this
condition of affairs is the fact that even a careful
observer will fail to discriminate between a profitable
and unprofitable animal, unless an actual record of
the production of each animal is kept from day to
day. This is comparatively seldom done, especially
in herds maintained solely for milk production. But
such records may be kept at comparatively little
cost, even when the butter fat is determined, and-
their cost will be returned many times over to the
owner if he acts upon the results of the records,
and discards from his’ herd those that are shown to
be unprofitable. As has already been stated, there is
no one thing which would result in more increase to
the prosperity of the dairy industry as a whole, and
more profit to the individual owner, than the general
keeping of records of production, and the weeding out
of the unprofitable animals, as shown by such records. ,
Food as a Factor 47
Where the keeping of records of production is
likely to prove burdensome.on individual small owners,
it has been found that this work may be done to great
_ advantage cooperatively, and the success of cow-testing
associations in many localities attests this fact.
Food as a factor in milk production.—It is self-
evident that feed must be an important factor in the
production of milk, since the solids in milk are pro-
duced directly from the food. It matters little what
the conformation or the hereditary powers of. the
animal may be, she cannot produce milk in large
‘amounts for long periods of time unless she is
abundantly suppled with the material from which
the milk is made, and, in general, that cow is the
best and most economical that can transform the
largest amount of food into a corresponding amount
of milk. The subject of feeding of domestic animals,
and particularly the dairy cow, has received a great ~
deal of study and investigation in this country and
Kurope in the last fifty years, and very notable ad-
vances have been made with respect to the science
and art of feeding animals, and a large literature has
sprung up in regard to this question. This work is
not intended to be a manual of cattle feeding in any
sense, so only the most general principles in respect
to feeding dairy cattle will be touched upon. The
ideal ration for the dairy cow must be abundant; it
must be nutritious; it must be palatable; it must be
succulent; it must provide a sufficient balance be-
tween the proteid and non-proteid nutrients, and it
must be cheap.
48 Milk and Its Products
A great deal has been said and written about the
amount of food that should be given to a cow in
milk, and various standards have been established.
These standards are useful to guide the inexperienced
feeder, the chief difficulty concerning them being
that one is likely to get the idea that if the standard
is scientifically established on a proper basis all that
is necessary to do is to administer the standard
amount of food to the animal, and a given result will
be obtained. Such is not the case. Animals vary in
the amount of food that they are able to use, and
more particularly in the amount that they can eco-
nomically turn into product. In respect to the dairy
cow, three things will happen if she is fed continu-
ously all the food that she will eat regularly without
disarranging the digestive organs or going ‘off feed:”’
(1) She will secrete a certain amount of product
(milk and milk fat), and at the same time gain in
weight, or will put fat on her body. (2) She wiil
make a similar amount of product, but will make no
gain in weight, some of the food apparently going to
waste. (3) She will use all of the food consumed
for the production of milk, and will increase regularly
in milk secretion as the food is increased up to the
limit of her capacity to eat and digest. It is needless
to say that the cows in this latter class are the most
valuable to their owners, and experience has deter-
mined that they are more numerous than was formerly
supposed.
The ideal ration.—A liberal and economical ration
for the best type of dairy cow is all the roughage
The Ideal Ration 49
(hay, silage, roots, ete.) she will eat, and one pound
of grain food (concentrates) for each three to four
pounds of milk she produces; and in many eases
this will be found to be just about all she will eat
regularly without going “off feed.”
A second consideration in an ideal ration is that it
should be nutritious; that is to say, there should be
a certain relation between the digestible and indiges-
tible parts of the food. The cow is a ruminant, and
the digestive organs of ruminants have been devel-
oped to use comparatively large amounts of foods,
relatively small portions of which are digestible. On
the other hand, it is possible so to combine the ration
that it will. be so bulky that the digestible portion will
be insufficient to support the animal and provide a
maximum amount of product. The ration should be
sufficiently bulky, on the one hand, to fully distend
the stomach and other digestive organs. At the same
time, there should be enough digestible material to
fully meet the requirements of the animal. If, how-
ever, we go to the other extreme and make the ration
of too concentrated or easily digested foods, the ani-
mal will have a superabundance of digestible material
in too small a bulk to properly distend the digestive
organs. The most frequent result of this is that the
appetite becomes cloyed, the digestive organs disar-
ranged, and the animal goes “off feed.” Practical
experience has shown that a proper balance is reached
when about two-thirds of the total dry matter of the
ration is in the form of roughage, and one-third in
the form of concentrates.
D
50 WIE tind is ° Produc?
It goes without saying that a ration cannot be of
the highest degree of effectiveness if it is not pala-
table, if the animal does not eat it, not only readily
but eagerly. The factors of palatability are not well
understood, nor always easily recognized, and our
knowledge of them is to a very considerable extent
empirical, and the result of actual observation and
experience. About all that can be said in this respect
is that of two rations or combinations of food similar
in all other respects, that one will be most effective
that is most readily eaten by the animal. There are
certain adventitious aids to palatability, such as salt,
water or succulence, and freshness. The peculiar char-
acteristics of certain plants also make them particu-
larly palatable or unpalatable for certain animals, or
classes of animals, and in addition there are various
vegetable aromatics and semi-tonies, and certain inor-
ganic salts, that are recognized as having a marked
effect upon the appetite. A continuous use of these
latter for healthy animals seldom results in distinct
advantage. The secretion of milk seems to be inti-
mately connected with the water content of the food.
Milk itself is a watery substance (ordinarily about
seven-eighths water), and of course the water, which
makes up so large a part of it, demands a corres-
ponding consumption of water by the animal. It
seems almost necessary that a certain part of this
water should be regularly incorporated with the food
or, in other words, it is of great advantage for the
secretion of milk that at least a part of the food
should be composed of materials containing large
The Nutritive Ratio 51
amounts of water, like fresh forage, silage, fruits,
roots, etc. So well is this recognized that many
dairymen find it economical to provide a regular sup-
ply of succulent foods for their cows in milk, even
though the nutrients in such foods cost more than
similar amounts would in the dry state.
In all the studies and investigations that have
been made with respect to the nutrition of domestic
animals, no one has received more attention than the
relation of the proteid, or nitrogenous part of the
nutrients, to the non-protein part. Disregarding the
protein supply so far as the maintenance of the
animal is concerned (and a certain amount of protein,
as is well known, is requisite to maintain life),
there are considerable amounts of protein in the
milk, the most important being the casein and albu-
men of the milk, which together comprises more than
3 per cent of the milk or about 25 per cent of the -
milk solids. This protein, of course, must come from
the protein supply in the food. The problem of7fur-
nishing sufficient protein in dairy foods has been
greatly simplified by the introduction of certain by-
product commercial foods that are now abundant on
the markets, so that it is no longer difficult, nor
very expensive, to provide a sufficient amount of pro-
tein, and it is found that it is not necessary to “bal-
ance” the proteid and non-proteid nutrients so care-
fully as formerly. This balance is ordinarily ex-
pressed by the nutritive ratio, and a dairy ration is
now considered at least fairly satisfactory if the nutri-
tive ratio falls anywhere between 1: 4.5 and 1: 6.5.
52 Milk and Its Products
Last of all, the ideal ration should be cheap, not
necessarily in the sense of being made up of low
grade or low cost foods, but from the standpoint of
furnishing the largest possible amount of digestible
nutrients at the lowest cost. Home-grown foods
ordinarily cost the dairyman less than commercial
foods, and the milk producer will ordinarily feed most
economically who uses the largest possible amount of
home-grown foods. On the other hand, commercial
foods in nearly all markets, if well selected and ecare-
fully purchased, may be fed at a profit if the cows
are well selected and productive. Market fluctuations
in various localities make it possible for the consumer
of commercial foods to effect considerable saving in
his feed bills, and the dairyman can scarcely be called
an intelligent one that does not keep well-informed
in regard to local market conditions and prices, with
respect to commercial foods, and vary his purchases
accordingly.
Selection of breed.—The development of the milk-
ing powers of the dairy cow has been the result of
evolution and selection! So far as is known, all of
the breeds of dairy cattle have been brought up to
their present capacity for production by constantly
selecting the highest producing individuals, and raising
the offspring from these on both sides; that is to say,
the selection of the bull from a high-producing cow
has been considered quite as important as the raising
of female calves of such cows, in securing improve-
ment. The importance of a high- producing animal
has already been discussed. In order to produce such
Formation of a Dairy Herd 53
animals, constant care must be used in the selection
and breeding.
In the formation of a dairy herd one of the first
questions to be considered is the choice of a breed,
and whether the herd shall be made up of pure-bred or
grade animals. There are several well-known breeds
of dairy cattle in the United States, each having dis-
tinct qualities, and each having strong partizans.
While, undoubtedly, some breeds are better fitted for
certain conditions of soil and climate than are others,
still the matter of the choice of a breed may well be
left to individual preference. In almost any location
one may choose a breed for which he has a strong
liking, either real or fancied, and be assured that he
ean establish with it a successful herd. Jerseys,
Guernseys, Holsteins, Ayrshires, Swiss, Devons, Red
Polls, and even Shorthorns, make a varied and fairly
long list of breeds from which to select.
Pure breds and grades.—Whether purely bred or
grade animals should be selected is a matter upon
which there may be more difference of opinion. By
purely bred animals are meant those that are recorded
in the herd books of their respective breeds. This is
the narrow, restricted sense of the term “pure bred,”
but it is the one in common use in this country. A
grade animal is the offspring of a pure-bred sire and
a common or grade dam. The offspring of a pure-
bred sire and a common or “scrub” dam, is called a
half-blood; the offspring of a pure-bred sire and a
half-blood dam is ealled a three-quarter-blood; a
three-quarter-blood in turn bred to a pure-bred sire
54 Milk and Its Products
will produce a _ seven-eighths-blood, and so on ad
infinitum. Since only the offspring of pure-bred
parents on both sides are eligible to registry in the
herd books of any of our dairy breeds, it follows that
no matter how far the process of grading up by the
use of pure-bred sires on grade females is carried,
pure breds, in the technical sense, can never be pro-
duced. Since pure-bred animals are sought after for
breeding purposes, the offspring of pure-bred animals
are, therefore, more valuable, and command a higher
price than do the offspring of grades. Hence, if the
value of the calves is taken into consideration, a pure-
bred herd is a more productive one, other things being
equal, than a grade herd. On the other hand, by the
erading-up process above referred to, continually
selecting the cows that are the best producers, it is
entirely possible, and by no means difficult, to estab-
lish a herd of grade.cows that will equal, in the pro-
duction of milk, any herd of pure-bred animals.
Hence, if the main product alone is sought after, a
grade herd may produce as largely as a pure-bred
one; but if the by-product in ealves is to be taken
into consideration, a pure-bred herd certainly has an
advantage over a grade herd of equal productive
capacity.
Maintenance of the dairy herd.—A dairy herd may
be maintained in two ways: First, by continued pur-
chase of mature animals to replace those whose period
of usefulness has passed. There are many conditions
under which this may be a wise practice. If it is
desirable to have the whole herd composed of cows
Maintaining the Herd 55
in their full productive capacity; if there is abundant
opportunity for selection and purchase near at hand;
if there is a reasonably good market for cows that are
undesirable, and if one has reasonable skill in select-
ing, and good ability in bargaining, a herd of high-
productive capacity may be more easily and more
cheaply maintained in this way than by attempting to
raise young animals to replace those that are worn out.
The other method of maintaining the herd is, of
course, by raising calves to supply the place of old
cows that are no longer profitable. Such a herd will
always contain a considerable number of young ani-
mals that have not yet reached full development, and,
therefore, such a herd will seldom equal, in average
production per animal a herd that is maintained wholly
by purchase. At the same time, a greater degree of
uniformity of type may be maintained where the ani-
mals are raised. If land is abundant and cheap, the -
cost of raising a calf, up to the time that she becomes
a fully developed cow, will be less than that of pur-
chasing a similar animal outright. Through force of
circumstances by far the greater number of dairymen
must rely on raising the calves necessary to maintain
the herd. This being the case, the ordinary dairyman
will need to provide himself with the services of a bull
suitable to produce useful dairy cows. In most cases
he will need to own this bull; so that the question of
the selection and ecare of the breeding bull has an
important bearing upon the maintenance of the dairy
herd.
Selection of the bull.—It goes witheut question that
56 Milk and Its Products
such a bull should be purely bred. There are still
far too many immature and ill-bred bulls in use.
As a matter of convenience, a yearling bull is turned
with the herd about the first of June, and in the
course of two or three months, when all, or nearly
all, of the cows have become pregnant, and he has
fattened up, he is sold again at a price little, if any,
below his cost, and the dairyman is without the
trouble of the care of a bull for several months. If,
in addition to this, little attention is paid to the
breeding of the bull, it is easily seen that little, if
any, improvement in the character of the herd can
be expected from his offspring. The progeny that a
bull has already produced, is by far the best-~ index
of his usefulness that a prospective purchaser can
have. Cattle do not reach full maturity, in either
sex, until they are about four or five years old. Con-
sequently, the best bull to select is a bull not less
than four years old that has already begot cows of a
high productive capacity. Such a bull is, of course,
more difficult to control, and more expensive to keep,
but he is worth many times the trouble and expense,
as compared with an immature yearling.
In the selection of a bull much has been made of
various so-called milk signs: Rudimentary teats, milk
veins, escutcheon, ete. While each and all of these
may be of some value, they are by no means to be set
against the record that a bull has made in the pro-
duction of his daughters. Other personal character-
istics of the bull that indicate vigor of constitution,
good digestive organs, and vital activities, in general,
Management of the Bull 57
are a loose, mellow hide; a bold, bright eye; an active
gait and disposition. These are of great importance
as indicating capacity to reproduce similar character-
istics in his offspring.
Management of the bull.—The management of the
bull on a dairy farm is often a matter of a good
deal of trouble and perplexity. In a herd of ordi-
nary size a single bull is sufficient, and it is usually
necessary that he be kept from the herd during the
greater part of the year. This means that he must
be kept in solitary confinement. The result of this
is, too often, that his temper becomes uncertain, and
his breeding powers impaired from lack of exercise.
In all cases where it is possible to do so, it is better
that the bull should run with the herd of cows.
With a little care this can frequently be done, par-
ticularly during the summer and fall, when the cows
are all pregnant in a spring calving herd, and in the -
spring and early summer, when the cows are all
pregnant in a fall calving herd.
The powers and temper of a bull may also be safe-
guarded by giving him exercise on a tread-power, or
hitehed by a long rope or chain to a wire between
two upright posts, or attached to a pole balanced
upon a post so that he may move around it. Occa-
sionally, also, the labor of a bull may be utilized
upon a tread-power for cutting feed, pumping water,
or separating milk. Sometimes a particularly handy
owner will break a bull to work to harness or in a
eart. It may even be time and labor well spent to
give a bull walking exercise. A good, vigorous ani-
58 Milk and Its Products
mal, carefully kept, should retain his breeding powers
up to eight or nine years of age, or even beyond. ©
Grading up the herd.—The successful and pro-
gressive dairyman will not only give his best efforts
toward securing a herd that will make a satisfactory
production, but will look to the future, and secure
still further improvement by breeding from his herd
succeeding generations that shall be even larger pro-
ducers than their ancestors. Such a dairyman may,
if he chooses, secure as the foundation herd pure-bred
animals that may be depended upon to transmit their
qualities to their descendants. But with even the
highest-bred animals there will be the necessity for
selection, if the original standards of production are
to be maintained, to say nothing of being increased.
On the other hand, the large majority of dairymen
seeking to improve their herds must depend, more or
less, upon. the individual animals they have already
on hand as the basis from which to start the im-
provement. In either case, careful selection must be
practiced, and a knowledge of at least the elementary
principles of selection is necessary for progress along
this line. It is proposed, then, briefly to indicate the
lines along which an attempt to breed up, or improve,
a herd of common, native or mixed eattle is most
likely to prove successful.
In the improvement of a herd of cows it has been
very common to recommend that the practice should
be to use a pure-bred bull, and to raise the heifer
calves from the best cows in the herd. Whether or
not this practice is correct will depend, to a great
Selection of Calves 59
extent, on what is meant by the term ‘‘best cows.’’
If it means merely that the heifer calves from the
common cows that are the highest producers are to be
raised, it cannot be accepted without qualification.
The first and great step in improvement under such a
course of breeding comes from the prepotent qualities
of the bull. Logically, therefore, the best calves to
raise are those in which the prepotent qualities of the
male are most clearly shown at time of birth, such as
eolor markings, or similar characteristics. These may
or may not be the offspring of the highest-producing
cows. The foundation herd of cows is admittedly in-
ferior, even in the best of them. If proper judgment
has been exercised in ,selecting the bull, there is in
him greater chance for improvement than exists in any
of the cows, even the best. It would, therefore, seem
to be good logic and safe practice to disregard the
milking qualities of the cow entirely in the first gen-
eration, and depend on the prepotency of the bull.
A great advantage in the rapid improvement of a
herd of cows under this grading-up process is the
ability to raise a large number of individuals up to
the time they begin to produce, so that a greater num-
ber may be available from which to select. In the
first generation, therefore, it is a great advantage to
be able to raise all of the half-blood heifer calves that
resemble their sire and that are born strong and with
good vital powers, irrespective of the qualities of their
dams. In many eases, however, the circumstances of
the owner do not admit of rearing so large a number,
and some selection must be made at the time of birth.
60 Milk and Its Products
If we concede that it is not an entirely safe practice to
base this selection upon the producing capacity of the
dams, we must look for some other basis of selection.
It is a generally accepted principle of heredity that
an animal which shows a tendency toward variation
is one that is not likely to be prepotent. We desire
to raise calves from cows that are not prepotent, in
order that the prepotent qualities of the bull may
have full scope. Cows, then, that show tendency
toward variation, particularly toward improvement,
are logically the ones over which the male is most
likely to be prepotent, and at the same time the calves
show the greatest tendency toward improvement. It
is comparatively easy to determine in any herd of
cows those which show the greatest tendency toward
variation, and more particularly those which show
the greatest tendency toward improvement when their
conditions are made more favorable. We can then
determine the cows from which we are likely to get
the best half-blood heifer calves by giving the herd
more and better feed, and selecting calves from those
animals which show the greatest improvement under
such a change of treatment.
Experience has shown that where the principles
stated above have been carefully carried out a very
satisfactory improvement has been secured in the first
generation. It is not uncommon to find an increase
of fully 50 per cent in the average production of half-
blood cows over their common mothers. Experience
has also shown that in the second generation the
three-quarter-bloods are not nearly so uniform as
Inbreeding 61
the half-bloods, and frequently show little, if: any,
increase in average production, though a few indi-
viduals will show a marked improvement. The ques-
tion then comes as to how to secure a greater uni-
formity and a higher average production in the second
generation or the three-quarter-bloods.
If the selection of the original pure-bred bull has
been a wise one, and if he was a young animal at the
time of his purchase, there will be a considerable
number of his half-blood offspring ready to be bred
while he is. still in the zenith of his powers. Most
breeders hesitate to breed such an animal to his own
offspring, and it is seldom recommended. But if
inbreeding is ever likely to be followed with useful
results, it will be under just such conditions; and,
in proportion as both the bull and the half-blood
heifers show strong individual vital powers, the prac-
tice is to be recommended. In a majority of cases
the very best bull to breed to a lot of high-quality,
uniform, half-blood heifers is their own sire, if it is
desired to secure greater uniformity and greater aver-
age production in their offspring. The reason for the
lack of uniformity in the three-quarter-bred offspring
is the fact that reversions occur to the qualities of
their common and mixed grandmothers. It will re-
quire, then, even stronger prepotency to overcome this
tendency to reversion, and the animal which is most
- likely to be prepotent over such half-bloods is their
own sire.
It must be remembered that the improved produc-
tion in the first place was secured by improving the
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conditions of environment, which, so far as the ordi-
nary dairy herd is concerned, means simply more
food; and that it was perpetuated in the case of pure-
bred animals by selection. Having obtained improve-
ment now by the use of a pure-bred male on com-
mon or mixed females, it is, of course, necessary
that. it shall be maintained by liberal care and
feeding. A pure-bred animal can transmit only its
inherited tendencies, and if these inherited tendencies
are not backed up by abundant and nutritious food,
the improvement secured is sure to be lost. Having
now secured a marked improvement in two or three
generations by the use of a pure-bred male on com-
mon or mixed females, with intelligent selection and
intelligent inbreeding, the further course of improve-
ment is the maintenance of proper conditions of
environment and eareful selection. As generations
come on, characteristics of the original pure-bred sire
will become more and more fixed and uniform, rever-
sions will be less and less frequent, and the herd will
be practically pure-bred from the standpoint of the
capacity of individual members to reproduce their
characteristics, though they never become eligible to
registration in the herd book. This is a course that
has been successfully practiced in the improvement of
a large number of herds of dairy animals, and is
entirely within the reach of anyone of ordinary skill
and intelligence.
Major and minor dairy breeds.—The breeds of dairy
cattle have been developed in the main in localities
where, for one reason or another, a dairy industry
Major and Minor Dairy Breeds 63
has sprung up, and where the localities have been
more or less isolated, and the cattle have developed
from the local cattle of the district by constant selec-
tion of those.that are the most profitable producers.
In some eases this selection has been going on for
more than a hundred years. While the domestic ox
is more or less variable in size, in conformation and
in color, the number of breeds of cattle is not large,
and they group themselves into the dairy and beef
breeds, according to the purpose for which each has
been selected.
At the present time in the United States there are
about twenty well-recognized breeds, in about half of
which the dairy is the leading characteristic. Four
breeds maintain a leading position among dairy cattle;
namely, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein-Friesian and Ayr-
shire. Five other breeds occupy a minor position, but
are still numerous enough to demand attention;
namely, Shorthorn, Red Polled, Brown Swiss, Dutch ©
Belted and Devon. Four breeds are native of Great
Britain; namely, Ayrshire, Shorthorn, Red Polled
and Devon. Two, Jersey and Guernsey, .are native of
the Channel Islands. Two, MHolstein-Friesian and
Dutch Belted, are native of the Kingdom of the Nether-
lands; and one, Brown Swiss, comes from Switzerland.
The breeds are easily distinguished one from
another by size, conformation and color markings.
They all have the characteristic wedge-shaped form of
the dairy animal distinctly developed, and all have
noteworthy dairy capacity, as shown by their large,
symmetrical udders. |
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Jerseys.—dJersey cattle, as the name indicates, orig-
inated upon the Island of Jersey, which is the largest
» one of the Channel Island
group, a group of about
twenty small islands lying
in the English Channel,
near the coast of France,
but belonging, politically,
to Great Britain. There is
no doubt that the eattle
originally upon the island came from the mainland of
France. For more than one hundred years the people
of the Island of Jersey have absolutely prohibited
the importation of live neat cattle from any other
country, and the blood has therefore been maintained
pure for more than one hundred years. Somewhat
before the middle of the nineteenth century, dairying
began to be an important farm industry upon the
island, and the farmers began to give attention to the
development of their cattle, both as to production and
to form, and the develop-
ment has been continuous
ever since.
Jersey cattle are charac-
terized by small size, spare,
angular forms and curved
outlines, dished faces,
erooked legs, and _ often
rather crooked backs. They
have a rather delicate, nervous organization, and,
when carefully handled, are extremely docile and
Fig. 2. Jersey cow.
Fig. 3. Jersey bull.
Jerseys and Guernseys 65
gentle, but they are easily disturbed by ill usage, and
under such unfavorable conditions, the males particu-
larly, often become ill-tempered and unmanageable.
In color, they are fawn, shaded through the various
shades of gray to black, often more or less spotted
with white. The tips of the horns, muzzle, tongue
and hoofs are black. In England and in the United
States, Jersey cattle with no white markings have
always been favorites, and this has had a consider-
able influence upon breeders upon the Island of
Jersey, but there still remain a considerable propor-
tion of animals more or less spotted with white.
Jersey cattle yield moderate amounts of milk rich
in butter fat, the percentage of fat running ordi-
narily from 4.5 to 6 in cows in full flow of milk.
The fat globules are also large and highly colored,
giving the butter a very attractive appearance.
The first Jerseys were introduced into the United
States about 1850, though they increased slowly until
about 1870, since which time they have increased
rapidly, and have adapted themselves to dairy condi-
tions over the whole country from Canada to the Gulf
of Mexico, and from Maine to the Pacific Coast.
They are the most widely distributed and the most
numerous of any of the dairy breeds. :
Guernseys.—Guernsey cattle originated upon the
Island of Guernsey, another island of the Channel
Island group, and next in size and importance to
Jersey. The conditions under which Guernsey eattle —
developed are almost identical with those upon the
Island of Jersey, and the same regulations with
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respect to importations from outside have also been
enforced. Guernsey cattle resemble Jerseys in many
respects, particularly as to amount, quality and color
of the milk and milk fat, and they undoubtedly had
- @ common origin with Jerseys on the mainland of
France. They are distinguished from the Jerseys by
shehtly larger size, by rather
straighter forms, and by 3z
a distinctly yellower color 4m
of the skin. In eolor they
are uniformly fawn and
white. Occasionally animals
are seen that are brindled,
but they are not common. is .
The muzzle and the hoofs Wie a. Gel
are flesh- or amber-colored,
instead of black, as in the
ease of the Jersey.
Another island of the
Channel group called Alder-
ney supports eattle. The
Island of Alderney is a
part of the Bailiwick of
Guernsey, and the cattle on
Fig. 5. Guernsey cow.
Alderney are in no sense distinct from those on
Guernsey, and at the present time are all included in
the same breed.
Holstein- Friesians.—Holstein-Friesian cattle or, as
they are more commonly ealled, Holsteins, are natives
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and originated in
two provinces of that kingdom, namely, North Hol-
Holstein- Friesians 67
land and West Friesland. The name Holstein is an
entire misnomer to this breed of cattle, so far as any
geographical distinction is
concerned. None of the
aneestors of the eattle of
this breed ever came from
the Duchy of Schleswig-
Holstein, although the cattle
of these districts, and some
other Prussian provinces,
are not greatly . different
from what are known in the United States as Hol-
stein cattle. The proper geographical name for this
‘breed would undoubtedly be Dutch. Dutch farmers
have long been noted for their thrift, and the man-
ufacture of dairy products, particularly of cheese,
has been an important industry in North Holland
for very many years. The land is fertile and emi- ~
nently suited to the production of grass, but it is
high priced, since it is pro-
tected from the encroach-
ment of the sea by an exten-
sive series of costly dykes
and embankments.
In order that the Dutch
farmer may make dairy
products profitable on such
high-priced land, he must
have a very efficient animal,
and under these circumstances the Holstein cow has
been developed. The natural conservatism of the
Fig. 6. Holstein-Friesian cow.
Fig. 7. Holstein-Friesian bull.
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Duteh race has prevented the importation of animals
from other countries, and so the race has been kept
practically pure, some authorities say for as much
as two hundred and fifty years. The Dutch eattle
have been developed very largely upon grass in lux-
urliant pastures in the summer time, and on hay,
supplemented with very little grain, in the winter.
This has resulted in developing an animal of large
size, capable, of yielding a large flow of milk, but
milk not very rich in fat, which is the prominent
characteristic of this race of cattle..-
Holstein cattle are large in size, ranking well up
with the Shorthorn, Hereford and other beef breeds.
They are inclined to have straight bones, long faces,
straight, sometimes rather long legs, and straight
backs. Many animals, however, have a distinet droop
to the rump from the hip to the root of the tail,
which breeders constantly select against.
In color, Holstein cattle are black and white, and
in any proportion, running from almost pure white to
almost pure black, and, in cases where the colors are
more equally distributed, the colors may be finely
broken up, or may be in large patches. Most Ameri-
can breeders prefer an animal rather more than half
white, with the black and white colors in rather large
areas. Peculiarities of coloring, either in propor-
tions or markings, do not run very strongly in fam-
ily lines, and an animal that is largely white may,
and often does, produce offspring in which black is
the predominating color, and vice versa.
Holstein cattle were introduced into the United
Ayrshires 69
States about 1860. They increased very slowly until
about 1880, since which time they have become very
numerous, particularly in those localities where the
sale of milk for market purposes is the chief dairy
industry, and in many such localities they are rapidly
coming to be almost the only dairy breed kept.
Ayrshires.—Ayrshire cattle, as the name implies,
originated in the county of Ayr in southwestern Scot-
land. Up to about 1800 there was no particular type
of cattle in this locality, but about this time dairying
began to be developed, particularly in the parish of
Dunlop, and the more enterprising dairymen began to
select cows for dairy production from the common
stock of the country. It is supposed that the original
stock of the county of Ayr had a more or less mixed
origin, but the Ayrshire breed took on distinctive
characters as early as 1830, and since that time has
developed into one of. the chief dairy breeds in Scot-
land, in Canada and in the United States.
Ayrshire cattle are of
medium size, distinetly
larger than the Jersey, and
distinctly smaller than the
Holstein. They are charac-
terized by extremely straight
and smooth forms, with
round bodies, slim necks
and legs, and long, slim,
upright horns. They are
extremely active in disposition, and alert, and stylish
in appearance. These qualities have been developed
Fig. 8. Ayrshire cow.
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as fancy points by many Ayrshire breeders. Their
activity and disposition leads them to be extremely
good grazers, and they are
better suited to sparse and
rough pasture than any other
breed, though they respond
quite as well to generous
treatment with respect to
abundant food supply. Ayr-
shire breeders have given
| much attention to the form
and symmetrical shape of the udder, and have
selected animals with large udders, straight and full
at the back and level on the fioor, extending well
forward on the belly. The teats are cylindrical and
placed far apart, but in very many cases are too short
to be convenient.
In color, the Ayrshire is any. combination of light
- red, red, red-brown, or dark brown with white. The
dark color in the ease of some bulls is almost black.
Modern Ayrshire breeders distinctly prefer those ani-
mals in which the white color is largely predominat-
ing, and many modern Ayrshires might be described
as white, with small patches of the darker color
scattered over the body.
Ayrshire cattle were first brought to America by
way of Canada some time previous to the middle of
the ninteenth century, and shortly after they were
‘introduced into the eastern United States. The num-
bers, however, remained small, although there are
numerous localities in New York and New England
Fig. 9. Ayrshire bull,
Stee
Shorthorns . 71
where Ayrshires have been constantly kept since
before the close of the Civil War. In those localities,
where Ayrshires have been kept longest without impor-
tations from Scotland, they have taken on a rather
different type. They have lost something of the
smoothness of form, have increased somewhat in size,
the udders have lost some of the symmetry, and dark
colors usually predominate. Usually they have lost
nothing in productivity, and some of the largest pro-
ducers of the breed may be found in these localities.
Animals of this sort are often spoken of as. belonging
to the American type in contradistinction to those
first described, which are commonly known as of the
Canadian or‘Scotch type. 3
The Ayrshire ordinarily produces milk and butter
in relatively large amounts for the amount of food
consumed, but, considering the cow as an individual,
the Ayrshire does not yield so much milk as the Hol- |
stein, and the milk is not so rich as that of the Jersey
or Guernsey. Consequently they have to compete
with all the other breeds, and they remain in point
of numbers distinctly below the other three breeds in
nearly all dairy localities.
Shorthorns.— While the Shorthorn ranks among
the leading beef breeds, it should also be considered
from the standpoint of the dairy. The original Short-
horn cow was a notable milk producer, and some of
the earlier breeders gave attention to their develop-
ment along this line, but the demand for beef over-
shadowed the dairy, and many tribes and families of
Shorthorns have been bred: so strongly for beef for
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so long a time that their dairy capacity has almost
completely disappeared. On the other hand, a few
breeders have maintained
the milking qualities of their
herds, and there are perhaps
a dozen to twenty herds,
scattered in various parts
of the country, that are
notable for dairy qualities,
and are known as milking .
Shorthorns. In England, ;
also, there has been a recent eT) ee ee
renewal of interest in milking Shorthorns, and there
are several notable herds in that country. Most of
the Shorthorns that show good milking qualities trace
their descent to families that originated in the herd
of Thomas Bates, one of the earliest and most famous
of Shorthorn breeders.
The Shorthorn originated in the valley of the
river Tees, in the counties of Durham, Northumber-
land and Yorkshire, in northeastern England. They
rank as the largest of the breeds of cattle. They have
massive rectangular forms, short legs, short necks,
and short, usually incurving horns. In color, they
are usually spoken of as the red, white and roan.
Their normal colors are red or white, or any combina-
tion of these colors, either in the intimate mixture
known as roan, or spotted red and white. The red
should be a clear red-brown, not shading to yellow on
the one hand, nor to black on the other. At one
time the clear red animals were much more sought
Red Polled and Brown Swiss lo
after in the United States. At the present time there
is no particular preference to colors or mixtures of
colors.
The milk of Shorthorn cattle is of moderate rich-
ness in quality, and in quantity must rank below the
Holsteins and Ayrshires.
_ Red Polled.—Red Polled cattle, as their name indi-
cates, are a clear red hornless breed. They originated
in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern
England, where they have been bred with considerable
eare for from fifty to seventy-five years. They are
of medium to large size, ranking just below the Short-
- horns, often have well-developed wedge-shaped forms,
although many individuals approach too nearly to
the beef type to be ealled first-class dairy animals.
They are quiet in disposition, and their lack of horns
makes them a favorite with some. In amount and
quality of milk they rank with the better type of milk- -
ing Shorthorns. There have been a few notable
producers among them, but, as a rule, they cannot
compete in amount of product with the leading dairy
breeds, and are found in only small numbers in the
United States.
Brown Swiss.—Brown Swiss cattle are native of
the forest-cantons of Switzerland, notably the canton
of Schwyz, where dairying has been extensively devel-
oped upon the mountain pastures. They are a large
breed, with very heavy, coarse bones, thick hides and
large extremities. They are quiet in disposition. In
eolor, they are a uniform grayish brown, with a ring’
of lighter hairs about the muzzle, and shading to
74 Milk and Its Products
black on the legs and tail. Their bodies are rather
heavy and somewhat beefy, though occasional animals
show the distinctive dairy form. As a rule, they are
not large producers, although occasional individuals
are found that rank well up with individuals of the
leading dairy breeds. There are comparatively few
herds in this eountry. Their owners, however, are
strong partizans of the breed, and claim for them the
advantages of docility, hardiness and constitutional
vigor.
Dutch Belted.—Dutch Belted cattle are a race
resembling the Holsteins, and probably closely related
to them. They are distinctly smaller in size, and the
black and white colors are segregated in black extremi-
ties, and a broad white band about the middle. They
are found in Holland, usually on large private estates,
and are there known as Lakenvelders. They were
introduced into the United States with the early Dutch
settlers about New York, and have shown such power
of transmitting their external characteristics that they
maintained themselves practically pure, with no herd
book organization, until the latter part of the nine-
teenth century. In general characteristics they re-
semble the Holsteins, but their smaller size and
smaller production do not enable them to compete
with the more important breeds. They are kept in
small numbers by those who fancy their peculiar
markings of form.
Devons.—Devon cattle, as the name indicates, orig-
inated in the county of Devon in southwestern Eng-
land. They are also found to some extent in Corn-
Devons 15
wall, Somersetshire and Dorsetshire. They have been
developed from the native cattle of the country, along
both beef and dairy lines. They are medium to small
in size, have very neat, symmetrical, smooth, round
forms, in which respect they somewhat resemble the
Ayrshire. They are also sprightly and active in dis-
position, and unusually intelligent. Their horns are
long, ivory-white, slender and upright. They give a
moderate quantity of fairly rich milk. Undoubtedly
Devons, or cattle similar to them, were among the
first imported into the United States from England
by the early colonists. As pure-breds they have ex-
isted for more than one hundred years, but never in
very large numbers. JBecause of their docility and
capability for training, they have always been favor-
ites in localities where oxen are used for labor. At
the present time, as pure-bred animals, there are
very few remaining. | .
From time to time other breeds have been repre-
sented in this country, but they never have been
numerous enough to form any important part of dairy
stock. Among such breeds may be mentioned the
Normandy, the Simmenthal, the French Canadian,
and the Kerry.
The Normandies are a medium-sized, parti-colored
breed from Northern France. Simmenthal coming
from the valley of the Simme, in Switzerland, resemble
-very closely the Brown Swiss in form and character,
They are fawn and white in color. The French Can-
adian has been bred in the French provinces of Can-
ada, since the time of the first settlers, from animals
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brought from France at that time. They are a hardy,
active race and are good and profitable producers.
They give promise of future development. The Kerry
is the diminutive cow of the Irish peasant and is
more curious than useful in this country. |
CHAPTER IV
THE TESTING OF MILK
MILK is so variable in composition, and so ea-
sily adulterated, that it frequently becomes of great
importance to be able to ascertain with a fair de-
gree of accuracy the composition of any given
sample.
HISTORY OF MILK TESTS
Gravimetric analysis.—The most aceurate way to
determine the composition of milk is by means of an
exact chemical analysis. The constituents of milk .
which it is most frequently necessary to determine
are the total solids and fat.. The total solids are
determined by drying an accurately weighed portion
of the milk at the temperature of boiling water
until it no longer loses weight. The residue is the
total solids, and its weight, divided by the weight
of the original amount taken, will give the percent-
age of total solids. The fats may then be deter-
mined by extracting the residue with anhydrous
ether until nothing more is_ dissolved, and then
evaporating the ether and weighing the resulting
fat directly. Various forms of apparatus for mak-
ing these determinations have been devised by vari-
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78 Milk and Its Products
ous chemists, a considerable number of which give
very accurate results. Chief among these methods
for determining fat and total solids are the Babcock
asbestos method and the Adams paper-coil method.
In order that these determinations may be made
with accuracy, balances of extreme delicacy, and
apparatus more or less complicated and requiring ~
considerable skill in its manipulation, are necessary,,.
so that for ordinary commercial purposes they are
practically out of reach.
History of milk tests.—Although consumers of
milk had felt for a long time the necessity of
some means of protection against dishonest dealers,
it was not until the development of the factory sys-
tem of manufacturing cheese (1850) and _ butter
(1870) that some means of easily determining the
composition of milk, particularly as to fat content,
became important to both producers and manufac-
turers. From that time on various methods have
been devised, from the simple expedient of raising
the cream in a small sample of milk in a eraduated
glass to apparatuses almost as complicated and
difficult of manipulation as the gravimetric methods
themselves.
Cream gauges.—The simplest and one of the
earliest methods used to determine the quality of
milk is to set a small portion of it under such con-
ditions that the cream would be thoroughly thrown
to the surface and easily measured. These were
known as cream glasses, cream gauges, or cream-
ometers, and to a certain extent served a useful pur-
Lactometers 79
pose; but it was soon found that the percentage of
eream depends not so much upon the amount of fat
present in the milk as upon the size of the globules
and the conditions under which they are brought
to the surface, and that the percentage of cream
does not necessarily bear a constant relation to the
percentage of fat.
Specific gravity.—The determination of the spe-
cific gravity was next brought into use as a means
of determining the quality of milk. Inasmuch as
milk is slightly heavier than water, and as water is
the most common adulterant of milk, any addition
of water to it would serve to lessen its specific
gravity, and would easily be detected by a determi-
nation of the specific gravity. To determine the
specific gravity of milk, various forms of specific
gravity hydrometers, known as_ lactometers, have
been devised. They were formerly very much more
depended upon as a test of the quality of milk than
at present, and though now. we have learned that
under certain conditions a simple specific gravity
test may not only be inaccurate, but entirely mis-
leading, still they are of considerable use for cer-
tain purposes and in connection with certain other
instruments.
Lactometers.—In devising the lactometer, it was as-
sumed that 1.029 was as low as the specific gravity of
any unadulterated milk would ever fall; therefore a
hydrometer was devised, the scale of which was gradu-
ated from 0 to 120, the 0 marking the point of pure
water, or a specific gravity of 1.000, and 100 cor-
80 Milk and Its Products
responding to the assumed least specific gravity of
milk or 32 al O29-
Ef; thene sins amy:
given sample of
milk the lactom-
eter fell to 90,
it would indicate
the presence of 10
per cent of water ;
if atetell. to 75: OL
25 per cent of
water, ete. | This
form of lactometer
is now known as
the common, or-
dinary or Board
of Health lactom-
eter. A second
form of lactometer
in common use
was devised by
(uevenne, and
bears his name.
The seale of this
hydrometer is or-
dinarily graduated
from 15 to 40, the
29 being coinci-
dent with 100 up-
on the or
tometer and with
dinary lac- Fig. 11. Comparison of graduation on lactometer
stems : A, hydrometer: B, ordinary lactometer;
C, Quevenne lactometer.
Relation of Quevenne to Ordinary Lactometer 81
a specific gravity of 1.029 upon the ordinary hy-
drometer. The accompanying sketch (see opposite
page) shows the relative values of the degrees upon
the ordinary hydrometer, the ordinary lactometer and
the Quevenne lactometer. With the Quevenne lac-
tometer the specific gravity of the milk can be at
once read, a degree upon this scale being equivalent
to one degree of specific gravity. Since 100 degrees
upon the ordinary lactometer indicate a specific gravity
of 1.029, the specific gravity of any ordinary lactometer
reading may be obtained by taultiplying the reading by
.29, dividing by 1,000 and adding 1. Twenty-nine Que-
venne degrees are also equivalent to 100 ordinary de-
grees, so that Quevenne readings may be changed to the
ordinary readings by dividing by .29, and ordinary
readings may be changed to Quevenne readings by
multiplying by .29.
The relative density of milk varies with its tem-
perature, so that a hydrometer is only correct at one
given temperature. Most hydrometers are graduated
for a temperature of 60° F., and the better forms
have an attached thermometer; so that if the milk
to be tested varies from this in either direction a cor-
rection must be made. As the density increases with
a reduction of temperature and decreases with a rise
of temperature, the correction must be subtracted in
eoing from a lower to a higher and added in going from
a higher to a lower temperature. The amount of such
correction for the Quevenne lactometer is .1 of a lac-
tometer degree for each degree of temperature, and for
the ordinary lactometer one lactometer degree for each 3
oF
82 Milk and Its Products
degrees of temperature: In no event should the
temperature of the milk to be tested be more than 10
degrees warmer or colder than the standard, and it is
much better if the temperature does not vary from
the standard more than 5 degrees in either direction.
The solids in milk are not all of the same
specific gravity; some are heavier and some lighter
than water. The fats are lighter, the other solids
are all heavier. The specific gravity of the milk,
then, depends not only upon the amount of solids
present in the milk, but also upon their relative
proportions. The specific gravity of milk may be
affected by the addition of any substance to it or
the abstraction of any of its constituents. Since
some of the constituents of milk are lighter than
water, their abstraction in whole or in part would be
followed by an increase in density. It will be
readily seen, then, that if a part of the fats are re-
moved, the specific gravity of the skimmed or partly
skimmed milk will be heavier than normal, and the
addition of a certain amount of water or other sub-
stance lighter than the milk would only serve to
bring the specific gravity back to the normal point.
In this way, if it is done skilfully, water may be
added to milk, and cream abstracted from it, with-
out affecting the specific gravity as revealed by the
lactometer, and a very inferior sample of milk might
pass as perfectly normal if the lactometer alone
were depended upon for its detection. Mainly for
this reason the lactometer has been superseded by
other and more accurate instruments.
Operation of Test Churns 83
Churn tests.—The first butter factories or cream-
eries were managed upon what is known as the
eream-gathering system: that is, the cream was
raised and skimmed upon the farm, and it alone
taken to the factory. It was soon found that the
eream varied considerably in the percentage of fat
that it contained, and, moreover, that a _ consider-
able amount of milk. could be mixed with the
eream without being detected by ordinary means.
In other words, the managers of factories learned
that cream as it came to them was even more
variable in its percentage of fat than whole milk.
In all of the earlier factories the cream was paid
for simply by measure, and it became necessary to
devise some means of making an equitable division
among the different’ patrons, and of protecting the
factory from loss. To do this, what was known
as test churns were devised. At the time of
gathering the cream, a small sample (a pint or
quart) of each patron’s cream was taken in a sep-
arate vessel. These were taken to the factory
and churned separately in small tin cans, and the
butter made up from each. The _ butter-producing
power of the single pint or quart was taken as a
measure of the butter value of the whole amount
of that patron’s cream, and the proceeds were ap-
portioned accordingly. This method was much more
just than a simple measure of the cream, but it
was very cumbersome. It required delicate manip-
ulation in order to make all of the little pats of
butter of the same water content, and the small
84 - Milk and Its Products
amounts of butter so made were of inferior com-
mercial quality, could not be mixed with the whole
mass of butter, and entailed a_ considerable loss.
upon the creamery.
The oil-test churn was an outgrowth of this
method, intended to remedy its defects, and was in
a great measure successful. In operating the oil-test
ehurn, the individual samples taken from each patron
were very much smaller, and were taken in small
glass tubes. These tubes were put in a frame and
agitated until the fat was drawn together in a solid
mass; the tubes were then immersed in water suf-
ficiently warmed to melt the fat, and when so
melted the fat would float upon the surface of the
liquid in the tube. The tubes were allowed to
become cool, were then a second time agitated to
ehurn any particles of fat that had escaped the
first churning, and the fat remelted; it then ap-
peared in the form of a clear layer of liquid upon
the top of the contents of the tube, and could be
readily measured. The proportion of melted fat
so obtained was taken as a measure of the butter
value of the cream of which it was a_ sample.
This test was generally used in cream-gathering
factories, and was a very fair measure of the
butter value of the cream. There was always a
portion of the fat remaining unechurned, but in
eream it was a small percentage. In milk, how-
ever, it was a much larger proportion, and the
oil-test churn was never successfully used for ae-
termining fat in milk.
Lactobutyrometer and Pioscope 85
Inventions for testing milk.—Several instruments
of European invention have been described for the
quiek determination of the fat in milk. Some of
them make volumetric determinations of the fat or
cream ; others depend simply upon the opacity of
the milk. One or two are in common use in
Germany and Denmark, but, though most of them
have been introduced in the United States, none
have come into general use. The more importaut
of these are the following:
Marchand’s lactobutyrometer.—This is an instru-
ment for quickly determining, volumetrically, the
fat in milk. A measured sample of milk is intro-
duced into a long glass tube graduated at the
upper end. A _ certain amount of acetic acid is
added and thoroughly mixed with the milk, after
which ether is added to dissolve the fat, and with
the aid of a small amount of heat the fat is col-’
lected into the upper graduated portion of the tube
and read off volumetrically. The lactobutyrometer
was introduced about 1877, and was used with
more or less success for a time. In certain sam-
ples of milk it was found to be difficult to get a
clear separation of the fat, and in certain other
samples, notably the milk produced from various
foods, it was found that the results could not be
relied upon.
Heeren’s pioscope.—This is a simple little instru-
ment designed to test the quality of milk by
means of its opacity. It consists of a hard rubber
disc, in the center of which is a small depression,
86 Milk and Its Products
and the surrounding circle painted in segments of
varying shades to represent cream, very rich milk,
normal milk, poor milk, ete. A drop of the milk
to be tested is placed in the central depression
and covered with a glass plate, so that a layer of
uniform thickness is always obtained. The opacity
of this drop of milk upon the black background
of rubber is then compared with a _ corresponding
segment of the circle. In so far as the fat
measures the opacity of the milk, this is a fairly
reliable test; and, used in connection with a specific
gravity lactometer, a person with some experience
can readily detect suspected samples of milk, although,
of course, it is not possible to estimate very closely
the amount of adulteration or the quality of the
milk. The pioscope has been used very generally
and successfully by milk inspectors and those hav-
ing the control of city milk supply.
Feser’s lactoscope is another instrument designed
to determine the quality of milk by opacity. It
consists of a glass cylinder, in the center of which
is fixed a white rod graduated with black lines.
A certain amount of milk is put into the cylinder,
and by its opacity renders the black lines upon
the central standard invisible. Water is then added
to the milk in measured quantity until the black
lines can be seen, the amount of water so added
indicating the quality of the milk. This instru-
ment is more delicate than the pioscope, but it can
not be so quickly and readily used. The results
it gives are of very much the same nature _and
Various European Tests 87
value as those obtained by the use of the pioscope,
sonsequently it has never been used to any great
extent.
- Soxhlet’s method.—In testing milk by this method,
the fat in a measured quantity of milk is dissolved
in ether, the specific gravity of the ether solution
determined, and from this the percentage of fat is
calculated. The greater the specific gravity of the
ether solution the greater the percentage of fat,
and since the. difference in the specific gravity of
fat and ether is considerable, the addition of a
small amount of fat will perceptibly affect the specific
gravity, so that the determination is a very delicate
one. The determination is made in a specially de-
vised apparatus known as Soxhlet’s Aérometer. It
has been widely adopted in Germany, but not at all
in the United States outside of chemical labora-
tories. ,
DeLaval lactocrite.—This is a machine devised by
the inventor of the centrifugal separator to esti-
mate the fat in milk volumetrically. The sample
to be tested is put in a glass tube with an equal
amount of concentrated acetic acid containing 5 per
cent of concentrated sulphuric acid, and the mixture
heated for a few minutes, after which it is whirled
in a centrifugal machine until the fat is brought to
the center. It is then read off volumetrically. The
lactocrite gives a very close determination of the
fat in milk, but it is necessary to have a separator
frame in which to whirl the apparatus, which makes
it somewhat expensive.
88 Milk and Its Products
Fjord’s control apparatus.—This apparatus, in-
vented by the late Professor Fjord, of Denmark,
estimates the fat by measuring the solidified cream.
Glass tubes similar to those used in the oil-test
churn are secured in a frame and a measured quan-
tity of milk put in each. The frame holding the
bottles is then whirled in a _ centrifugal separator
frame till the cream is completely separated and
brought together in a compact mass. This re-
quires about forty-five minutes. The solid mass
of cream is then measured with a _ scale and the
fat estimated from it by means of a table con-
structed by the inventor. This apparatus is in
very common use in Denmark, but has never~ been
introduced into this country.
Development of milk tests in the United States.—Up
to the year 1888, there had been no apparatus devised
which would determine the fat in milk accurately,
easily, cheaply and quickly. None of the methods
described could in any sense supply the place of the
gravimetric analysis, even for commercial purposes.
The oil-test churn came the nearest to it, but that
was of no use for milk, and at this time the separa-
tor creamery was beginning to supplant the gathered-
eream factory, and the demand was. constantly
stronger for a means of determining the fat in milk.
This year also marked the establishment of the na-
tional grant to Agricultural Experiment Stations in
each of the states, and one of the first problems at-
tacked by the chemists of these stations was to de-
vise a quick method for the determination of fat in
American Tests 89
milk. In the next two years no less than seven dis
tinct methods were devised by chemists of Agricui-
tural Experiment Stations for this purpose. All of
them were much better than any that had hitherto
been known, but one was so much in advance of
any of the others that now it is practically the only
method used for the quick determination of fat in
milk. This is the method devised by Dr. 8S. M. Bab-
cock, known as the Babcock test, and first published
in July, 1890. The various tests, in the order of
their publication; were as follows:
Short’s method.—This method was invented by
F. G. Short, at that time chemist of the Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment Station, ana was first pub-
lished in Bulletin No. 16 of the Wisconsin Agricul-
tural Experiment Station for July, 1888. In brief,
the method consisted in converting the fat in the
milk into a soap by means of an alkal, and then dis- »
solving the soap by an acid, setting free the fat.
The process was rendered complete by boiling for
several hours. The determination was made with a
measured: quantity of milk in a glass test bottle with
a narrow graduated neck, into which the fat was
raised at the end of the process and read off volu-
metrically. Considerably difficulty was often ex-
perienced in getting a clear separation of the fat
from the contents of the tube. The long period of
boiling was also an important drawback to the
method.
The method of Failyer and Willard.—This method
was devised by Professors Failyer and Willard, of
90 Milk and Its Products
the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and
was published in the report of that station for 1888.
in it the solids of milk were destroyed by hydro-.
chloric acid and the fat partially separated by means
of heat. The fat was then dissolved in gasoline, and,
after evaporation of the gasoline, was measured in
a graduated portion of the tube in which the opera-
tion was performed. It gave a clearer reading of
the fat than Short’s method, but required more deli-
cate manipulation, particularly in heating the acid |
and milk together and in evaporating the gasoline.
The time required was considerably less than with
Short’s method.
Parsons’ method.—This method was devised by
Professor C. L. Parsons, of the New Hampshire Ag:
ricultural Experiment Station, and published in the
report of that station for 1888. This method made
use of caustic soap and a solution of soap and alcohol
to destroy the milk solids, after which the fat was
dissolved in gasoline. A measured quantity of the
gasoline solution of fat was then taken, the gaso-
line evaporated from it and the fat carefully dried.
The free fat was then measured in a scale, and by
means of a ealeulation, the percentage of fat deter-
mined. This method gave very good results in the
hands of several different operators. It, perhaps,
required a little more delicate manipulation than
some of the others, and it was considerably more
complicated than Short’s method.
The Iowa Station test.—This test was invented by
Professor George HE. Patrick, the chemist of the Iowa
Babcock Test | 91
Agricultural Experiment Station, and published in
Bulletin No. 8, February, 1890, of the Iowa Ex+peri-
ment Station. In this test the solids of the milk
were destroyed by a mixture of acetic, sulphuric and
hydrochloric acids, and the fat brought to the sur-
face by boiling. The test was made in a flask with
a narrow graduated neck. A measured quantity of
milk was put in the fiask, a sufficient amount of
the acids added, and the whole boiled for ten or fif-
. teen minutes. The Iowa Station test was a great
improvement upon any that preceded it in point of
simplicity, accuracy and length of time required.
Cochran’s method.—This method was invented by
C. B. Cochran, of the Pennsylvania State Board of
Health, and published in the Journal of Analytical
Chemistry, Vol. Ill., page 381. In this method
the solids of the milk other than the fat were de-
stroyed by the use of a mixture of acetic and sul-
phuric acids, aided by boiling. When the milk
solids were thus completely disintegrated, the fat was
brought to the surface by the aid of ether, and then
the whole mass further boiled until the ether was all
evaporated. The clear melted fat was then meas-
ured by transferring it to a vessel with a gradu-
ated neck. The Cochran method was simple in
details, but required rather delicate manipulation in
transferring the melted fat from one vessel to an-
other. It, however, gave very good results in a
comparatively short time.
The Babcock test.—This test was’ invented by
Dr. S. M. Babcock, chemist of the Wisconsin Agri-
X
92 Milk and Its Products
eultural Experiment Station, and published in Bul-
letin No. 24, July, 1890. In point of simplicity,
accuracy, ease of manipulation and time required,
this test is so much better than any that have pre-
ceded or followed it that it is now practically the
only one in use. To destroy the solids other than
the fat, Dr. Babcock makes use of a single rea-
gent, commercial sulphuric acid, of a specific gravity
of 1.82, and to separate the fat from the remain-
ing contents of the test bottle centrifugal force is
used, hot water being added to bring the contents
of the flask up to the graduated part. The test is
made in a small flask with a narrow graduated neck.
The Beimling test.—This method of testing milk
was devised by Messrs. Leffman and Beam, and is
sometimes known under their name, though the ap-
paratus was patented by H. F. Beimling, and intro-
duced under his name. The Beimling test was in-
troduced in the year 1890, and was essentially like
the Babcock test, the exception being that instead
of a single reagent two were used, one ordinary
commercial sulphuric acid, as in the Babcock test,
and the other a mixture of amyl alcohol and com-
mercial hydrochloric acid. Largely because of the
greater inconvenience of using two reagents, the
Beimling test has fallen into disuse.
Tests introduced since the Babcock test.—Two or
three tests differing but slightly from the Babcock
have been introduced since. One of these is known
as Gerber’s method, the invention of a German
chemist. The form of the testing bottles differs
Babcock Test 93
somewhat from that used by Dr. Babcock; less
whirling is required, and the same reagents are
used as in the case of the Beimling. The DeLaval
Fig. 12. Hand centrifugal for Babcock test.
Separator Company has also introduced an appara-
tus for testing milk which is known as the butyrom-
eter. In this test a single reagent, sulphuric acid,
is used to set free the fat. The form of the ap-
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paratus is different from the Babcock test, a much
higher speed of whirling is used, a smaller sample
of milk is taken, and the fat is read in a solid
instead of a liquid form.
DETAILS OF THE BABCOCK TEST
The apparatus used in testing milk by the Bab-
cock method consists of a centrifugal machine, three
pieces of glassware and commercial sulphuric acid.
The centrifugal machine.—Many forms of centri-
fugal machines are in use, almost every manufacturer
having his own particular style. It is essential that
the centrifugal should be substantially made; that it
should run smoothly and steadily, either loaded or
empty, and that it should be capable of developing a
speed of 900 revolutions per minute, with a wheel
20 inches in diameter. The centrifugals so made
may be driven either by hand, electric, or steam
power. In the hand-power machines, the motion is
transmitted both by belts and by friction cogs; in
the latter case it is essential that care be taken to
prevent loss of motion through the friction cogs be-
coming worn.
In the centrifugals driven by steam turbines, or
jets of steam delivered against the circumference of
the revolving wheel, it is much better that the
steam be applied at some little distance from the
revolving bottles, otherwise too great a degree of
heat may be developed in the machine. Woll has
shown* that, in those steam turbines in which
*Hoard’s Dairyman, March 9, 1900: vol. 31, p. 75.
The Babcock Test Glassware 95
steam is introduced into the bottle chamber or
where the cover fits so tightly that no cold air
enters the chamber during the whirling; the bottles
are often heated to such a degree that the reading
is made too large because of the expansion of the
fat at the high temperature. The fat should be read
at a temperature of 110° F.,
but up to 140° F. the expan-
sion is not sufficient to cause
material error.. When, how-
ever, the temperature rises to
200° F. or thereabout, as fre-
quently occurs under the con-
ditions named above, the error
due to the expan-
sion of the fat may
amount to .15 to (QR z)
38 per cent. In all Pun: Bell = |
such cases the bot- lj i a ag
tles should be al- “—— i i
lowed to cool to at Kei Hl gs
least 140° F. before “™ —
reading. Those cen-
trifugals are most .
satisfactory in which provision is made for the bottles
_to assume a perfectly horizontal position when in mo-
tion and a perfectly perpendicular one when at rest.
aot
Fig.13. Steam turbine centrifugal for
Babeoeck test. (See opposite page.)
The glassware.— The glassware consists of a fiask
or test bottle in which the determination is made,
a graduated pipette for measuring the milk, and a
short graduated glass cylinder for measuring the
96 Milk and Its Products
acid. The most essential feature of the glassware
is that it should be accurately graduated. This in
general can be secured by always procuring the
glassware from a reliable manufacturer or dealer,
a b G d e g f h
Fig. 14. Forms of Babcock test bottles; a, ordinary bottle for whole
milk; b, bottle for skim milk, using double charge of milk;
c, Ohlsson, or ““B. & W.”’ double-necked bottle for skim milk :
d, e, bottles for testing cream; f, bottle with detachable neek ;
g, h, detachable necks for butter and cream.
though suspected glassware may be tested with com-
paratively little difficulty. The neck of the ordinary
test bottle is graduated from O to 10, each divi-
sion being subdivided into five parts. The gradua-
tion from O to 10 will contain a volume of melted
Testing Butter, Cheese and Cream 97
milk fat equivalent to 10 per cent -of the weight of
the milk taken. Each. subdivision of the seale,
therefore, represents .2 of 1 per cent. The capa-
city of the graduated portion of the neck is two
eubie centimeters. The specific gravity of melted
milk fat at a temperature of 120° F. is assumed to
be .9. The two cubic centimeters will, therefore,
weigh 1.8 grams, and in order that the percentage
of fat read off shall be percentage by weight and
not by volume, 18 grams of milk must be taken.
But milk has an average specific gravity of 1.082,
therefore 18 grams of milk will be contained in
17.44 eubie centimeters. Two cubic centimeters of
melted milk fat is, therefore, 10 per cent by weight
of 17.44 cubic centimeters of average milk. it
has been found by trial that a pipette of the or-
dinary form graduated at 17.6 cubic centimeters
will deliver slightly less than 17.5 cubic centimeters -
of milk. The graduation of the ordinary pipette
should, therefore, be 17.6 cubic centimeters. <A
little less acid than milk is ordinarily required, and
the acid measure is graduated at 17.5 cubie centi-
meters, though the amount of acid actually used
may readily vary two or three cubic centimeters
either way from this point.
The fat in the various products of milk may
be as readily determined by means of this test as
fat in the milk itself, and for these determinations
various forms of special apparatus have been de-
vised. (Fig. 14.) For testing cream, bottles with a
capacity greater than 10 per cent are in use. Of.
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98 Milk and Its Products
these there are two forms. In one there is a bulb
in the middle of the neck, and graduations above
and below. Ordinarily the lower graduations have a —
capacity of 5 per cent, the bulb a capacity of 10
per cent, and the upper graduations a capacity of
10 per cent. The use of this form of bottle re-
quires that when the fat is read off the bulb should
always be completely full, and the upper and lower
surfaces of the fat rest on the upper and lower
graduations respectively. Another form of cream
test bottle has a neck much wider than that used
for ordinary milk testing. Bottles of this form have ~
a capacity up to 35 per cent, or even more. ‘The
graduations are usually not closer than .5 of 1 per
eent. This form does away with the awkwardness
of the bulb in the center, but it is not possible
to read the column of fat to so small a_ fraction,
usually to not less than .5 of 1 per cent. For
testing .cream, particularly cream that is rich in fat,
a special pipette is necessary. The specific gravity
of cream containing 25 per cent of fat or over is
nearly that of water, and in testing cream of this
quality a pipette of 18 instead of 17.6 eubice cen-
timeters capacity is used. For testing skim-milk,
where it is desirable to read the small fractions of
1 per cent, two forms of bottles have been devised.
In one, two pipettes full of milk are used, and the
graduations have one-half the ordinary value; in the
other form, the bottle has two necks, one of ordi-
nary width for the introduction of the milk and acid,
and the other an extremely narrow one, in which
«
Calibrating the Glassware 99
the fat is measured. With this last it is possible
to read easily to .01 of 1 per cent.
_ The fat in the solid milk products, as butter and
cheese, may also be conveniently determined by the
Babcock | test. Since butter or cheese cannot be
measured, it is necessary that the sample to be
tested be weighed. Balances sensitive to .1 of a
gram are sufficiently delicate. Hither 18 grams of
the substance may be weighed, in which case the
percentage of fat is read directly from the bottle;
or, what is more convenient, any amount from 4 to
8 grams may be taken. In the latter case, the
observed reading of fat bears the same proportion
to the percentage of fat in the substance taken that
the weight of the sample taken bears to 18; and the
percentage is found by multiplying the observed read-
ing by 18 and dividing the result by the weight of
the sample taken.
In testing butter and cheese, it is convenient to
use the bottles with detachable necks. A _ little
water should be added to the bottle before the
acid is put in, to aid in the solution of cheese.
Calibration of glassware.—The correctness of the
graduation of the glassware may be tested with more
or less accuracy according to the means at hand.
The bottles are all graduated on the assumption
that the tubes are of uniform ealiber. The O and
10 points are determined experimentally, and the in-
tervening space equally divided into 50 divisions
with a dividing engine. The spaces should, there-
fore, be of uniform size, and if the eye can detect
100 Milk and Its Products
any variation in the size of the spaces such bottles
should be discarded. Bottles inaccurate in this
respect are seldom met with now. When the test
was first introduced they were of frequent ocecur-
rence. Bottles may be readily tested with a pipette
of 2 e. ¢.* capacity. Fill the bottle carefully with
water to the 0 point, wipe out the neck carefully,
and drop in exactly 2 ¢.c. of water. It should
just fill the neck to the top of the graduation.
If delicate balances are at hand, the bottle may be
weighed full of distilled or clean rain water to the
0 point, and then again filled to the 10 point.
The difference in weight should be exactly:2 grams.
The -calibration will be still more accurate if mer-
ecury instead of water is used; 2 ec. c. of mercury
may be measured out, or, what is still better,
weighed. The specific gravity of mercury is 13.59 ;
two ec.c. will, therefore, weigh 27.18 grams. This
weighed or measured quantity of mercury is_ intro-
duced into a dry bottle, a close-fitting plug is then
inserted into the neck of the bottle exactly to the
top of the graduation, the bottle is then inverted ;
the mercury should exactly fill the graduated space.
The same portion of mercury can then be used to
test another bottle, and with care to have _ the
bottles dry, and to see that all of the mercury is
transferred each time, a large number of bottles can
be easily and quickly calibrated.
| The pipettes are best tested by weighing a
pipette full of either water or mercury; the former
* Cubie centimeter. See metric system, in Appendix,
Precautions in Sampling Milk 101
should weigh 17.6 grams, the latter 239 grams.
Any bottle or pipette that varies more than 2 per
eent from the standard should be discarded.
Sampling the milk.—The accuracy of the test
depends wholly upon getting an accurate sample of
the milk to be analyzed. A part of the fat so
readily separates from the milk in the form of
eream that milk cannot stand even for a_ short
time without the upper layer becoming richer and
the lower layers poorer in fat. Even in milk
freshly drawn from the cow, that in the upper part
of the pail will be considerably richer than that
below. The first step, then, in sampling milk is
that it should be evenly and thoroughly mixed.
This is best brought about by pouring from one
vessel to another: but if the milk has stood over
night and a layer of tough cream formed, the par-
ticles of cream will not be thoroughly mixed by a
single pouring from one vessel to another. In
all such cases, the sampling must not be done
until all visible portions of cream have disappeared
in the mass of the milk. Various forms of sam-
pling tubes or “milk thieves” have been devised for
taking .samples of milk. They serve the purpose
fairly well, but are not to be depended upon in
comparison with a thorough agitation of the milk.
Where the previous night’s milk is carried to the
factory, the agitation enroute and the stirring inci-
dent to pouring from the carrying can into the
weigh can are ordinarily sufficient to cause a pretty
complete mixture of the milk: but in cold weather
102 Milk and Its Products
it will frequently be noticed that the cream is not
thoroughly broken up. Under such conditions, extra
precautions must be taken to secure perfect sam-
pling.
Composite sampling.—In testing milk at factories,
it is more convenient to take a sample every day,
and make one test of the mixed samples at the end
of a week, ten days or two weeks. In order to do
this, it is necessary to provide a suitable receptacle
for the milk of each patron. (Pint lightning-top
fruit jars or milk bottles, or glass-stoppered sample
bottles, are most convenient.) To these bottles is
added each day a small portion of each patron’s
milk, together with some preservative for preventing
the milk from souring. The preservatives in com-
mon use are bichromate of potash, corrosive subli-
mate, and milk preservaline. Caustic potash and
soda may also be used. Neumann* claims to have
had as good results with ‘sodium nitrate as with
bichromate of potash. Most of these substances are
poisons, and render the milk unfit for use; the jar
should, therefore, be plainly labeled. For this purpose
colored corrosive sublimate is now in almost universal
use. It gives a distinct color to the milk, and only a
small quantity of it is necessary to prevent the milk
from souring. Whatever preservative is employed
should only be used in quantity sufficient to keep
the milk from thickening. Of the bichromate of
potash, an amount sufficient to color the milk a bright
lemon yellow is all that is necessary. In taking
*Milch Zeitung, vol. xxii. p. 526.
Measuring the Milk 103
composite samples, an amount proportionate to the
amount of milk delivered should be taken each day.
This is conveniently done by the use of the Scovell
Aliquot Milk Sampler, which, besides serving this
purpose, gives the advantages of a milk thief in that
it takes milk from all parts of the vessel. Where
the milk varies only a few pounds from day to
day, good results may be obtained by taking a uni-
form amount of milk for the sample each day, but
where the variation in quantity is considerable,
aliquot samplers are much to be preferred.
Making the test.—In preparing to make the test,
the same care must be used that the sample shall
be thoroughly mixed and _ perfectly uniform, that
was taken in mixing the milk when the sample
was drawn. In measuring the milk, the pipette
should either be perfectly dry, or rinsed out with
the milk to be tested immediately before measur-.
ing the assay. Where a large number of samples
are to be tested, the latter is found to be the better
practice. The greatest care should be taken that the
milk is accurately measured. The lower end of
the pipette should be placed about midway of the
sample of milk and the pipette filled by gentle
suction at the upper end. The milk should be
drawn into the tube above the mark on the neck,
and the end of the forefinger quickly placed over
the end of the pipette, the pipette being steadied
by the thumb and second and third fingers; hold-
ing it now on a level with the eye between the eye
and the light, the pressure on the _ forefinger
104 Milk and Its Products
should be gradually relaxed and the milk allowed
to flow out of the lower end drop by drop until
the upper edge of the milk rests exactly upon the
graduated mark on the side of the pipette. The
milk is then transferred to the test bottle, and this
should always be done by placing the end of the
pipette against the side of the neck of the bottle,
relaxing the pressure of the forefinger gently at
first, allowing the milk to flow down the side of
the neck. If this is not done there is danger that
the neck will become clogged, and a part of the
milk be blown out by the escaping air. When
all of the milk has flowed from the pipette, the last
few drops should be gently blown into the neck of
the test bottle. The utmost care must be taken
that all of the milk is transferred from the pipette
to the test bottle, and none allowed to escape.
The acid.—The next step is the addition of the
acid. The acid should be put into the test bottle in
such a way that it will rinse down any milk that
has adhered to the sides of the neck, and pass be-
tween the milk and the glass in reaching the _ bot-
tom of -the bottle. As soon as the acid is added,
the milk and acid should be shaken together with a
gentle rotary motion until all of the curd is com-
pletely dissolved, care being taken that no particles
of curd are thrown into the neck of the bottle.
The amount of acid used should be about the same
in volume as the milk, depending somewhat upon’
its strength. Ordinary commercial sulphurie acid
with a specific gravity of 1.82 will require about
Finishing the Test 105
17.5 cubic centimeters to completely dissolve 17.6
eubic centimeters of milk. If the acid is too weak
the curd will not be completely dissolved, and will
appear as a curdy, floceulent precipitate mixed with
the lower part of the column of fat. If the acid
is too strong, some of the solids of the milk will ©
be charred, and will appear as dark-colored, floc-
eulent particles, either mixed with the fat or im-
mediately under them, when the test is completed.
Slight differences in the strength of the acid may be
overcome by adding a little more or a little less, ac-
cording as it is too weak or too strong. but satis-
factory results cannot be depended upon unless the
Heid 15 Ot «the right strength: . vias, 182. spy or:
Convenient hydrometers may be secured for a_tri-
fling amount, so that any one may be certain of the
strength of his acid. The sulphuric acid should
be kept tightly corked in a glass-stoppered bottle,
because when exposed to the air, it takes up water —
rapidly, and soon becomes too weak. While it is
not necessary that the sulphuric acid should be chemi-
cally, pure, some of the cheaper grades of commer-
cial acid often contain impurities that seriously
affect the results, causing black specks to appear in
the neck of the bottle. A reasonably pure commer-
cial acid should always be used, and ean be secured
at a trifling cost above the impurer forms.
Whirling.—When the acid has been added and
thoroughly mixed with all of the samples, they are
put into the centrifugal machine and whirled steadily
for five minutes. At the end of this time the ma-
106 Milk and Its Products
chine is stopped, and the bottles are filled with
warm water to the bottom of the neck. They are
then whirled a second time for two minutes, when
water is again added up to about the 8 per cent
mark on the neck of the bottle, after
which they are given a whirl for one min-
ute. The bottles are then taken out and
--cread as rapidly as possible.
Reading.—The reading should be taken
at a temperature between 110° and 140°
F., at which temperatures the fat will be
completely fluid. The test should be made
in a room at a temperature not less than
70 F., or if the room is much eolder
some means should be taken to prevent
the bottles from becoming cool until all are
read. Much skill and facility can be
attained by practice in reading the bottles
“rapidly and accurately. In reading the
bottles, the reading should be made as
shown in the diagram, the lower reading
Fig.15. Dia. from the extreme lower curved surface
gram of neck
of Babcock (a, Fig. 15), and the upper reading from
test bottle ;
the reading the extreme top of the column of fat,
should be i
mado be- (b, not c, Fig. 15), the difference between
points a-b, the lower and upper reading giving the
percentage of fat. The reason for read-
ing in this way is that a small amount of residual
fat is left mixed with the other fluids in the bottle.
This is composed of the smaller globules of fat, and
the amount is practically uniform, and has been
Estimation of Solids not Fat 107
found to represent about the amount occupied by
the curved surfaces in the neck of the bottle,
due to the capillary attraction between the fat and
the glass. |
Cleaning the glassware.—Good results cannot be
secured unless the ‘glassware is kept. clean and
bright. This ean easily be done with very little
trouble. As soon as the bottles are read, and while
they are still hot, the contents should be emptied
out. The hot acid and water will carry out with
it the larger part of the fat in the neck of the
bottle. The emptied bottle should then be rinsed
once in warm water and once in hot water containing
some alkali, either washing soda or any of the va-
rious washing powders, and then rinsed with either
warm or cold water until they are perfectly clean.
With these precautions no difficulty will be expe-
rienced in keeping the bottles clean and bright.
By the use of the lactometer in connection with
the percentage of fat, a close approximation to the
percentage of total solids, or solids not fat, may be
made. Numerous formule for this purpose have
been devised. Their application is explained and il-
lustrated in Part A of the Appendix.
CHAPTER V
THE FERMENTS AND FERMENTATIONS OF MILE,
AND THEIR CONTROL
MiLK, when it is first drawn, is a limpid fluid
with a slight odor, mildly sweetish taste, and faint
alkaline reaction. In fact, milk often shows the
amphoteric reaction; that is, it will give the acid
reaction with blue litmus paper and the alkaline
reaction with red. Almost immediately after-it is
drawn, milk begins to undergo a change, and within
a short time will show a distinct acid reaction.
The degree of acidity inereases with the age of the
milk. Soon changes begin in the other milk con-
stituents, and in a comparatively short time, the de-
composition is so great that the milk ean no longer
be used for food. The sugar is the first constit-
uent of the milk to undergo change, afterwards
the albuminoids are attacked, and lastly the fats.
These changes are not due to any instability of the
organic compounds in the milk, but to the effect
of various vegetable germs that gain access to the
milk after it is secreted, and, living and growing
in the milk, bring about thc changes mentioned.
These changes are called fermentations, and _ the
agents that bring them about ferments. Milk con-
taining no germs of fermentation, or milk from
(108)
General Characters of Bacteria 109
which they have all been removed, is said to be
sterile. The germs found in milk belong to the
lowest orders of the vegetable kingdom. Most of
them are included in the bacteria, although many
yeasts and moulds are frequently found in milk.
The bacteria.—The bacteria are extremely minute
bodies consisting of a single cell filled with protoplasm.
They are of three general forms,—spherical (cocecus) ;
rod-like or cylindrical (bacillus), and curved or wavy
(spirillum). They reproduce by fission; that is, the
eell elongates slightly in the direction of its longer
axis, and a partition is formed across the cell trans-
versely, and two individuals exist where there was
but one before. These may break away and form
separate bacteria, but often they are kept together
in various ways. Many forms are endowed with
motion, and all require a liquid or semi-liquid me-
dium for growth and development, though many
may exist for long periods of time in a dry condi-
tion. Like other plants, in order to grow and de-
velop, the bacteria must have suitable food. They
require for their sustenance carbon, hydrogen, oxy-
gen and nitrogen, together with small amounts
of mineral matters. Organic compounds are more
available for food supply than simple _ inorganic
salts. Substances like sugar and the various al-
buminous compounds are admirably suited for their
food. In ordinary milk nearly all kinds of bacteria
find an adequate and easily available food supply
in a medium favorable to their growth, so that not
only the forms of bacteria ordinarily found in milk,
110 - Milk and ‘Its Products ‘Sen
»but almost any others, will readily live and erow
‘ should they gain access to milk. Nearly all forms
of bacteria, are sensitive to conditions of tempera-—
ture. The range of temperature in which they
thrive the best and grow most rapidly is rather
narrow, though there is a considerable range above
‘or below, in which they will still grow and develop.
The temperature at which any given germ will grow
most rapidly is called the optimum temperature, and
the optimum temperature varies widely with «the
various classes of* organisms, though by far the
larger number of bacteria find their optimum point
between 75° to 100° F., and a higher temperature
not only stops their growth, but if sufficiently high
kills them outright. A temperature of 135° F. kills a
large number of germs. Very few are able to live
above a temperature of 180°, and none can with-
stand the temperature of boiling water, 212°, ~ for
more than a few minutes. If heat is accompanied
by moisture it is much more effective, so that heat
applied in the form of live steam is the best means
of destroying the life of these. germs.. Under the
influence of cold the germs become inactive, and
some kinds are killed by a sufficient degree of cold,
but very many kinds are. able to withstand any ~
degree of cold possible to be prpduee for long Per
riods of time. ee
Under certain conditions bacteria ‘are dole to -as-
sume an inactive condition,:or spore form. In ‘do-
_ing this, the protoplasm shrinks into a hard, elisten-.
ing. mass, and: contracts toward one end of the cell,
Distribution of Bacteria 111
or the cell wall thickens and encloses the proto-
plasm. In the spore condition the bacteria are in-.
active, but are able to endure much greater extremes
of heat, cold or moisture than when active. When
the conditions of growth become again favorable, the
spore again becomes active, or is said to germinate,
_and the vital processes are resumed.
Bacteria are widely distributed through nature.
In fact, there are very few places where they may
not be found. They are so light and small. that
-they float readily in the atmosphere, particularly when
accompanied by particles of dust. They are found
in all rivers and streams, upon the surface of the.
earth, and upon all organic matter. In fact, they
are universally distributed. By far the larger num-
ber are not only perfectly harmless but positively
beneficial. They serve to transform dead organic
matter into its original condition, and so act as
scavengers. Others, like the milk ferments, bring
about specific changes in some definite substances,
while still others, a large class, are the _ specific
causes of various diseases in men and animals.
Presence’ of bacteria in milk.—In ordinary milk,
bacteria are“-always present in large numbers. These
gain access to the milk from the atmosphere, from
the -bodies of the animal and the milker, through
contact. -with the vessels into which the milk is -
_ drawn, and to some extent through the udder of the
animal. The milk when secreted is sterile. So
far as is known, no bacteria can pass through the
digestive organs and blood vessels of the animal
112 Milk and Its Products
and appear in the milk. If the udder is the seat
of disease due to the growth of bacteria, such bac-
teria may find their way into the milk duets and
infect the milk. In one other way the animal may
be said to be a source of infection with bacteria.
The end of the teat of the animal is always more
or less moist. Bacteria coming in contact with
such surface, moistened with milk, find there not
only food in proper form for their growth, but a
temperature sufficient to make them active. They
begin to multiply, and, working their way through
the orifice of the teat, find milk in larger supply, and
a temperature still more favorable for their growth.
They increase and multiply, under such conditions,
with remarkable rapidity, and so work their way
upward through the milk cistern and into the larger
milk ducts, so that the milk first drawn from the
animal always contains a greater or less number of
bacteria. For this reason it is not an easy matter
to secure perfectly sterile milk direct from the cow,
though with great care in disinfecting the udder
and removing the larger part of the milk from it,
perfectly sterile milk has been obtained.
Kinds of bacteria in milk.—Almost any of ~ the
known forms of bacteria may live and grow and oc-
casionally be found in milk. Normally, however, com-
paratively few forms of bacteria are present. The
greater part of these are forms which cause various
changes in the constituents of milk, and are known
as ferments, and the changes which they induce as .
fermentations. Beside these fermentations, there may
Kinds of Milk Fermentations 113
be found in the milk the bacteria of any germ dis-
ease with which the animal may be afflicted, or which
may be earried into the milk through the atmosphere,
the water used in cleansing utensils, or the persons
of individuals suffering from the disease.
The fermentations of milk.—The normal fermenta-
tions to which milk is subject may be conveniently
divided into three classes. First, those which feed
“upon and cause: changes in the milk-sugar, known as
lactic fermentations. Second, those that feed upon
and cause changes in the albuminoids of the milk ;
these in turn are of two classes, peptogenic and pu-
trefactive. Third, those which attack the fats, and
are known as butyric fermentations. Besides these,
which may be ealled normal fermentations, in that
they will easily occur in any sample of milk if left to
itself, there are a large number of other fermentations
which may be ealled abnormal, from the fact that
they occur only in isolated localities, or from time
to time. These abnormal fermentations include one
which causes the casein of milk to coagulate without
the development of lactic acid, known as sweet curd-
ling; another which causes a peculiarly ropy or slimy
condition of certain constituents of milk; still an-
other that results in the formation of an intensely
bitter product in the milk: an alcoholic fermenta-
tion, and several fermentations which result in the
production of various colors, collectively known as
chromogenic fermentations. An illustration of this
class is seen in the well-known ‘“‘ bloody bread,’’
which is caused by the growth of Bacillus prodigiosus.
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114 Milk and Its Products
This germ is occasionally found in milk, and imparts
to it a red color which is easily confounded with
the red color due to the presence of blood from a_
wounded udder. A single germ rarely occasions
more than a single fermentation. Often two or more
are combined in the fermentation, and in many eases
there are a large number of different germs that
bring about the same fermentation. This is notably
true of the lactic and putrefactive fermentations.
The effect of the various fermentations is such as to
destroy the value of the milk as such, if they are al-
lowed to proceed to any great length; but the manu-
facture of butter is greatly aided by many of these
fermentations, and the presence of certain germs is
absolutely indispensable to the manufacture of cheese.
Relation of milk bacteria to the human system.—By
far the greater number of germs ordinarily found in
milk are absolutely harmless, and may be taken into
the human system in large numbers with perfect
impunity, the germs of. specific disease excepted, and
with these latter it is the products formed from their
growth rather than the germs themselves from which
danger comes. There are probably no germs normally
found in milk that may be classed as harmful. This
is also true of a considerable number of fermen-
tation products resulting from the growth of the
germs in the milk. Many of these products give
to the milk or its product an unpleasant taste or
physical appearance, but are otherwise perfectly
harmless. There are, however, certain germs which
produce a fermentation which results in the forma-
7
The Lactic Acid Germ 115
tion of poisonous products. These products are the
causes of the serious or even fatal results that fol-
low the consumption of milk, cheese, ice-cream, or
other products containing them. ‘They are collect-
ively known as ptomaines. To one in _ particular,
that has frequently been found in cheese, the name
tyrotoxicon (cheese-poison) has been given. They
have been studied by Vaughn* and others, but
their origin is still obscure. The germs producing
these poisonous products are of comparatively _in-
frequent occurrence.
In general, the various classes of fermentations do
not readily take place at the same time. The active
growth and development of one germ acts more or
less as a retarding force upon the growth and de-
velopment of other germs.
Lactic fermentations.—Under this group we include
all of those germs which, living and growing in
milk, feed upon the sugar, causing it to change to
lactic acid. It was formerly supposed that the forma-
tion of lactic acid in the milk was entirely due to the
action of a single germ, described by Hueppe, and
ealled Bacillus acidi-lactici,; or the lactic acid germ.
It is now known that there are at least twenty different
germs that may produce lactic acid, and in all prob-
ability there are many more. The lactic acid germs
are the most common and most numerous germs
found in milk, and ordinarily the lactic fermentations
are the first to take place. They begin their opera-
* Vaughn-Novy. Ptomaines and Leucomaines, Philadelphia, 1896.
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tions almost immediately after the milk is drawn, and
continue until the maximum amount of lactic acid has
been produced. In the lactic acid fermentations one ©
molecule of milk-sugar (CizH20n -— H2O) breaks up
into four molecules of lactic acid (C3Hg03) without
the formation of any secondary or by-product. The
presence of the lactic acid serves to coagulate the
casein, so that curdling of the milk is always an
accompaniment of the lactic fermentation after it
has reached a certain stage. The presence of lactic
acid is unfavorable to the growth of the ordinary
germs of lactic fermentation, and when a _ certain
amount of lactic acid has been formed (about .8 of 1
per cent of the whole milk), the further develop-
ment of lactic acid ceases. In milk of ordinary
quality, this occurs when about one-fourth of the —
milk-sugar has been changed to lactic acid. If the
acid be neutralized with an alkali, the fermentation
will then proceed until another portion of milk-sugar
has been changed to lactic acid, showing that the
lactic acid simply prevents the growth of the germs,
and does not kill them. Lactic acid germs are most
active at temperatures between 80 and 100° F.; at
temperatures below 80° they gradually lose their ac-
tivity, and below 50° little or no lactic acid will be
formed. At these low temperatures they are simply
inactive, not dead. At a temperature of 105 F.,
the lactic germs become inactive, and a large propor-
tion of them are killed at a temperature from 135°
to 140° F. ; In milk, lactic acid fermentation means
simply souring, and it renders the milk unfit for use,
Putrefactive Fermentations ay
- almost wholly because the taste is unpleasant to
the ordinary palate. A- large amount of lactic acid
is, perhaps, injurious to young and delicate or weak
digestive organs, but ordinarily is harmless. * Lactic
acid fermentations are extremely important in the
processes of both butter and cheese manufacture,
and their relations to these processes will be dis-
—eussed in detail in the proper place.
Fermentations affecting the albuminoids.—These in-
elude ordinary putrefactive fermentations, peptogenic
fermentations, and fermentations resulting in the for-
mation of poisonous products. These fermentations,
as a rule, do not thrive in the presence of a strong
lactic fermentation, so that ordinarily they do _ not
manifest themselves in milk unless the conditions are
peculiarly favorable for thei development and un-
favorable for the development of lactic acid. Many
of the putrefactive fermentations will go on at a
lower temperature than the lactic fermentations do ;
hence it is often found, when milk is kept at a low
temperature in order to keep it from souring, that
after a certain time it becomes bitter or foul-smell-
ing. This condition is caused by some one of the
characteristic putrefactive fermentations. The putre-
factive germs also readily take on the spore form,
and in this condition are not so readily killed by
heat. The putrefactive fermentations usually result
in the formation of bitter or other unpleasant flavors
and disagreeable odors, and they are frequently ac-
companiéd by a considerable evolution of gas. Pep-
togenic fermentations are those which exert a pep-
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tonizing or digestive action upon the albuminoids.
By their action the casein is first coagulated, and
finally liquefied or changed into a peptone.
Butyric fermentations. — The butyric ferments at-
tack the fats, and result in the formation of bu-
tyric acid. They produce the peculiar condition
found in cream and butter known as rancidity, and
do not usually manifest themselves very strongly in
the milk.
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CONTROL OF FERMENTATIONS
Since fermentations always occur in milk that is
kept for any considerable time, and since they .exert
so powerful an influence, not only upon the milk —
but upon the products manufactured from it, the
question of their control is one of prime importance.
The three chief means of such control are: First,
prevention of infection ; second, prevention of the
growth of germs already present; third, destruction
of germs already present. ”
Prevention of infection. —The greatest source of
infection comes from the body of the animal and
from the air of the stable. The germs are «always
present, adhering to the hair of the animal, and par-
ticularly to any particles of dust or dirt. In order,
then, that the animal shall not be a source of infec-
tion, it is necessary that she be carefully curried
and the udder, teats, flank, thighs and lower parts
of the belly wiped off with a damp cloth immediately
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Prevention of Infection 119
before milking. It is of course necessary, also, that
the hands and clothes of the milker should be as
carefully attended to in this respect as is the body of
the cow. The bacteria find in the excrements abun-
dant food for growth and development, and are al-
ways found in large numbers where such excrements
are allowed to collect; and when dirt of this sort ac-
cumulates and becomes dried, the dust floating in the
-alr always carries with it large numbers of germs.
The germs are also found in large numbers accom-
panying the dust arising from hay and other dried
forage. This being the case, it is essential not only
that the stable should be kept scrupulously clean,
but that the air should be free from dust, partie-
ularly at times when milking is going on. Thor-
oughly sweeping and then sprinkling the stable
floors an hour or two before the milking will mate-
rially lessen the germ content of the milk.
Next to the stable, the dairy utensils are an im-’
portant source of infection with bacteria. They be-
come attached to the seams and corners of the. ves-
sels, and are not dislodged even with the most careful
eleaning, and when the fresh, warm milk is drawn
ito such vessels the germs immediately begin to grow
and develop. The most scrupulous care must, of
course, be taken in cleaning any vessels in which
milk is contained, but no vessel can be considered
safe so far as conveying germs is concerned unless
it has been exposed to the action of live steam for
at least three minutes, and then kept in a secure
place until needed for use. With these precautions
120 Milk and Its Products
in regard to the animal, milker and utensils, milk
may be secured with a minimum number of bacteria.
The difference in the number of bacteria in milk so —
drawn, and in milk earelessly drawn, may easily
amount to a difference of eighteen to twenty-four
hours in keeping quality under like conditions.
Holding at low temperatures. —If milk be immedi-
ately cooled to a temperature of 40° F., or thereabouts,
very little fermentation will go on, though it will be
frequently found that after three or four days the
milk or cream may have a more or less disagreeable
flavor, due to the presence of some germs that de-
velop slowly even at low temperatures. If low tem-
peratures are to be depended upon as a means of
keeping fermentations in check, it is, of course, of
prime importance that every precaution should have
been taken to prevent the access of germs to the
milk in the first place. The fewer germs the milk
contains to begin with, the more effective will low
temperatures be as a means of preservation. With
care in both these respects, milk or cream may be
-kept in a fresh and merchantable condition for a
week or ten days.
Destruction of germs in the milk.—A large number
of chemical agents is more or less destructive to
germ hfe. Many of them are so violent in their
action as to destroy the milk as well as the germs,
but there are many which are destructive to germ
life, with no effect upon the composition, odor or
flavor of the milk; but all of these without excep-
tion are more or less injurious to the human sys-
Antiseptics and Disinfectants . 121
tem, particularly if they are used continuously, even
though only in small quantities. Of the compounds
which may be used for this purpose, formalin, saly-
eilie and boraciec acids and their derivatives are un-
doubtedly the least injurious, but their use is not,
to be recommended under any circumstances. Some
attempts have been made to utilize the electric cur-
rent as a means of destroying germ life in milk ;
but they have so far proved ineffectual, and _ in-
stances are reported* where electrolysis of the milk
constituents occurred where a continuous current was
employed. Heat, then, is the only available agent
that can be used for the destruction of germs al-
ready present’ in the milk. This destruction of germs
in milk or any other fluid by means of heat is called
sterilization. In order to absolutely sterilize any sub-
stance, it is necessary that it should be subjected
to a heat of 212° to 240° F. for one hour on each-
of three successive days. This will kill not only the
germs that are in active growing condition, but any
spores that may be present. A lower temperature,
175° to 212° F., will kill actively growing germs, but
even at this temperature chemical changes are set up
in the milk which give rise to flavors known as
boiled or cooked flavors, that are disagreeable to a
large number of people. In order to overcome the
bad effects of heating at such high temperatures
another process, known as pasteurization, is used.
Pasteurization.—The name is taken from Pasteur,
*TL’Industrie Laitiére, April 1896.
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who discovered and used the process in controlling
the fermentations of wine and beer. It differs from
sterilization only in the degree of heat used, and, in
fact, may be properly called an incomplete or partial
sterilization. The destructive effect of heat upon
germ life depends both upon the degree of heat and
the length of time to which the germs are exposed.
A large number of germs are killed at temperatures —
from 133° to 140° F., while others are killed at tem-
peratures varying from 150° to 165° F. These latter
temperatures include the germs of all of the ordinary
ferments and most of the germs of specific diseases, |
including that of the tubercle bacillus. Since the
tubercle bacillus is the disease germ most likely to be
present, milk is ordinarily considered to be safe from
disease germs when it has been pasteurized at a tem-
perature sufficiently high to destroy it. This is a
temperature of 149° F. for thirty minutes, a tem-
perature of 155° F. for fifteen minutes, or a tempera-
ture of 167° F. for ten minutes, and these temperatures
have come to be looked upon as standard pasteuriz-
ing temperatures. Milk may be heated to 165° F.,
if quickly cooled afterwards, without developing a
boiled taste; so that it is possible that milk be
rendered safe from the germs of disease and free
from the ordinary germs of fermentation without
developing in it a _ boiled taste. But in order to
pasteurize milk safely, it is necessary that means
should be provided for cooling rapidly from the
pasteurizing temperatures to 50° F. or below.
Milk carefully pasteurized, as above described, will
Apparatus for Pasteurization 123
remain sweet thirty-six to forty-eight hours longer
at ordinary temperatures than milk not pasteurized,
from which germs have been excluded with ordinary
care. ,
The problem of successful pasteurization, then,
depends upon the means of raising the milk in a
short time to the required temperature, holding it
there uniformly for ten or twenty minutes, and then
cooling it rapidly to 50° or below. Several forms
of apparatus have been devised for this purpose.
Some of them are fairly perfect, but most of them
are lacking in some important point.. With the pres-
ent activity in regard to this subject we shall un-
doubtedly soon have much more perfect apparatuses for
this purpose than are at present available. The per-
fect pasteurizing machine should cover the following
points: Quick, perfect and uniform heating of the
milk; perfect control of the temperature; quick and.
uniform cooling; compact form; ease of cleansing;
absence of pumping arrangements; security against
re-infection during the process.
Selection of milk for pasteurization.—For the best ™
results in pasteurizing, it is also essential that the
milk be as fresh and free from fermentations as
possible. Russel and Farrington have found* that
milk that has developed as much as .2 of 1 per
eent of lactic acid is too sour for satisfactory re-
sults. Inasmuch as this amount of acid cannot
readily be detected by the senses of smell or taste,
*Wisconsin Agr. Exp. Station, Bulls. 44 and 52.
124 Milk and Its Products
Farrington’s alkaline tablets offer a very convenient
means of selecting milks that are suitable or un-
suitable for pastuerizing purposes.“ For this purpose
it is convenient to make the tablet solution (see
Chap. X.) by dissolving one tablet in each ounce
of water, or one tablet in 30 ¢. c. of water. Then
with a cup or other convenient vessel and a small
measure of any suitable size, the comparative acid-
ity of different milks can be readily and quickly de-
termined as follows: Put a measure full of milk
into the cup and add two measures of the tablet
solution. If the color disappears, more than .2 of 1
per cent of lactic acid is present, and the milk is too
sour for pasteurizing purposes. If the milk remains
pink, less than .2 of 1 per cent of lactic acid is pres-
ent, and the milk may be safely used. If it is
desirable to measure the amount of acid, each meas-
ure of solution may be roughly taken to represent
.1 of 1 per cent of acid. Thus, if the pink color
remains when one measure of the solution has been
added, the milk contains .1 per cent of acid. If it
require four measures of the solution before the pink
color is permanent, the milk contains .4 per cent of
acid. A convenient measure for this purpose is made
by soldering a piece of stiff wire to the side of a
No. 10 cartridge shell, after the manner of a milk-
measuring dipper.
CHAPTER VI
DETERMINATION OF BACTERIA IN MILK
Bacteria as a measure of dirt in milk.—Since a
chief source of contamination of milk with bacteria is
in dirty surroundings, the relative number of bacteria
in milk has come to be largely accepted as an index
of its quality with regard to cleanliness. As a matter
of fact, in certain of the higher grades of the market
milk, notably in “certified milk,” the standard of
quality is fixed by the number of bacteria per cubic
centimeter found in the milk, and if the number so
found exceeds a certain amount the milk cannot be
graded as “certified.” For these reasons it is neces-—
sary to make frequent determinations of the bacterial
eontent of milk. This is best and most accurately
done by a trained bacteriologist in a well-appointed
and equipped laboratory. However, the simple deter-
mination of. the number of bacteria in a given amount
of milk is not a difficult operation, nor does it require
a very elaborate or expensive equipment. There are
reasons why a dairyman, particularly one producing
certified milk, should have the means at hand for
making his own determination of the bacterial content
of his milk, the chief reason being that it enables
him to control the conditions and work from day to
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126 “Milk and Its Products
day, so as to check carelessness in any place, and
materially reduce the chances for contamination.
The outline of methods and apparatus given here-
with will enable anyone with a little skill and inge-
nuity to make bacterial determinations sufficiently
accurate for purposes of control in the production of
high-grade milk.
The laboratory.—In fitting out a small laboratory
for the determination of bacteria in milk, much can
be left to the ingenuity of the individual. It is neces-
sary to have the work done in a place as free from
dust and other contamination as possible. So, if the
room has to be used also for other purposes, it is well
to shut off or enclose with glass a small portion to be
used for this work alone, and in which the sterile
glassware, media and water may be kept, so that
everything is ready and convenient for use at any time.
Apparatus.—In choosing a sterilizer for glassware,
any kind of an oven fitted with a thermometer, and
in which a temperature of 150° C. can be maintained,
will do. For sterilizing media and water, an auto-
clave, that is, a steam sterilizer which is able to main-
tain a pressure of at least ten pounds per square inch,
is most convenient; there are also on the market
“high altitude” or Denver cookers that are satisfactory.
If neither of these is available, steamers or -simply
boiling water may be used. It must be remembered,
however, that, unless pressure is used, a greater period
of heat is necessary, and that with substances such as
gelatin and milk, which will not stand such treatment,
the intermittent method of sterilization must be used.
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Preparation of Media 127
The lists of glassware necessary for plating one
sample of milk and for preparing one liter of medium,
together with the necessary materials and apparatus,
are given at the end of this chapter, the actual amounts
being left to the discretion of the individual. They
may be readily secured from any firm dealing in such
materials. |
Some sort of an incubator is necessary. Very satis-
factory incubators are specially built for bacteriolog-
ical purposes, but, if it is necessary to economize, it
is possible to convert a poultry incubator for the pur-
pose, or a home-made incubator may be cheaply and
simply built by anyone with a little ingenuity. An
asbestos-lined box fitted with an electric hght and
thermostat is very satisfactory. The one factor neces-
sary is a constant temperature of 37° C. or 98.6° F.
Media.—It is possible to obtain agar or gelatine
already prepared from various bacteriological labora- -
tories. If, however, it is found necessary to make
the medium, the following directions may be used:
As a basis for this medium use nutrient bouillon, or
broth. This may be made either from the ground
beef or beef extract. Directions for making the bouil-
lon from ground beef are found in Moore’s Laboratory
Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology. It is much
easier to use beef extract and, for general purposes,
entirely satisfactory.
Measure out the following: ©
WWisttiGreme atte Deere. sacs ckil' ave Vaden etrabtoieae mete ice retaey meee 1 liter
Wishicis, Extract Of IBGef = aii, 2 is 25 celta. ot We ametees cllaPiopnatns 3 grams
IPSptone! CWALGOS i setae B.S. a) .cmcch Sale ee wtte et ley eter ene eee tobe 10 grams
128 Milk and Its Products
Place in the agate cooking-pan and weigh. Dissolve
carefully at a temperature not over 150° F. (60° C.)
It has been found that organisms develop best at
a reaction slightly but distinctly acid. That is, the
media should be + 1 per cent to phenol phthalein. In
order to standardize the media to this degree of
acidity, take 5 e. ec. of bouillon, and place in a por-
celain evaporating dish or white cup with about 45 c.e.
of warm water. Add a few drops of phenol phthalein
(8 per cent dry in 50 per cent alcohol). This is a
solution which is colorless when acid, but tinted pink
when alkaline. Stir and add to the solution in the
cup enough of the twentieth normal sodium hydroxid
solution from a burette to give it a clear, bright pink
color. This is the amount needed to neutralize 5 ¢. ec.
of the bouillon. In order to bring the entire amount
to +1 per cent, subtract 1 from the amount of twen-
tieth normal sodium hydroxide used; multiply this by
the number of cubie centimeters of bouillon, and
divide by 100. This result represents the amount of
normal sodium hydroxide to be added. After adding
the normal hydroxide, test the reaction again. It
should take 1 ¢c. c. of twentieth normal sodium hydrox-
ide to bring a pink ecolor with 5 e¢.ec. of bouillon.
This process is ealled titration.
After obtaining the desired acidity, boil briskly for
twenty minutes, restore weight, with distilled water,
cool and filter through filter paper into sterile flasks.
The bouillon is now ready to be made into either gela-
tine or agar, or it ean be sterilized and set aside
until needed. (See directions for sterilizing media.)
Sterilization of Media 129
Lactose agar.—To 1 liter of bouillon add 1.5 per
cent of agar (15 grams). Allow the agar to soak tor
one-half hour. Record weight, then add 10 grams of
lactose. Steam for 20 minutes, cool to 60° C.; titrate
to +1 per cent acidity, add the white of an egg
shaken up in 80 c.c. of water and steam for 20 to 30
minutes; then boil until clear, taking care not to
burn it. Restore weight by adding water, then filter
through cheese-cloth and absorbent cotton. The agar
should be clear and of a yellowish straw color. Fill
the test tubes, 10 ce. c. to a tube, plug them with
eotton and then sterilize them.
Gelatin.—To one liter of bouillon add 12 per cent
of a good grade of gelatin. Weigh the dish and
material. Dissolve the gelatin and titrate to 1 per
eent acidity, boil 15 minutes, cool, add the white of
an egg shaken with 30 c.c. of water, boil again for
15 minutes, restore weight, and filter through cheese-
cloth and absorbent cotton. Place in test tubes, 10
ec. c. per tube, plug and sterilize.
Lactose gelatin.—Prepare as for gelatin in previous
paragraph, using 15 per cent gelatin and 1 per cent
lactose (milk sugar). In filling the tubes, use exactly
8 c.c., if litmus is to be added, otherwise 10 ¢.c. per
tube; ote and sterilize as before.
Intmus.—Soak 100 grams of litmus cubes in 600
ec. c. of water for 24 hours. Filter through filter
paper and make up to original volume. Titrate the
litmus solution so that the acidity will be the same
as for media, viz.: +1 per cent. As it is too alka-
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line, titrate against one-twentieth normal hydrochlorie
acid, using litmus as its own indicator. (Litmus is
blue when alkaline and red when acid.) The neutral |
point will be recognized by the blue solution turning
reddish. If the neutral point of the solution using
phenol phthalein as an indicator is zero, then the
neutral point using litmus as an indicator would
require 2.5 ec. ec. more acid. Therefore, in order to
secure 1 per cent acidity to phenol phthalein, 5 c.e.
of the litmus solution would require 1.5 ¢.c. of
twentieth normal hydrochloric acid. As the litmus
solution is always alkaline, it will require normal acid; ~
the amount can be determined in the same way as in
titrating media. Sterilize litmus the same as water.
Normal sodium hydroxid (NaOH) and normal hydro-—
ehloric acid (HCl) .—These solutions had best be bought
from dealers. To make twentieth normal solutions, one
part of the normal is added to 19 parts of distilled water.
Sterilization.—In bacteriological work, it is neces-
sary to have all glassware, utensils and media sterile,
that is, absolutely free from organic life. It must be
remembered that media, bottles, flasks, ete., must be kept
plugged, otherwise they become contaminated. There-
fore, if a flask or bottle of media or water is opened, it
must be resterilized before using again. The methods
of sterilizing vary for the materials to be sterilized.
Cleaning glassware.—All glassware should be thor-
oughly washed with some good soap or soap powder,
rinsed in clear water, and allowed to drain. When
dry, the test tubes, pipettes, flasks and graduated
cylinders are ready to be plugged. With the forceps,
Cleaning the Glassware Vigal
pull off a piece of cotton of. sufficient size to fit into
the opening of the article to be plugged without dan-
ger of falling out or of sticking. Put the pipettes into
glass tubing which has been cut into lengths which
will hold the pipettes, then plug firmly both ends of
the tube or case. After plugging, the articles are
ready for sterilizing. Metal boxes holding a number
of pipettes may be used in place of glass tubes; and
when much plating is to be done, there is economy
of work and time in the practice, but there is greater
possibility of the pipettes becoming contaminated.
Place them with the petri dishes and glass bottles in
the hot-air sterilizer or oven. Tip the stoppers of the
glass bottles back, to prevent exploding. In many
laboratories, dilution bottles without glass stoppers are
used, plugs of cotton being substituted. This custom
permits the use of cheaper bottles. These should be
kept at a temperature of 150° C. for one hour, or
until the cotton plugs are slightly browned.
Water.—It is convenient to sterilize water in the
liter flasks. Fill the flasks three-fourths full and
plug them with cotton. If an autoclave is available,
sterilize water for one hour at 15 pounds pressure.
Otherwise, place the flask in boiling water, or steam
and hold for one and a half to two hours.
Bouillon, gelatin and agar.—Media ean be steril-
ized in an autoclave for 20 minutes at 10 pounds pres-
sure, or the intermittent method may be used. In
sterlizing by this method, the flasks or tubes of media
are steamed or placed in boiling water for 20 minutes;
then left at room temperature for 24 hours, and
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steamed again for 20 minutes after the material has
reached the temperature of steam. The third day they
are steamed again for 20 minutes.
Procedure for plating.—Wipe off the desk or table
with 5 per cent ecarbolic acid solution. Shake thor-
oughly twenty-five times, the sample of milk. Unless
the bacterial count of the sample is nearly known, it
is well to make three dilutions, with two plates per
dilution (six plates in all). The dilution should be
large enough so that not more than one or two hun-
dred colonies will develop on the petri dish. Thus, in
plating fresh milk, a dilution of 1:100, 1: 200 and
1: 1000 may be used. To make the 1: 1000 dilution,
measure out with a sterile pipette (care should be taken
in drawing out the pipette from the case that the
point touches nothing but the milk, and, if many pi-
pettes are kept in a metal case, each pipette should be
passed through a flame before using it) 1 ¢. ¢. of
milk, and put it in a sterile bottle containing 99 e. e.
of the sterilized water. Shake this thoroughly. With
another pipette, place 1 ec. ec. of the solution in a
petri dish, being careful to raise the cover of the petri
dish only high enough to introduce the mouth of the
pipette. Five-tenths of a cubic centimeter ‘of this solu-
tion would give a dilution of 1 : 200, while .1 would be
1: 1,000. If higher dilutions are needed, more bottles
may be used; for instance, if a dilution of 1 : 1,000,000
is wanted, arrange two bottles each with 99 e¢. e. of
water. Place 1c. ec. of milk in the first, shake thor-
oughly, take 1 c. ec. of this dilution and place in the
second. This is then ready to transfer to the plate.
Plating and Counting 133
Checks.—With a sterile pipette, place 1 ec. e. of
the dilution water in a sterile plate, and add the usual
amount of media. Also pour 10 ec. ec. of media
into a sterile, empty petri dish. If litmus is used,
make a third check with 2 c. ec. of litmus and 10 ¢. ¢.
of the media.. In this way the state of the material
may be determined. The following scheme from the
Iowa Bacteriological Laboratory Report will be of
value in estimating dilutions:
After the diluted milk is in the petri dish, if the litmus is
wanted, add 2 c. c. with a sterile pipette. If not desired, this
may be omitted. Melt the tubes of agar or gelatin, cool and
maintain at a temperature of 40° C. Finally, add 10 c. c. of the
nutrient media, either agar or gelatin as desired, being careful to
pass the mouth of the tube through a flame before pouring it.
Give the dish a revolving motion, to mix the diluted milk and
media, and then allow it to harden. Agar should be incubated
at’ 37° C. for forty-eight hours, while gelatin needs a temperature
of 20° C. for five days. When ready to count, place the petri dish
over a counting-plate and, with a hand lens, count the number of
colonies. If a counting-plate is not available, limes may be made
across the bottom of the plate with a blue pencil, for marking
glass to aid in counting. Each colony represents an original
organism. Multiply the number of colonies by the dilution, and
the result is the approximate number of organisms in the sample.
Repeat this with six plates, and take the average of them as the
final count. }
GLASSWARE NECESSARY FOR PLATING ONE SAMPLE OF MILK
9 petri dishes. 1 250 c. c. glass-stoppered
3 1c.c. (straight) pipettes. bottle.
1 2c. c. pipette. 1 graduated cylinder 100 c. c.
1 liter flask (water). 5 feet glass tubing, width 10 m.
1 250 c. ce. flask (litmus). m. or metal box. !
2 150 c. c. glass-stoppered 9 test tubes (Board of Health)
bottles. 1 counting plate.
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GLASSWARE NECESSARY FOR MAKING ONE LITER OF MEDIA
1 thermometer (Centigrade 2 funnels, diameter, 15 c. m.
scale). 1 flask (liter).
2 burettes—50 c.c. graduated 1 5c. c. pipette.
to: Jl ene: 2 agate pails.
APPARATUS
Steam sterilizer.
[Autoclave
Hot air sterilizer.
Or,
Steam cooker or high altitude cooker
| and
‘(Kitchen oven.
2 4-quart aluminium or agate kettles.
1 balances or scales (metric) sensitive to grams.
6 wire baskets.
1 hand lens.
1 Bunsen burner or alcohol lamp.
1 forceps.
MATERIALS
Beef extract (Liebig’s). . Litmus (cubes).
Peptone (Wittes). Cotton (absorbent).
NaOH (normal). Cotton, common.
HCl (normal). Phenol phthalein.
Agar (threads). Alcohol.
Gelatine (Gold Label). Filter paper—diameter 45 c. m.
Lactose (pulverized).
CHAPTER VII
_ MARKET MILK
IN GENERAL, any conditions which make milk
of better quality for manufacture, also make it of
better quality to be consumed as milk. These
conditions are not only those which have to do with
the composition of the milk, but any other influences,
as feed, health, care of the cows, or conditions of
cleanliness. Several conditions affect the quality of
milk intended for consumption as_ such. In the
first place, it must be of high quality so far as
the composition is concerned. Second, it must be
secreted from healthy cows, fed on pure food and
kept in clean stables. Third, it must be so treated
that the fat does not readily separate from the other
solids, and it must not readily undergo fermentation.
Last of all, it must be clean.
Cleanliness.—Sinee cleanliness is equally impor-
tant, whether the milk is intended for consumption
or manufacture, it is well to take this up in detail
first. All vessels used to contain milk should be
heavily tinned; pails, cans, and the like, that are
of the kind ealled ironclad are preferable on ac-
count of durability. An efficient means of attain-
ing cleanliness is in avoiding seams in the utensils.
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This is secured by the use of the pressed or seam-
less vessels wherever possible, and when it is not
possible to use these, by taking care that the joints
are completely and smoothly filled with solder. In
ordinary pails as found in the market this is never
done, and it is a matter of considerable importance
to the purchaser that all such seams be resoldered
before using. The tinware should be kept bright
and perfect. So soon as any rust spots make their
appearance, an entrance is given into the soft iron
for germs and small particles of decaying matter,
which are in consequence removed with much more
difficulty. Milk is much more easily removed from
vessels when it has not been allowed to become
dried upon their surface. If rinsed as soon as
emptied, tin vessels may be much more easily cleaned
than if allowed to stand for several hours. For
such rinsing, lukewarm water is much preferable to
cold or hot water. Cold water does not so readily
unite with the milk as warm water, and hot water,
by coagulating the albumin, may cause the milk to
stick or “cook on” to the sides of the vessel. The
process of cleaning vessels that have contained milk
should be: First, to rinse them thoroughly in Inke-
warm water; second, to wash them thoroughly with
the aid of some good soap or alkali, in water as
hot as the hand will bear; third, to thoroughly
rinse in hot water; fourth, to expose to live
steam from one to two minutes; fifth, exposure, if
possible, in bright sunlight from two to three hours.
With these precautions, not only will the tinware be
Methods of Securing Clean Milk 137
kept clean and bright, but no germs will find a
resting place in the crevices. The use of much
strong alkali is inadvisable, as it serves to cloud
and tarnish the tin, giving it a dull appearance. If
the vessels are exposed to steam until they are
thoroughly hot, and then placed in such position
that they will drain, no other drying will be necessary.
_ Having taken every precaution that the vessels
are thoroughly cleansed, the prevention of access
of dirt to the milk in process of milking is impor-
tant. To this end, the body, especially the lower
part of the belly and udder, of the cow should be
thoroughly brushed and preferably dampened just
before milking. The hands of the milker should
be clean and his clothes free from dust, and the
air of the stable should be free from dust. If
the stable floor is dampened, it will not only aid
in this respect, but in summer time will materi-_
ally reduce the temperature of hot and overcrowded
stables. With these precautions, we may expect to
secure milk containing a minimum amount of dirt;*
but with all these precautions, more or less dirt will
find access to it. And immediately after muilk-
ing, as much as_ possible of this dirt should be
removed by at once straining the milk through a
brass wire strainer of not less than fifty meshes to
the inch and three or four thicknesses of loosely
woven cotton or woolen cloth. The cloth strainer
not only removes fine particles of dirt, but also
*These directions will serve to secure milk that is reasonably clean. So
much importance is now placed on extreme cleanliness and there is so large a
demand for the extremely high grades of milk known as “certified,” that a
chapter on certified milk has been added to this edition.
138 Milk and Its Products
entangles a considerable number of germs, and hence
these strainers should be cleansed with great care,
and should be frequently renewed.
Treatment after drawing.—So soon as the milk is
drawn, it should be rapidly brought to a temperature
slightly below the surrounding atmosphere. While it
is being cooled it should be stirred to prevent the
eream from rising, and in milk that has been cooled
in this way there will be comparatively little tendency
afterward for the cream to separate from the milk.
Milk so treated is in an ideal condition for’ consump-
tion, even though the consumer may consider the ©
quality poor because of the slight tendency of the
cream to form on the surface. aera
Aération of milk.—Milk when drawn from the cow
contains a certain amount of dissolved gases. These
gases contain more or less
of what is known as animal
odor, the amount of this
odor depending very largely
upon the physical condition
of the animal at the time
the milk is drawn. Some-
times the amount is very
slight and scarcely notice-
able, at other times it is so
great as to be extremely of-
fensive. These gases and
the accompanying odor are
Fig 7 “Star”? milk cooler and easily rye
BA hy ee milk by exposure of the
A
DISCHARGE
Good Influence of Aeration 139
milk to the air during the process of cooling, and to
this extent aération of the milk is an advantage.
Various forms of aérators and combined aérators and
coolers have been devised, many of which are simple
and effective, and the best results follow their use.
In order to secure these results by
aération, however, it is necessary
that the apparatus used for aération
should expose the milk thoroughly
to: the air, should not be cumber-
some, and should be simple and ea-
sily cleaned; moreover, the process
of aération should always take place
in the purest atmosphere possible.
Delivery of the milk.—In_ ordi-
nary practice in the smaller towns _
and villages, and to a considerable Fig.17. Champion”
extent in the larger cities also, the. ®-
milk is placed in cans in which it is transported
from the dairy, and is measured out in small quan-
tities to each customer from the cans in which it was
originally placed. Where care is taken to cool the
milk, as described, and during the process of serving
the customers to keep the contents of the cans well
stirred, substantial justice is done each individual cus-
tomer in the matter of giving him the due proportion
of cream and skimmed milk. This has been well
shown in a trial made at the Cornell University
Agricultural Experiment Station* several years ago,
—>=
* Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 20.
140 Milk and Its Products
the interesting results of which are quoted below in
full detail :
To determine just how much variation there is in the fat.
of milk served to the different patrons of a route by dipping,
a member of the Station staff accompanied a milkman as he
went upon his route, and as the milk was about to be
served to various patrons, took samples for analysis. The
dipper, such as is ordinarily used by milkmen, was provided
with a long handle, so that it rested on the bottom of the
can when not in use. The milk was not stirred except by the
motion of the wagon and the raising of the dipper. Twelve
samples were taken, and yielded to analysis the following per-
eentages of fat:
INO ee 5, aes
ete ae 2 4 Taken from Can A.
Ses Nes 4.4]
Sinaia ia AnD
acne te gir creas ar ot} Taken from Can B. -
ot gis , (05)
as Sa 4.15
Toe - 4.02 Taken from Can C.
FE SOS) yO
6) 10 . 4.94
uaa if Ans Taken from Can D.
Sales i) . 4.85
The milk was contained in four 30-quart cans, marked
A, B, C and D. The samples were taken as follows:
No. 1.—Taken from A at 5.50 a. m., within a few rods
of starting.
No. 2.—Taken when the milk in A was half gone, at
6.10. Seventeen dips had been made since No. 1 was taken,
and three-fourths of a mile traveled.
No. 3.— Taken from the bottom of A at 6.20. Twelve dips
had been made since No. 2 was taken, and three-fourths of a
mile traveled.
No. 4.— Taken from the top of B at 6.10, three-fourths of
a mile from starting. .
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No. 5.—Taken from the middle of B at 7.20. Six quarts
had been added to B at 6.35, and two and one-fourth miles
traveled between taking samples 4 and 5.
No. 6.—Taken from the bottom of B at 7.55. One and
three-quarter miles traveled since taking sample 5.
No. 7. —Taken from the top of C at 6.20, one and one-
half miles from the ‘start.
No. 8.—Taken from the middle of C at 6.50. One mile
had been traveled since taking No. 7. At 6.35 six quarts re-
maining in the bottom of A, and about an equal quantity
bought of another dealer, had been added to C.
No. 9.— Taken from the bottom of C at 7.00. Fifteen
dips had been made, and a half mile traveled, since 8 was
taken.
No. 10.—-Taken from the top of D at 7.50.
No. 11.—Taken from the middle of D at a time when
the wagon had stood still for four minutes, with the dipper
resting on the bottom of the can. Time, 8.15, and one mile
traveled since 10 was taken.
No. 12.—Taken from the bottom of D.
A second and third trial gave similar results.
SECOND TRIAL.
a. b. Average.
Samplel .. . 4.86 4.78 4.82 (Before starting.)
Sample 2 .. .4.71 4.71 (Top of ean.)
Sample 3 . . . 4.82 4.82 (One-third gone.)
Sample 4 .. . 4.83 4.74 4.78 (Two-thirds gone.)
Sample5 ...4.73 4.82 4.77 (Bottom of can.)
THIRD TRIAL.
Ate ee es Average:
Sample te... 14:20 4.16 ~ 4:18 (Top of ean.)
Sample2 .. . 4.11 4.00 4.05 (One-fourth gone.)
Sample3 ...4.13 4.01 4.07 (One-half gone.)
Sample 4 .. . 4.15 4.04 4.09 (Three-fourths gone)
Sample5 .. .4.01 °4.00 4.00 (Bottom of can.)
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These results were abundantly confirmed by a sim-
ilar series made by Dean in Canada.*
The removal of the covers of the cans in the dusty
and dirty streets always results in considerable contam-
ination of the milk, hence the practice of putting the
milk into bottles upon the farm and
delivering these bottles intact to the
consumer, has rapidly increased since
its introduction, some ten years ago,
and is now in almost universal use.
When the bottles are used, the milk
should be put into them as soon as it
is drawn, strained and cooled; they
should then be sealed and kept in a
cool place until ready for delivery.
This method of delivery, although
it entails a greater expense in outfit
and transportation and a considerable
loss from breakage, is much to be
preferred to the old manner.
Milk so handled, and kept at a
PS Seana ae temperature between 45° and 50°
ae F., should be in good condition
sixty hours after it is drawn. Its life can be pro-
longed by ‘pasteurization, and the lability to trans-
mission of diseases through the milk at the same
time reduced to a minimum, but whether pasteuriza-
tion should be relied upon for these purposes is
still somewhat of an open question. In so far as
immunity from diseases which may be present in the
* Ontario Agricultural College, Bulletin No, 66.
Healthfulness of Skimmed Milk 143
cows is concerned, official inspection of the herds
is undoubtedly a greater safeguard than dependence
apon pasteurization or sterilization; and so far as
the liability of transmission of other diseases is con-
cerned, the milkman who is eareless in regard to
the cleansing of his utensils would quite as likely be
eareless in the pasteurization or sterilization process,
so that reliability of the milkman is an important
factor in the purity of the milk supply, no matter
what other precautions are taken.
Bad flavors in milk.—Milk may be unfit for con-
sumption for reasons other than the presence of
dirt or infection with bacterial germs. The cow
herself is often responsible for bad flavors in miik.
When lactation is far advanced the milk often has
a disagreeable salty taste. In extreme cases it may
even be described as acrid or bitter. While there
is nothing particularly unwholesome about such milk,
its bad flavor makes it unfit for food, and if the
cow is within two months of calving, she should be
allowed to go dry at once. If the time before ealv-
ing is longer than this, the bad fiavor may often be
remedied by taking care that the cow has plenty of
succulent food, as roots or silage, and particularly
that the proportion of dry, fibrous food is reduced
to a minimum.
Digestive disorders of any sort in the cow are
frequently accompanied by strong flavors in the
milk. These flavors are not to be attributed to the
food, but to the bad condition of the animal, and
they normally tend to disappear when tlie digestive
144 Milk and Its Products
organs regain their tone. Disorders of this sort
are especially likely to occur when cows that have
been poorly fed during the winter are suddenly turned
on fresh rank pasture in the spring. 7
Quality of milk for consumption.—The fat is the
most variable and the most valuable constituent of
the milk, so that milk is ordinarily considered to be
of value for human food in proportion to the amount
of fat it contains, but where it is to be used as
a food in large quantities, the fat may frequently
be present in too large quantities for the digestion
of many persons. Milk containing about 4 per
cent of fat is probably an ideal food for the gen-
eral mass of human beings. If there is above 5
per cent of fat the other solids are somewhat out
of proportion, and many are likely to have trouble
with their digestion from using large amounts of
such milk. On the other hand, if there is less
than 3 per cent of fat, the casein and other solids
are in too great proportion to the fat, and are less
readily digested. The question of the healthfulness
of milk from which a large part of the fat has been
removed is one frequently discussed. The removal of
the fat does not thereby in any way injure the other
solids; they are still there, and still as useful for
food as before the fat was removed, only in con-
suming such milk as food the fat must be supplied
in some other way. For the person of vigorous
digestion, who for reasons of economy desires to
supply the fat required by his system in some
eheaper form than that of milk fat, skimmed milk is
Legal Standards for Milk 145
a wholesome and nutritious article of diet, which
furnishes to the system almost the same sort of
nutrients that lean meat, eggs, or foods of like na-
ture do, and no one should be debarred by legisla-
tive or municipal enactment from using such an
article of food if he so desires.
Control of milk supply.—Since milk is so extremely
variable in quality, and is so easily adulterated ;
since often considerable variations are not readily
detected; above all, because the amount of milk -
used by any given person or family is compara-
tively small, the consumer of milk is_ almost
wholly at the mercy of the producer and dealer, and
must rely for a good product very largely upon their
honor. The state has recognized this, and to pre-
vent imposition by unscrupulous people, has in
various ways sought to regulate the sale of milk and
like products. The chief means used has been to -
establish arbitrary standards of quality, and to subject
to fine those dealers whose goods should be found
to be below the required standard. The standards
established by various states and municipalities have
varied widely. From 2.5 to 3.7 per cent of fat,
and from 11.5 to 138 per cent of total solids, have
been the minimum requirements. (See Appendix C.)
These standards, while efficient in securing honest
dealing where they are rigidly enforced, nevertheless
may work injustice, so far as the honesty of the
dealer is concerned, under various circumstances, and
may prevent the production and sale of a compara-
tively low quality product at a reasonable price. It
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146 Milk and fts Products
would seem, therefore, that the best means of regulat-
ing the traffic in milk would be, not to set up an
artificial standard to which all must come, but to
require each individual dealer to guarantee his own
standard, and hold him responsible if his milk were
found below. In this way it would be possible to
sell milk of various qualities, from strictly skimmed
to heavy cream, upon a graduated scale of prices,
with exact justice to every one.
Cream for consumption.—Since the introduction of
the centrifugal separator, the use of cream as an
article of diet and for household purposes has very
rapidly increased, and the amount of cream so used
now represents a very considerable proportion of the
total production of milk. The sale of cream to con-
sumers is usually carried on in connection with the
sale of milk, and the conditions of care and cleanli-
ness necessary in the one case apply equally well to
the other. Cream, however, is much more generally
delivered in bottles than is milk, and since the daily
quantity used is smaller, there is a greater demand
that it should keep sweet for a longer time. For this
reason it is still more important that cream should be
kept, so far as possible, free from contamination with
germs of fermentation, and at a comparatively low
temperature from the time it leaves the separator
till it goes into the consumer’s hands; and of course
the fresher and freer from germs the milk is when
separated, the better will be the keeping qualities of
the resulting cream. Milk containing more than .2 per
cent of lactic acid should not be used for the pro-
Oream for Consumption 147
duction of cream for commercial purposes. “ With
eare it is not difficult to produce cream that will
remain sweet for four or five days or even a week.
| Pasteurized cream.—For the sake of its better keep-
ing qualities cream that is to be used for commercial
purposes is often pasteurized. If it is pasteurized at
155° F. for 10 minutes and quickly cooled to 50° F.
or below, and bottled in sterile bottles, it will keep,
with ordinary precautions, for a week or more.
Cream so pasteurized will have no perceptibly cooked
taste, but it will be considerably thinner in consist-
ency than cream of a like percentage of fat that
has not been pasteurized, because the pasteurization
greatly and permanently reduces the viscosity. Ow-
ing to the fact that the “quality” or richness of the
eream in fat is, in popular estimation, almost wholly
in proportion to its consistency, this lack of con-
sistency in pasteurized cream is a matter of consid-
erable commercial importance. Babcock and Russel*
have shown that the consistency may be _ restored
by the addition of a small amount of a solution
of lime in cane sugar, to which they have given
the name viscogen. The amount added is so small
(about 1 part to 150 of cream) that, while the con-
‘sistency is perfectly restored, the cream is. not
affected in odor, taste or composition; but since |
the addition of anything whatever to milk or cream
is prohibited in many states, cream to which vis-
cogen has been added skould always be sold under
a distinctive name, as visco-cream. For preparation
of viscogen, see Appendix A.
~ * Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, 13th Report, p. 81.
148 : Milk and Its Products
Quality of cream.—The most unsatisfactory thing
about the sale of cream, commercially, is its varying
percentage of fat. Since cream is merely milk into —
which a greater or less proportion of fat has been
gathered, it follows that cream may be anything
that the seller can induce the puchaser to accept
under that name, and may contain anywhere from 6
or 8 up to 60 or 70. per cent of fat. Where cream
is raised by the gravity process it will contain from
18 to 22 per cent of fat; but where it is separated
by centrifugal process the separator can be so
adjusted as to take cream of almost any fat con-
tent desired.
A moderately heavy cream is quite as useful and
desirable for table and domestic purposes as one ex-
cessively rich.in butter-fat. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has recommended a minimum
standard of 18 per cent fat for cream for commer-
cial purposes. Such a cream is rich enough for most .
table and domestic use, and is one that can easily
be produced by a gravity process. Very many state
laws have recognized the federal standard, though
other standards are also in force (see Appendix C).
CHAPTER VIII
CERTIFIED MILK
Definition.—Commercial certified milk is a com-
paratively new product in this country, and, strictly
speaking, includes milk the qualities of which, especi-
ally those that depend upon strict sanitary precau-
tions, are certified to or guaranteed by some official
organization, usually a milk commission, appointed by
a medical society or a board of health. Such com-
missions maintain a somewhat strict supervision over
the production and handling of the milk, and certify
to its quality as to cleanliness, purity and composition.
This guarantee, or certification, gives the consumer a
fairly satisfactory assurance that he receives milk of
superior quality. In a somewhat broader sense, the
term certified milk may include milk of like quality
produced with equal care, although it may not be
certified to by any official organization. Originally
the term certified milk was copyrighted, and rightly
used only by a medical society in New Jersey that
first certified to milk in the United States.
Origin of certified milk.—Primarily, certified milk
was produced for infant-feeding and for hospital use.
The high mortality of infants in the great cities led
boards of health to seek for a purer and more
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150 Milk and Its Products
wholesome product for this particular purpose. The
expense of producing milk of this particular grade
is necessarily great, as the labor involved is very
much more than that required to produce ordinary
market milk, and the continual oversight by trained
men unavoidably increases the cost of production very
materially. Certified milk differs from pasteurized or
sterilized milk in this important essential. The
former is kept as clean and as free from foreign
matter as possible, while the latter is treated usually
to some degree of heat, to kill and prevent the
growth of objectionable bacteria. Perhaps the most
ideal condition for the consumption of milk is secured
when the. milk is drawn by the young directly from
the mammary glands of the mother. However, when
the dairyman attempts to serve his customers in the
great cities, hundreds of miles from the source of
production, with a like quality of milk, many difficul-
ties are encountered, some of which are discussed in
the following pages. It is the aim of the producer
of certified milk to approach as nearly as possible
the ideal condition above mentioned by excluding all
foreign matter and by keeping the milk at a low
temperature.
Certified milk has been kept for months in a per-
fectly sweet condition. It has been sent from the
interior of this continent to Europe, and returned with-
out any indication of souring. After such a journey
or length of time, it would not, however, be considered
as safe for food as the fresh product, even though it
had not soured to any perceptible degree.
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Standards.—The commissions that are now super-
vising the production of certified milk have established
various standards as to composition and bacterial con-
tent. Most of -these standards exclude from certitica-
tion milk that has a general bacterial content of more
than from 10,000 to 30,000 per cubic centimeter, and
the requirement as to fat-content is usually some-
what more than 4 per cent. It is not at all uncom-
mon for careful producers to secure milk having but
a few hundred. bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Production.—In the production of certified milk, it
is quite essential that the stables be constructed with
particular reference to cleanliness. As the labor in-
volved is one of the most important factors in the
expense of production, the ease with which the stable
may be-kept clean becomes an important factor. As
wood was formerly the cheapest of the building nia-
terials in this country, it was used largely and, in many
eases, almost exclusively, in the construction of sta-
bles; but, as the certified milk producer desires the
most sanitary and at the same time the most durable
structure, he has eliminated wood as a building ma-
terial to a large degree. While glazed tile and glazed
brick make a most ideal structure, yet their expense
in most cases prevents their use in the construction
of stables that are to prove financially a paying invest-
ment. Modern methods of cement construction are
proving quite satisfactory. The floors, walls, and
even the roof, are sometimes constructed of this ma-
terial and seem to meet, fairly well, the requirements
of a stable for the production of certified milk. Mod-
152 Milk and Its Products
ern methods of waterproofing the stable floors have
overcome quite largely the objections that were for-
merly made to cement because it was damp, and con-
sequently a great conductor of heat.
It is important that the stables be constructed with
particular reference to ventilation. It is essential that
the air in the stable shall be comparatively fresh at
all times. While there is no accepted standard or
easy means of determining the purity of the air in
the stable, yet it may be said that it will be sufficiently
pure when, on entering the stable from out-of-doors,
the air presents a fair degree of freshness, with no
marked animal odors or perceptible staleness. If such
odor or staleness is obvious, the stable should be
considered not sufficiently well ventilated.
As dust is a great carrier of bacteria, it is impor-
tant to admit only pure air and to have all dairy-rooms
and stables as free from dust as possible. When con-
ditions will permit, it will be found an advantage to
have as much as possible of the grounds surrounding
the stable covered with turf. This will prevent, to a
considerable degree, the entrance of dust in the sta-
ble, particularly during the dry summer months when
it is most difficult to produce milk having a low
bacterial content.
Sanitary stables.—It is important that sunlight be
permitted to enter the stables. This feature is con-
sidered of so much importance by some milk producers
that they endeavor to arrange their stables so that
the sunlight may be permitted to enter on one side of
the stable in the forenoon and on the other side in
Construction of Stables 153
the afternoon. This is most desirable during the
winter months, in order to give as much direct sun-
light as possible to the stables, because of its effect in
promoting the general health of the cattle, as well as
in destroying or rétarding the development of bacteria.
The amount of window surface in the cow-stable
should at least be sufficient to provide four square feet
of clear window surface per cow. If this amount, or
more, is provided, and the windows are fairly well dis-
tributed, the stable will be sufficiently well lighted for
all practical purposes. While some may desire more
than this, yet, if the building is so situated that the
windows will admit direct sunlight, the window surface
stated will be quite sufficient.
In constructing a stable, it should be made suffi-
ciently large to give each animal at least 600 cubic
feet of air space. If a less amount is provided, +
will be found more difficult to keep the air pure with-
out causing perceptible drafts of air produced by ven-
tilation. The ideal ventilation secures a_ gradual
change without producing drafts, and yet sufficient to
maintain the desired degree of freshness.
The ease with which the stable may be cleaned is
an important consideration. Not only should it be so
constructed that it is easy to remove the voidings of
the animals, but it is necessary to prevent accumula-
tions of dust in any part of the stable, as well. It is,
of course, impossible to so construct a practical stable
that dust will not settle in some places. This, how-
ever, should be removed frequently, so there shall be
no accumulation.
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Selection of the cows.—It is important that none but
sound, healthy cows be selected for the production of
certified milk. The strongest and most vigorous organ-
izations not only produce milk best in quality, but
are most certain to stand the strain incident to the
trials of heavy dairy feeding. It is also important
from a financial standpoint that none but heavy
milkers be selected, as the labor of caring for the
animals is so great as to make light milkers even
more unprofitable in the certified milk stable than on
the ordinary farm. Sufficient care should be exercised
to select cows that have sound and normal udders.
Those that have at some time been affected with gar-
get, even though apparently fully recovered, should be
regarded with suspicion. It is well understood that
some cows, although apparently in a perfectly normal,
healthy condition, produce milk having a somewhat
high bacterial content. While these cows are not so
desirable, yet it is impossible to weed them out with-
out making one or more bacterial examinations of the
milk of each individual. Cows that show any indica-
tion of irritation at milking time are not desirable.
Any unnecessary movement tends to produce more or
less dust, particularly in the winter time, when the
stable floors’ are partially or wholly covered with
litter.
Provision should be made to remove all cows from
the certified milk barn that have reached the period
of lactation when they are known as strippers. On
the other hand, they should not be placed in the certi-
fied herd until they are surely over the trials of par-
Cleaning and Care of Cows 155
turition. ‘Ten days from calving should usually elapse
before using the milk as certified.
Care of the cows.—It is customary to clip the hair
from a considerable portion of the rear of the cow,
particularly from the udder, flank, tail, thighs, etc., to
facilitate the ease of keeping them clean. Anything
that will tend to promote the ease in keeping the
eows or the stable clean and, at the same time, not
detract from the comfort of the animal, will aid ma-
terially in the production of pure milk. In order to
prevent the brushing of dust or dirt from the cows
by the milkers at milking time, the cows should be
thoroughly groomed each day, and lightly groomed or
thoroughly brushed before each milking. It should
constantly be borne in mind that dust and all fine
particles of dirt carry large numbers of bacteria, and
that the most successful producer of clean milk
devises means by which these undesirable foreign °
products may be most perfectly excluded. Conse-
quently, the cows should not be fed just before
milking time any food that is lable to cause any dust
or disagreeable or objectionable odors in the stable.
The time for feeding the dry, coarse fodders is
immediately after milking, so that the stable may be.
~ most effectually free from the dust incident to feed-
ing. It is important, also, to use litter or bedding
that will make as little dust as possible. Clean, dry
pine shavings are popular on this account. While
fine-cut wheat or rye straw may be used, yet the
shavings are preferred by most dairymen on account
of cleanliness and ease of handling.
156 Milk and Its Products
Care of the stable.—The thorough cleansing of the
stable is an important factor in the production of
clean milk. Not only should the stable be thoroughly
cleaned of the voidings, but it should be washed eare-
fully every day. If the cows are kept in the stable
most of the time, it should be cleaned of voidings
two or three times daily.: The thorough cleaning of
the stable is an important aid in keeping the stable
air comparatively fresh. An abundant supply of
water, under pressure, that may be forced through
a hose, is, of course, very desirable. If the water
supply is somewhat limited, or the use of a hose not
permitted, the use of disinfectants is oftentimes resorted
to, and undoubtedly is a very great aid in maintain-
ing a low bacterial content in the milk. However,
the use of disinfectants cannot take the place of
thorough cleansing, as the disinfectants will not pre-
vent dust from accumulating. Before each milking,
the stable should be freed from dust as perfectly as
possible. Various means are employed to accomplish
this end. Where water is at hand, under sufficient
pressure to produce a fine spray, spraying the whole
interior of the stable is an effective means of allay-
ing the dust. When this cannot be done, some suc-
cessful dairymen turn live steam into the stable in
sufficient amounts to perfectly clear the stable of all
dust. As this steam condenses, and falls, it carries
the particles of dust with it. This, as does spraying,
tends to dampen the litter and those parts of the
cows that are not washed, and thus prevents dust by
any movement of the cows.
Necessary Precautions in Milking 157
Milking.—In the production of certified milk, clean-
liness all along the line is most essential, and the
cleanliness of the -milkers and their wearing apparel
is quite important. The milker should be scrupulously
elean, and should wear clean clothing, preferably cot-
ton suits that will readily show any accumulation of
dirt. Each milker should be provided with a clean
suit as often as every day. After the dust is removed
from the stable by spraying, or by the other means
described above, before the milking commences, the
eows should be thoroughly washed on those parts
. that are likely to come in contact with the milker,
such as the sides, thighs, udder, tail, ete. These parts
should be washed in at least two waters, to the first
of which should be added some odorless disinfectant.
After the last washing, the parts should be wiped with
a damp cloth so there is no danger of dripping. Then
the cows are ready to be milked. Practically without’
exception, the milkers in a certified barn use some
kind of covered pail. There are several kinds of
covered pails with various-sized openings on the mar-
ket, from which choice may be made. They are, how-
ever, pretty well agreed that milking through a strainer
- is not to be commended. It undoubtedly is a most
excellent practice to strain the milk of each cow sepa-
rately. This gives the dairyman an opportunity to
reject the milk from any cow that does not seem to be
quite normal. Occasionally an individual produces a
little slightly stringy milk that would not be detected
by the milker, but can be rejected at straining time
if the milk from each cow is strained separately.
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Pure Air in Stable and Bottling-room 159
The milk should be removed from the stable imme-
diately after it is drawn. It is needless to say that
‘the milking should always be done with dry hands.
After carrying the milk of one cow from the stable,
the milker should thoroughly wash and wipe his hands
before returning to milk another.
It is equally important that thorough cleanliness of
both vessels and air be maintained when the milk is
removed from one vessel to another. The question of
providing pure air that is free from dust for the
straining-, cooling- and bottling-rooms, is sometimes a
difficult one to solve. During the winter months,
when the ground is covered with snow, it is not so
difficult; but when, during the summer,: the air is
more or less dust-laden, it is not easy to free it from
dust before admitting it to the milk-room. Where
large quantities of milk are handled in close proximity
to the sterilizing apparatus, the air becomes heated.
and requires frequent changing, so that it is difficult
to ventilate and admit none but pure air. It is very
much better to admit air to the cooling- and bottling-
rooms through a flue of a considerable height, as the.
air near the ground is more likely to be dust-laden
than that higher up. When an abundance of water
under pressure is at hand, an effective and most satis-
factory means of ventilating is to foree the air down a
flue and into the room by means of one or more fine
sprays from an ordinary fine-spray nozzle, placed at
or near the top of the flue. This not only drives the
air into the room, but it removes the dust before it
enters. One of the most successful dairymen, who
160 Milk and Its Products
has not the advantage of water pressure, pumps the
water to the top of a flue, and permits it to run
through small apertures and drop like rain, thus caus-
ing a current of air down the flue and, at the same
time, freeing it from dust.
Milk should be cooled as soon as possible after it
is drawn from the cow, and the temperature should
not be allowed to rise until it is in the consumers’
hands. While every precaution should be taken to
exclude dust or dirt of any kind from the milk, it is
yet necessary to strain the milk before cooling through
sterilized strainers of cotton wool.
Immediately after cooling, it should be bottled, and
the bottles packed immediately in the receptacle in
which they are shipped. When the milk is to be
shipped considerable distances, it is customary to pro-
tect the cap with which the bottle is sealed with either
paraffin or some sort of lead foil, paper, or tin caps.
Some of these caps are attached to the bottles with
lead seals, so that it is impossible to remove the con-
tents without breaking the seals. Certified milk bot-
tles are usually packed in eases carrying twelve quarts,
and are sufficiently large to hold enough crushed ice to
withstand a shipment of three or four hundred miles.
Care of utensils.—It is necessary to exercise the
greatest care in washing the bottles and preparing
them for filling They should be thoroughly washed
with water containing soap or cleansing powder, and
then rinsed, preferably by an arrangement that will
permit each bottle to be rinsed with pure water that
does not come in contact with any other bottle. After
Cooling and Bottling 161;"
rinsing, they should be drained, placed mouth down-
ward, and sterilized, preferably with steam under a few
pounds pressure. .There are some machines on the
market that will fill the bottles and cap them without
the attendant handling either bottles or caps. When
the bottles and caps are both sterile, this, of course,
is a somewhat desirable feature. There is no reason
whatever why just as good results may not be obtained
in smaller plants, if the operator desires to fill the
bottles by means of a pitcher or dipper or some other
convenient vessel, and, as a matter of fact, this
method has been employed by some very successful of
the smaller producers. In certified milk plants, where
large quantities of milk are handled, some of the
modern bottle-filling machines prove quite satisfactory.
Some dairymen set the bottles in ice-water as soon
as they are filled and capped, in order to secure the
quickest cooling. Others prefer to place the bottles
in the shipping cases and cover with finely crushed ice.
All vessels that are used in the handling of milk
should be thoroughly washed, rinsed, and sterilized,
preferably by steam under pressure. In _ sterilizing
cans and pails, it is quite important to have them
placed in the sterilizer mouth downward.
Cost of production.—The cost of production of cer-
tified milk will depend quite largely on the location
and arrangement of the barns, stables, bottling-rooms, .
etc., as well as the ease and convenience by means of
which suitable roughage and concentrates may be
secured and handled. It is also difficult to secure
efficient labor for the cleaning and milking, and to
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162 Milk and Its Products
keep them profitably employed during the whole day.
As milk is usually packed in ice for shipment, easy
access to a shipping-station. becomes an important
factor. Since for every pound of milk shipped there
will be at least three pounds of extra weight in ice,
bottles and cases, the breakage of bottles also adds
materially tc the cost. Under present conditions, the
cost of producing and delivering certified milk at the
shipping-station may be estimated, from a conservative
standpoint, to be at least twice that of good market milk.
The various commissions that superintend the pro-
duction and marketing of certified milk as yet have ©
not agreed upon and adopted a uniform standard;
consequently there is considerable variation as to the
requirements, and some dissatisfaction among the pro-
ducers of certified milk at what seem to them to be some-
what arbitrary rulings. This feature has undoubtedly
deterred some from entering this field of production
who otherwise might have done so had they been
permitted to have complete control of their business.
The high cost of certified milk is undoubtedly the
chief factor in preventing its more general use.
There are, however, many people in our cities who
desire milk of this grade, but, as they are pretty
well scattered over the residence districts, the cost of
delivery, as well as the cost of production, compared
to that of ordinary market milk, seems to many to be
excessively high. At the present time, under the
existing requirements, the demand for certified milk
in the cities of the United States seems to be fairly
well provided for.
CHAPTER IX
SEPARATION OF CREAM
CREAM is that part of milk into which a large
portion of its fat has been gathered. It is com-
posed of the same constituents as milk, but they
are not in the same or any constant relative pro-
portion. Cream is separated from milk to be con-
sumed as food, and, as a matter of convenience, in
. the manufacture of butter. The separation of cream
is always attended with some loss of fat. The per-
eentage of fat in cream may vary anywhere between
8 and 70 per cent. Cream of good quality for com-
mercial purposes should contain from 18 to 25 per
cent of fat, and very rich cream contains from 35 to
40 per cent of fat. Cream is composed of glob-
ules of fat, with such part of the water and solids
as adhere to them. Its separation from the milk
is effected by means of the difference in specific
gravity between the globules of fat and the milk
serum.- The fat in the milk is in the condition
known as an emulsion; that is, in the form of minute
globules, which are kept from running together and
coalescing by means of the surface tension of their
particles and the viscosity of the liquid in which
they float; therefore, any condition of the milk
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164 Milk and Its Products
which tends to increase the surface tension or the
viscosity will act as a hindrance towards the sepa-
ration of the cream. While the viscosity of the milk
serum prevents the particles of fat from uniting
into a mass, still the particles have considerable free-
dom of movement in the milk, and being of a less
specific gravity, of course are acted upon with less
intensity by any force to which the milk is subjected.
If the milk is allowed to remain at rest in a
vessel, the force of gravity, acting with different in-
tensities upon the globules of fat and the milk serum,
will cause the particles of fat to gather together
near the surface of the liquid. In so gathering,
they carry with them certain of the milk con-
stituents, and the layer of fat globules and adher-
ing particles we call cream. From time immemo-
rial, and until within a very recent date, the
force of gravity, acting in the way indicated, has
been the only means used for separating cream from
milk. Now machines are in use that effect a sepa-
ration of the cream from milk by means of centrif-
ugal force, and at the present time we have three
systems of separating cream; namely, by gravity
acting upon a thin layer of milk in a shallow vessel,
known as the Shallow Pan System; secondly, by
eravity acting upon a deeper mass of milk, usually
submerged or partially submerged in water, known
as the Deep Setting System; and thirdly, by ma-
chines making use of centrifugal force, known as
the Centrifugal or Separator System. The quality
of -the cream for consumption or for purposes of
Systems of Separating Cream 165
manufacture is not affected either one way or the
other by any of these three systems, so that their
relative economy ‘rests wholly upon the complete-
ness, cost and ease of separation.
Since the separation of cream from milk is al-
ways attended with some loss of fat, it is pertinent
to inquire as to the necessity of any separation of
the cream when butter is to be made. It is per-
fectly .possible to manufacture butter directly, by
ehurning whole milk without separating cream, and
undoubtedly the first churns were skins of animals,
into which the whole milk was placed and _ then
agitated until the butter was brought; but under
good conditions it is not possible to so completely
remove the fat from the milk by a churning process
as by a creaming process; so that while there is
some loss in separating the cream, there is usually
a greater loss in churning the butter from the whole
milk. Even when the loss of fat in the butter-
milk is no greater than’ the loss of fat in the.
skimmed milk, the greater amount of labor required
to churn the whole mass of milk still renders cream-
ing an economical practice in the manufacture of
butter.
Gravity creaming.—In separating cream by force
of gravity, there is a greater loss of fat, a longer
time required, and the various conditions affecting
the milk have a greater influence upon the creaming
than when centrifugal separation is used. The
conditions of the milk that affect the creaming by
the gravity process are: First, the size of the fat
166 Milk and Its Products
globules; second, the amount of solids not fat in
the milk; third, the character of the solids not
fat. The larger the fat globules the more readily ©
they separate from the milk, since the larger the
sphere the less the ratio between the surface and
fhe mass, so that a large fat globule meets with pro-
portionately less resistance because of the viscosity
of the milk than a small one. The size of the fat
globules is to a great extent a characteristic of the
breed and individuality of: the animal, but cows
newly calved secrete larger fat globules than those
in ,advaneed periods of lactation; consequently we
find that the milk from new milch cows is more
readily creamed than from those long in milk.
The amount of solids not fat affects creaming by
the gravity process because of the difference it effects
in the specific gravity of the fat and milk serum.
The solids not fat are all heavier than water, and
in the milk are in a state of solution or semi-solu-
tion; hence, an increase in the amount of solids not
fat increases the specific gravity of the milk serum
in which they are dissolved, and makes the differ-
ence between the specific gravity of the fat and
milk serum greater and the separation of the fat
easier. The proportion of solids not fat is in-
fluenced by the period of lactation and, to a con-
siderable extent, by the character of the food. Cows
far advanced in lactation often give milk extremely
rich in solids not fat. Cows fed on dry food give
milk containing less water than those fed on watery
or succulent foods. In so far as these conditions
Gravity Processes of Creaming 167
increase the amount of solids not fat,,we shonld ex-
pect such milk to be more easily creamed, but the
favorable effect of the increase of solids is more
than counterbalanced by the unfavorable effect of
- the character of the solids. Of the solids not fat,
albumin, casein, sugar and ash increase the viscos-
ity of the milk in the order named, and of these
the casein is more subject to variation, so that the
increase in the proportion of solids not fat ordi-
narily means an increase in casein, and this means
a largely increased viscosity. And the increase in
viscosity tends to prevent the separation of the fat
more than the imerease in specific gravity tends to
aid it. In general, the conditions which bring about
an increase in the viscosity of the milk occur ,at the
same time as the fat globules are growing smaller, so
that we find a wide range of variability in the ease
and completeness with which cream may be separated
by gravity process.
Shallow pan creaming.—This is the oldest method
of separating cream from milk, and notwithstanding
the rapid changes that have taken place in cream-
_ ing methods since the introduction of centrifugal
separators, large amounts of butter are still made
from cream separated in this way. ‘The conditions
most favorable for a complete separation of the fat
in the shallow pan system are, that the milk should
be put at rest in the pans as quickly as possible
after it is drawn, that it should cool with a fair de-
gree of rapidity to a temperature of 60° F., and that
it should remain as nearly as may be constantly at
168 Milk and Its Products
that temperature for ‘at least thirty-six hours.
Further, since the milk must remain for so long a
time, it is essential that the atmosphere to which it
is exposed be pure and free from currents of air
and particles of dust. These conditions can be
secured in a clean, cool, well ventilated cellar.
In the shallow pan system, the depth of milk should
be from 2 to 4 inches. Occasionally water, usually
running water, is used to secure a quick cooling
and more even temperature surrounding the milk,
and when this is done the depth of the milk may
be increased to 4 or 6 inches. Under the shallow
pan system, the cream is separated from the milk
by removing it from the surface with a thin flat
instrument, usually made of tin, and ealled a
skimmer. In this method of removal, it is not
possible to completely remove all the cream that has
risen to the surface, and in removing the cream
more or less of the milk is taken with it, so that
in the process of skimming there is a considerable
loss of fat and a thin cream is always obtained ;
but even if the losses in the skimming operation
could be obviated, the separation of the particles of
fat in the shallow pan system is less complete than
in either of the others. Under ordinarily good econ-
ditions, 20 per cent of the fat in the milk is lost
when the shallow pan system is used. Skimmed milk
containing less than .5 of 1 per cent of fat is
rarely obtained under this system.
Deep setting system.—About thirty years ago it
was discovered that if milk could be set in vessels
when first drawn, and, rapidly cooled to a tempera-
Theory of Deep Setting System 169
ture of about 40° F., and held at that temperature
for twelve to twenty-four hours, not only could
the depth be increased from 4 to 20 inches, but the
separation was much more complete in a_ shorter
time. In order to bring about quick cooling, ves-
sels not more than a foot in diameter were used, and
water, either from cold springs or containing ice,
was used as the refrigerant. Two essentials, then,
for complete creaming by this system are the rapid
and immediate cooling of the milk to 40° F., and
a sufficient supply of ice to maintain this tempera-
ture for twenty-four hours.. Under these condi-
tions the fat may be so completely separated that
not more than .2 of 1 per cent of fat is left in the
skimmed milk. Various devices have been used,
the best known of which is the Cooley system, in
which the cans are not only surrounded by ice-
cold water, but completely submerged in it, the
chief effect of the submerging being to guard the
milk against contamination through the atmosphere.
The same conditions as to the character of the milk
affect completeness of separation in both the shallow
pan and deep setting systems, but no completely
satisfactory explanation has ever been assigned as a
reason why the fat globules should rise more
rapidly and more completely through 20 inches of
milk at a temperature of 40° F. in the deep setting
system, than through 4 inches at a temperature of
60°-70° F. in the shallow pan system.
It has been asserted that because water is a
better conductor of heat than fat, it will cool more
rapidly than the fat, and will increase in density
170 Milk and Its Products
till its maximum density is reached at about 40° F.,
at which temperature the difference between the
specific gravity of the water or milk serum and the
fat will be at its greatest, and the separation of the
fat for that reason promoted. But while the water
does cool faster than the fat, the fat shrinks or
increases in density much faster than the water,
so that the difference in spécific gravity between the
two is no greater, and in fact less, at low tempera-
tures than at high ones. Further, the viscosity of —
the milk serum is much increased at low tempera-
tures, so that the favorable influence of low tempera-
tures cannot be explained upon these grounds.
Arnold* attempted to explain the favorable influence
wholly upon the relative contraction of the fat and
serum, as follows:
Water is a better conductor of heat than fat; hence when
the temperature of milk varies either up or down, the water
in the milk feels the effect of heat or cold sooner than the
fat in the cream does, therefore the cream is always a little
behind the water in swelling with heat or shrinking with cold,
thus diminishing the difference between the specific gravity of
the milk and cream when the temperature is rising, and in-
creasing it when the temperature is falling.
But that this explanation is not sufficient, Bab-
cock t has shown thus:
Though it is true that water is a better conductor of heat
than fat, the small size of the fat globules renders it impossible
that, under any circumstances, there can be more than a small
fraction of a degree difference between the temperature of the
fat and that of the milk serum. Moreover, within the limits
of temperature practical for creaming (90° F. to 40° F.), the
* American Dairying, p. 210.
¢ Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Bull. 18, p. 24. ~
Effect of Fibrin 171
- coefficient of expansion of butter fat is more than three times as
great as that of water, so that in order to maintain the same
relative difference in their specific gravities, when the tempera-
ture is falling, the milk serum must cool more than three times
as rapidly as the fat. In other words, when the milk serum has
cooled from 90° F. to 40° F., or through 50°, the fat globules
should have lost less than 17°, and should still have a tempera-
ture of over 73° F., a difference between the temperature of the
fat and serum of more than 33°. Such a condition is mani-
festly impossible, but any less difference than this would cause
the fat to become relatively heavier than at first, and would
operate against the creaming.
On the whole, the most satisfactory explanation of
the good effect of the low temperature in the deep
setting system is that advanced by Babeock,* that
the presence of fibrin in milk, especially when it has
coagulated in the form of threadlike masses, permeat-
ing the fluid in all directions, offers a considerable
obstacle to the rising of the fat globules. The sudden
reduction of the temperature quickly after the milk
is drawn, by preventing the formation of these
fibrin clots or threads, aids in the separation of the
fat. This would be entirely satisfactory were it not
for the fact that it has been shown that while it
is usually of advantage to cool the milk imme-
diately after it is drawn, in some cases, at least,
the setting and cooling may have been delayed for
a time long enough to permit the formation of
fibrin clots without appreciable effects upon the sep-
aration, as the following tables t very clearly show,
the efficiency of creaming being measured by the
percentage of fat in the skimmed milk:
* Loc. cit.
_ }Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bull. No. 29, p. 73.
172 Milk and Its Products
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Effect of Delay in Deep Setting System 173
The milk was divided into three portions; one was set at
once, one was delayed for an hour, but kept up to a tempera-
ture of 92 in a water bath, and the third was put in the open
air and allowed to cool for an hour before set. In the cases
of delay, the milk was stirred up just before it was placed in
the creamer, and all the settings were made in Cooley eans, in
ice water.
The trials reported under the same number, with the excep-
tion of the first and second, are comparable, as they were made
from different portions of the same samples of milk. In num-
bers 1 to 5, inclusive, the delayed sample (Column II.) was
kept warm in a water bath; in numbers 6 to 8 the milk
used had been earried about on the route, and the delayed
sample was heated up after having been allowed to cool.
From a similar series of experiments Jordan*
concluded:
That with herds of ordinary size, it will not be profitable
to submit to any great inconvenience in order to place the
milk in ice water immediately after it is drawn. In a half
hour to an hour, milk does not seem to cool sufficiently to ma-
terially affect the completeness with which cream will rise.
In order to overcome certain difficulties that often
occur in raising cream by deep setting process, dilu-
tion of the milk with water has been recommended,
usually under one of the three following conditions:
Ist. Dilution with one-fourth to one-third of hot
water, 135° F., and setting in deep cans at a tem-
perature as low as can be obtained without the use
of ice, not below 55°. |
2d. Dilution with one-half to equal quantities of
*Maine Agr. Exp. Sta. Rept. 1890, Part II. page 48.
174 Milk and Its Products
cold water, and setting under the same conditions as
above.
Both of these being intended as substitutes for the ©
use of ice in cool deep setting in the summer time.
3d. Dilution with one-third to one-fourth of hot
water (135°), setting in deep cans in ice water (40 F.).
This last intended to overcome the difficulty of
complete creaming often found in the fall and early
winter with the milk of cows far advanced in the
period of lactation.
The idea is that the increased fluidity imparted to
the milk by the water would facilitate the separa-
tion of the fat globules. During the winters of
1888-9 and 1889-90 very little ice could be harvested
through the dairy regions of the northeastern United
States, and in the summer following this idea of
dilution was widely advocated and considerably prac-
ticed: but experience and experiment* have shown
that while dilution may be of some advantage when,
for lack of a supply of ice or other reasons, it is
not possible to secure a temperature below 60° F.,
it can in no ease be considered a satisfactory sub-
stitute for setting the cans in water at a tempera-
ture of 40° F.
The amount of advantage which may be obtained
where dilution is practiced, as measured by the per-
centage of fat in the skimmed milk, is seen in the
following tables (on pages 175 and 176), taken from
Bulletin No. 39 of the Cornell University Agricultural
Experiment Station :
* Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, 4th Ann. Rept. p. 100.
Effect of Dilution in Deep Setting System 175
Diluted and undiluted milk
Temperatures F.
Pe
ais Pe
Te) he bates ee et
2S pie ea BR oe shes far
Stee S| 1 wel oO
Feb. 19 .! 54 | 18 | 84 |135| 97] 65,
Se ge nh 72 84 | 84] 65
‘* 22 .| 54 | 18 | 90 | 136| 99] 64
95°. | 72 90 90 | 64
ae We: 54 | 18 | 89 | 135/101} 66
Me goo eel ye | 89 89 | 66
“98 .| 54 | 18 | 88 | 134] 98] 57
Bee sine) he 88 88 | 57
‘99 .| 54 | 18 | 86 |134| 97] 60
SOG. OTS 86 86 | 60
Mar. 1 .| 54] 18 | 86 |135| 96] 60
Se ee me Pal 86 86 | 60
“ 13 .| 54] 18 | 86 | 135} 96] 60
popesi al To 86 86 | 60
“44 .| 27] 9 | 84/136] 96] 58
he re ee 84 84| 58
ae fave e279 1.86 1.132195: [58
ee adiote (5G 86 86 | 58
‘26 .| 27} 9 | 88 | 136| 101] 56
ae 27 36 88 88 | 56
‘* 97 .| 54 | 18 | 90 | 135/100] 64
SN ee ARE 90 90 | 64
“98 .| 27] 9 | 88 |136| 102] 61
iS 28%. t 36 88 88 | 61
she leer 1G") 87-1135.) 102. | 62
eeol laa 87 87| 62
Apr. 2 .| 27] 9 | 91 | 135/103! 65
2 .| 36 91 91| 65
fae duel 29) 1.9: | 92) 1.135) 102 | 62
age TICES 92 | 92| 62
ey eS a ae aes re
hee al ata eg vei +
set in water at a temperature
GOON,
2 Diluted. {Not diluted.
= Sl ; : am
“4 2 Ble ee Sas stil
= 24] #8 (23 | ta 83
| 2 98] $8 law | S48 lax
Posie ete NES (ae aid pews ize a) and
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gs | 3 [2a] &g ltaa] od jaa
ae | 2 |SF| Se |sSe| § sae
a Ai
60 |12 |4.2/4.07| .29
59) (is Ae 1.33! 1.09
59.5 |12.5 |42] .52| .43 |
57.5 | 14.5 | 4.2 Aya eee
60.75 | 11.25|4.3| .80] .68 |
58.50| 13.5 | 4.3 LAP 27 OY
58 | 14 .35| .28
Bis pow | .65| 51
59.75 | 12.2514.4| .68| 56
came ae amen ee 1.18! .95
eu o-hae aah esihoiess
58.5 113.5 | 4.1 .96| .78
60.75 | 11.95|4.3| .85| .72 .
57.75 | 14.25 | 4.3 | .82| —.66
299.5 | 6.5 |3.9| .88| .72
30 6 | 3.9 1.14| 95
BO Go eaS oat le se
29.5 | 6.5 | 3.9 1.25| 1.02
29.5 | 6.5 | 4.1
23.5 | 7.5 |41 S@F | Li.58
60.25 | 11.75 |4.5| .81| .68
30 6 |45 270)| 58
Bio | ons We
30 6. “14 1.21] 1.01
30 6. MAE as gs
29.75 | 6.25 | 4.1 AT SSI
30 6 |4.7|1.08| .90
29 ae eer 1.68) 1.35
29 | Taetitee heen 25
997. cle aca 92 |. > .74
176 Milk and Its Products
Diluted and undiluted milk set in water at a temperature of
40°-45° F.
Temperatures F. g Diluted. | Dilated: > Noein Not diluted.
ee ee
= Ae: : . E 2
; | ao} EAS Se eee
= nD a = ~ ”
Date, he Oe ae 2 & g oe Ble sé A=
1992, | S| yg Ae ¢| = | g |Sel se |#8 | ge | ge
4/2) 4/ 2 a| & S le ieee | = eee
= = 4 a BE) .2 | 248] oot | oe
SE PSE 81 Sia |S la ie eee
Feb. 20 .| 54 | 18 | 87 | 140! 100} 44 | 58 14 4 41.82 26
** 20 72 87 87 | 44 | 54.25 | 1/.75'| 4.4 25 19
‘* 91 .| 541 18 | 88 |136| 99! 44 | 57.5 | 14.5 | 4.4] .20 16
eo aero 88 88 | 44 | 53.75 | 18.25 | 4.4 24 18
‘* 94 .| 54 | 18 | 87 | 134] 97] 45 | 56.25 | 15.75 | 4.2| .23 18
Oe TD P87 87| 45 | 53.5 | 18.5 | 4.2 Zale; 13
‘* 95 _| 54 | 18 | 90 | 134/100! 46 | 57 15 or ae} 18
SO sian abr pe 90 90| 46 | 54.25 | 17.75 | 4.4 .26 20
Mar. 30. | 27! 9 | 86 |135|100! 44 | 29 7 s32 26
“30. | 36 86 86 | 44 | 27 9 .35°| = .26
ce Wee OoT ala Ont SSamlSGHn On e44 ae 29 i 4.7| .11 09
eee 18 88 88| 44 113.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 18 14
Soe SO mee Cet; 9 | 86 | 135/100] 44 | 28 8 5 .08 06
SOAS | 86 86 | 44 | 13 5 5 Es (- 09
April 5 .| 27| 9 | 90 | 188/103] 46 | 29.75 | 6.25) 3.3] .34 25
Sessa be 90 90| 46 114.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 59S eos
a ee ee ee ee a | ee eee
IN CTERSO Ne call oe oils e rd oa WE Apel ibees ae heal leche ere 18 | .23 18
Summing up all of the experiments, the average
efficiency of creaming as measured by the percent-
age of fat in the skimmed milk would appear to be
about as follows:
Diluted, set at 60° (39 trials) .77 per cent.
Undiluted, set at 60° (30 “‘ ) 1.00 °°
AO (OG ee we oe
It would seem, therefore, that while, when the
milk is set at 60° F. or thereabouts, there is consider
able advantage, so far as the efficiency of creaming
Dilution Separator 177
is concerned, in diluting it with 25 per cent of warm
water, this dilution cannot be regarded as a sub-
stitute for setting without dilution in ice water, and
it has the further disadvantage of requiring increased
tank capacity. |
About 1897 the idea that dilution with water is
an important aid in gravity-creaming broke out with
renewed activity. It was especially recommended by
the manufacturers of certain forms of cheap tin cans
in which dilution was recommended as an essential
part of the process. These cans were called gravity
“separators” modified by various high-sounding,
qualifying phrases, with the evident intention of con-
veying the idea that this process was as efficient as
centrifugal separation, and large numbers of the
“separators” have been sold, mainly to unsuspecting
- or ignorant farmers, who have been deluded into the
idea that they were securing a contrivance equal in,
efficiency to a centrifugal separator at a small frac-
tion of the cost. The form of many of the cans was
patented, but it was soon show:* that so far as the
process is concerned, the patents were valueless, and
‘trials at several experiment stations showed that dilu-
tion in gravity separators, of whatever form, is no
more efficacious than has been shown above. For
this reason, and because rival manufacturers have
become involved in controversies over their various
patents, the “dilution separator boom” is, fortunately,
likely to be of short duration.
Centrifugal separation.— The invention, develop-
ment and perfection of the centrifugal separator has
—_———.
*Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulls. 151 and 171.
L
AGS, Milk and Its Products
been the chief factor in revolutionizing methods of
butter-making. By its greater efficiency it has pre-
vented otherwise unavoidable losses, and by its greater
economy of labor it has rendered possible the devel-
opment of a profitable industry in many localities
where it would have been otherwise impossible.
In separating cream in a centrifugal machine, the
centrifugal force generated in a rapidly revolving
bowl is made to take the place of the force of grav-
ity acting upon the milk at rest in a vessel. -The
amount of force generated is so much greater than
the force of gravity that the separation of the par-
ticles of fat is much more rapid and much more
complete. The force, however, acts in a_ horizontal
instead of a vertical direction. In 1877, a patent was
granted to Le Feldt & Lentsch for a machine to sepa-
rate milk by centrifugal force. This first centrifugal
separator consisted merely of a series of buckets hung
upon arms swinging from a central axis. When the
machine was at rest the buckets assumed a vertical
position, but in motion they were thrown out horizon-
tally from the arms. The milk was placed in these —
buckets, the machine set in motion until the cream
was separated from the skimmed milk, and when the
machine was allowed to come to a stand-still the
buckets assumed a vertical position, and the cream
was removed from the top in the same way that it
was skimmed from any other vessel. From this was
evolved a machine consisting of a revolving bowl
or drum in which the separation takes place, with
arrangements for removing the skimmed milk and
Structure of Centrifugal Separator 179
cream without stopping the machine, thus making
the separation continuous.
This. constituted the first practical cream separator.
It was the invention of Dr. Gustaf de Laval, a
Swedish inventor.
_ The various parts
of the machine have
since been much
improved in minor
details: At the pres-
ent time the essen-
tial. parts of a sepa-
rator are the bowl,
with or without
internal devices or
arrangements to as-
sist in the separa- a
tion of the eream Fig. 21. Dr. Gustaf de Laval, inventor of the
from. the milk, an first practical centrifugal cream separator
outlet for the skimmed milk, an outlet for the cream,
an inflow for the whole milk, and the proper mechani-
eal means for revolving the bowl. (The more com-
mon types of separator bowls are shown in Figs.
10-13.) Usually the bowl is driven in an upright
position, but there are separators in which the bowl
is driven in a horizontal position, and in the greater
number of machines the walls of the bowl are eylin-
drical. In the process of separation the milk flows
into the bowl, and, partaking of the centrifugal force,
is forced to the extreme outer edge of the bowl.
As the milk continues to flow in, the bowl begins
180 Milk and Its Products
to fill from the outside toward the center. The cen-
trifugal force acting more strongly upon those parts
of the milk which have the greatest specific gravity,
they are thrown to the extreme outside, and the
lighter portions, the fat globules, with whatever may
adhere to them, are forced to the center. Attached
to the extreme outer edge of the bowl are one or
more tubes, which, bending inward along the side of
the bowl, find an opening near the center. These
are the outlets for the skimmed milk. From the
extreme center of the bowl, also leading to the out-
side, is the cream outlet. When the bowl becomes filled
with milk, the centrifugal | pressure will force
out through the skimmed milk outlets the milk
pds 12-77
Fig. 22.
Section of separator bowl] of plain
or “Hollow Bowl” type.
Theory of Centrifugal Separation 181
nearest the outside of the bowl. These outlets are made
of such size in comparison with the size of the bowl,
the speed of the machine, and the size of the inflow
tube, that they have a capacity of discharging. the
milk from .4 to .9 as fast as it runs in; the remain-
ing contents of the bowl are then forced toward the
eenter, and find an exit through the cream outlet.
In this way the milk as it enters is divided into
two portions: one, the larger, drawn from the ex-
treme outer portion of the bowl, consisting of
skimmed milk, and the other, the smaller, escaping
from the center of the bowl, the cream. A third
portion also usually accompanies centrifugal sepa-
ration. A part of the semi-solid constituents of
the milk, being heavier than the milk serum, are
thrown: to the outside of the bowl, and adhere to
the walls in the form of a creamy or gelatinous mass
which is ordinarily called separator slime. It consists
mainly of albuminous matter. with some fat globules
adhering, and any particles of dirt or foreign mat-
ter that may be mechanically mixed with the milk.
- It varies greatly at different times and _ seasons.
Usually the amount is not large, but not infrequently
it is sufficient to clog the outlets of the separator
after a run of an hour or two. The separator slime is
largely composed of matter deleterious to the qual-
ity of cream and butter, and its removal is to a
ereat extent a purification of the cream. The various
conditions affecting this operation are as follows:
Conditions affecting the completeness of separation.—
The completeness of the separation is dependent upon
182 Milk and Its Products
the centrifugal force generated, the rate of inflow,
the temperature of the milk, and the physical con-
dition of the milk.
The amount of centrifugal force generated depends —
upon the diameter of the bowl and the velocity of
rotation.
Roughly speaking, the centrifugal force increases
directly in proportion as the diameter is increased and
directly with the square of the velocity. The larger
the bowl, then, and the greater the speed, the greater
the centrifugal force and the more complete the sep-
aration. The rate of inflow of milk affects the
separation, because the separation is more complete
the longer the milk is subjected to the centrifugal
force, and the slower the milk flows into a given-
sized bowl the longer any particle will be in flowing ~
through it and the more completely will the cream
be separated. The temperature of the milk affects
‘the fluidity of the fat globules and their ease of mo-
tion upon the other particles of the milk; the warmer
the milk the more easily are they separated. <A
temperature of 76° to 98° F. is the one commonly
employed because of the effect upon the texture of
the butter. It is desirable that the milk should be
separated at as low a temperature as possible without
interfering with the completeness of the separation,
so that, other things being equal, that separator is the
best that separates the milk at the lowest tempera-
ture. The physical condition of the milk affects
separation by the centrifugal in the same ways that
gravity creaming is affected, but to a very much
Relative Amount Skimmed Milk and Cream 183
slighter degree. Small-sized fat globules, viscosity of
the milk, and coagulation of part of the casein by
incipient fermentations, all tend to make separation
more difficult; but in a majority of cases, unless the
milk is so sour as to be coagulated, it may be completely
creamed with a centrifugal separator, but will require
a slower feeding (a reduction of 10 to 15 per cent will
usually suffice), and a higher speed of the bowl, or both.
Conditions affecting the relative amount of skimmed
milk and cream.—The relative amount of skimmed
milk and cream is affected by the rate of inflow,
by the speed of the bowl, by various special con-
trivanees upon the machines themselves, and to a
shght extent by the temperature of ‘the milk. In
the ordinary machine the size of the skimmed milk
outlet is fixed, and therefore at a. given velocity the
outlet will discharge a nearly uniform quantity of
fluid. If then, the milk is turned into the bowl at
such a rate that .8 of it escapes through the skimmed
milk outlet, we shall have .8 skimmed milk and
.2 eream. If now we reduce the rate of inflow
by .1, we shall get just as much skimmed milk as
before, but only one-half as much cream; or if the
inflow is increased by .1, we shall get the same
amount of skimmed milk and once and a half as
much cream. If under the first conditions all of the
fat was gathered into the cream, we shall have just
as complete a separation as before, but shall simply
get a cream containing a greater or less percentage -
of fat, provided that the increase of inflow has not
increased the total amount above the capacity of the
184 Milk and Its Products
machine. In other words, the greater the inflow,
the more cream and the thinner the cream; the
smaller the inflow, the less cream and the richer the
eream. These varations can only take place within ©
comparatively narrow limits. If we increase the in-
flow too much, we shall soon reach a point at which
the milk passes so rapidly through the machine that
the separation is not complete, and if we reduce the
inflow to such a point that the skimmed milk outlet
has a capacity of discharging the milk as fast as it
flows in, we shall get a separation until the bowl
becomes filled, and then all of the milk will pass
out of the skimmed milk outlet in the same condi
tion in which it enters the machine.
The speed of the machine, also, affects the rela-
tive amount of cream and its percentage of fat. The
size of the skimmed milk outlet being fixed, the
faster the bowl is revolved the greater the capacity
of this outlet will be, so that, the rate of inflow
remaining uniform, the faster the bowl is revolved
the less proportional amount of cream we shall have,
and the richer it will be in fat, and vice versa. It
must be borne in mind, further, that the speed of
the bowl is also an important factor in the complete-
ness of separation, and that if the speed is slackened
in order to get a greater bulk of cream, there will
be danger of incomplete separation.
Most of the machines have arrangements for reg-
ulating the relative amount of skimmed milk and
eream without changing the rate of inflow or the
speed of the machine. In most of the machines
Modifications in Structure of Bowt 185
this arrangement is known as a “cream screw,” and
affects the amount of cream by placing the cream
outlet nearer or farther from the center of the bowl;
the nearer the center the cream screw is turned, the
thicker will be the cream and the smaller the amount.
Some of the separators change the proportion of
cream by increasing or decreasing the eapacity of the
skimmed milk outlet. If the capacity of the skim-
med milk outlet be decreased, necessarily the amount
of the cream will be increased, and vice versa.
The temperature of the milk only slightly affects
the proportion of skimmed milk and cream. The
warmer the milk, the more fluid it is, and the faster it
will pass through the various openings of the machine.
Slightly more milk at 85° will run through the same
inflow than at 70°, and a large part of this increase
will be found in the cream. The pressure of the milk
in the vat above the machine will materially affect the
rate of inflow, and a few inches will make a difference
of two or three
hundred pounds
per hour on a
large-sized ma-
chine.
Contrivances
an the bowl to
increase the effi-
ciency of sepa-
ration.—iIn the |
first separators | Fig. 23. a, Sectional view of old style ‘‘Hollow’’
separator bowl; b, Sectional view of “‘Alpha- Dise’’
made, the bowl separator bowl.
186 Milk and Its Products
was hollow, and
the separation
was caused di-—
rectly by the
centrifugal pres-
sure acting upon
the milk in a
mass. In the
later machines,
i : IN various contri-
hy: RR eee al / See a p W vances have
been introduced
in the bowl to
“iy
=
Whtuy
Lip
“yy,
Ssaorwasrceaaes
er err ie
ZELLLLL
Fig. 24. Section of
separator bowl of
“travel” type. ;
aid in the completeness
of the separation or to
increase the capacity.
These contrivances have
been of two general types:
one to break up the wall
of milk, and so give the
particles of milk and
cream a better chance to
pass by one another in
their passage from the
center to the outside of
the bowl; the other, a
series of interruptions to Fig. 25. The Sim-
plex separator.
Mechanical Conditions Affecting Separation 187
the passage of the milk from its
entrance at the center to the outside,
causing it to travel a much greater
distance and be subjected to the
centrifugal force for a longer time.
These contrivances, while adding to
the complexity of the machine, have
increased the capacity and the effi-
ciency of the separation. The best
known of these contrivances are the
so-called “Alpha” dises or
Fig. 26. Parts of United States
separator bowl.
plates,—a series of cup-
shaped plates, nearly fill-
ing the bowl of the
separator. These Alpha
plates nearly double the
? separating capacity of
Fig. 27. United States separator. the hollow bowl of the
188 Milk and Its Products
same diameter, and at the same time the efficiency of
separation is inereased.
In the latest developments in separator construction
various other devices intended to secure the same end
Fig. 28. Tubular separator
have been more or less successfully used. Among the
more recent of these the simplex (Fig. 25) and the
tubular (Fig. 28) should be mentioned. The latter has
been particularly successful in securing efficiency by
making the bowl very long and of very small diameter
and running it at a comparatively high speed.
Mechanical Conditions Affecting Separation 189
Mechanical conditions which affect separ-
ation.—Certain peculiarities in the con-
struction
or operation of the machine
often materially influence the efficiency of
separation. One of the most important of
these is that the bowl should run steadily
and smoothly, without any preceptible jar
ta
Fig. 29.
Parts of tubu-
lar bowl.
or trembling. The trembling
of the bowl may be caused by
lack of perfect balancing in the
bowl itself. This can be rem-
edied only by the manufacturer.
The bowl may tremble, also,
because the bearings are not
perfectly adjusted; and, lastly,
the bowl may tremble because
the machine is not set level or
upon a solid foundation. Often
a bowl will tremble somewhat
while it is. speeding up but
will run smoothly when full
speed is attained; such a bowl,
however, will seldom work as 4
perfectly as one that is so
balanced that it will run at
any and all speeds without
perceptible jar. A second
cause of inefficient separa- Fig. 30,
tubular
22272
"CUPP ELTTES TTETIIT Hs
= >
Section of
separator. A,
skim milk vent; B, cream
ation 1S Variation n= tHe Mecat
milk inlet; D,
5 3 wing; 3, bowl; 4, bowl
; 7 ; bottom; 5, dividing wall;
velocity of the bowl. It is bolton; 9 duane wall
27, feed tube; 65, cream
quite as important that the 2oc8°
fc) a
190 Milk and Its Products
bowl run uniformly as it is that it attain any given
rate of velocity. In this respect the turbine separators
are more likely to be at fault than those run by belt —
power, and separators turned by hand are more subject
to variations than those run by power.
An engine of ample power, with a good governor,
and the power transmitted through an intermediate rope
belt kept perfectly tightened, with well-oiled bearings
all around, are the best safeguards to uniform speed.
Efficiency of separation im centrifugal machines.—.
With the centrifugal separator run under perfect con-
ditions, there is still a slight loss of fat in the
skimmed milk. This should not be greater than .1
of 1 per cent. At the present time it is considered
that where as much as .1 of 1 per cent of fat is left
in the skimmed milk a centrifugal machine is doing
such poor work that its use in a commercial plant would
be unwarranted. The following tables* taken from the
average of a large number of tests made by several agri-
cultural experiment stations may be taken as repre-
senting the degree of efficiency that had been attained
by the leading manufacturers at the time when separa-
tors first came into general use (1890-95) and the first
table is compiled wholly from American sources. At
the present time no separator should be kept in use
that will leave more than two or three hundredths of
one per cent of fat in the skimmed milk in a series of
tests running day after day under ordinary factory
conditions.
*Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 105. .
Relative Efficiency of Separators 191
Per cent of fat in skimmed milk.
A Average.
Name of machine. 1B
By series | Oval, Minimum. Maximum.
d trials.
Aceumulator ... 12 ela .O1 .20
Alexandra Jumbo. . nD, 22 15 ae
Wome ik: ow a .09 a .05 34
Danish Weston .. . .10 .08 01 .25
Weliavaliee. 2 eG Blea) * .09 .O1 .00
migar ples: os ox 27, 16 .05 .65
United States. ... 18 wil .O1 .60
ACTOR Gos: oe oe), ots os 21 .16 | .05 | .38
A series of trials made in Germany* shows a con-
siderable variation in the various styles, and, on the
whole, a rather less efficiency than has been obtained
in this country, as is seen in the table following:
Revolutions} pounds 'Tempera- Per cent ”
hine.| °f bowl ; ure of | of fat in | Number
pee | eee) | anon | aie wy] Shimmed | OF tial’
Alpha. > 7 ~~ | 5,100 537 92 23 37
‘Alpha Baby. .| 6,900 286 ee 23 23
Baye seins, 2. ll! 6,360), 1 129 88 18 15
Victoria « ae legprewa 205 92 Pay j 19
Small Danish .| 7,241 288 90 28 16
Large Danish .| 7,217 411 91 .35 16
Adjustable... .| 8,640 363 70 ali) 3
ATMONNS, o's 8,531 458 90 .28 26
Medium Brown | 4,037 268 Ot Biff 16
But while all the forms of separators can be made
to do perfect work, there is more or less variation
* Milch Zeitung, xxiii., p. 296.
192 Milk and Its Products
in the work done by the different machines of the
same style and manufacture. This variation is due
to slight peculiarities in the construction of the in-
dividual bowls, and which cannot be detected by
the ordinary senses, and only appear upon an ex-
amination of the skimmed milk after actual use.
These differences are well illustrated in a series of
trials made in different factories,“ and shown in*
detail in the following tables:
ALEXANDRA JUMBO
Rated capacity, 2,000 pounds per hour
Pp da Average Pounds
No. aes 2 Average| Range |speed of | Range sepa- | Per cent
Date. | of milk |temper-| of bowl, of rated | of-fat in
fac- | in whole! ature. |temper-| revolu-| speed. per |skimmed
tory. run. ature. |tions per hour. | milk.
minute.
Aug. 19.) 7 3,809 70 66-75 7,200 |7,000-7,400} 1,344 25
ee elles TLS 70 68-72 | 6,985 |6,800-7,200) 1,170 15
pe 2058 Tay se 70 68-72 6,585 |6,300-6,900} 1,611 .20
peak 5,928 75 72-81 6,900 |6,600-7,100) 1,882 .20
23.| 11 4,052 84 | 80-86 | 6,600 |6,200-7,400} 1,814 | 33
IANOTALE |e ean|) cereen ol fe (ite \ereeawee | (eae ee uh ioata® cuiey -c 1,564 23
DE LAVAL, ALPHA NO. 1
Rated capacity, 2,500 pounds per hour
July 17. 3 2,519 80 | 78-85 | 5,520 /4,800-6,100) 2,606 .08
Aug. 18. 6 3,629 74 73-76 5,806 |5,700-6,000, 2,592 05
Sep. 16.) 17 1,187 72 | 71-73 | 5,933 |5,800-6,000, 2,456 .08
ereZO ei ee 4,627 82 80-83 6,071 |5,800-6,200) 2,501 -04
eee lel 28 6,376 78 | 77-80 | 6,044 |6,000-6,200, 2,500 63
Oct. 4.| 24 5,588 82 | 78-85 | 5,844 (5,600-6,000) 2,747 13
esa co 1,802 86 | 85-90 | 6,280 |6,000-6,400) 2,040 .03
ee CNS SNe et aie es ee ts eee
IAVEEALZC)| poate Mek eae 79 ES 2 Saree HQ O8 TRlWem ci ote te 2,491 -06.
* Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 105.
Variations in Machines of Same Style |
DE LAVAL, BABY
Rated capacity, No. 2, 350; No. 3, 600 pounds per hour
SS —
Pounds Average Pounds
Ne. of | Average Henge ppeed oF Range separ- |Per cent
Date. | ot | milk in | temper-|, ° owl, of ated jof fat in
fac-| whole ature, |{©mper- revolu- speed per |Skimmed
to run. * | ature. tions per hour, | milk
minute.
Rev. crank
May 31. a 205 96 ee 54 SSS 362 .05
Sep i4.je 14) — = = UE) eee reeves 06
18.| 19 146 83 81-86 46 —— 303 16
PAVCT AGO) cys c\lfcuvs ve) seces 90 49 333 .09
DE LAVAL, STANDARD
Rated capacity, 1,100 pounds per hour
Rev. bowl | i
Sep. IY, 21 Sie 73 71-75 7,914 7,700-8,200 ; 1,020 20
‘a 19. 21 cae 73 71-75 8,140 7,600-8,400 930 15
19. 21 == 72 71-75 8,300 | 8,000-8,500 | 1,000 16
PAW GRAS On| a lisi'!| so os) os: oe 73 SAMUSS Mitanciestesnts 983 19
SHARPLES RUSSIAN
Rated capacity, Standard, 1,100 pounds; Imperial, 2,000 pounds
per hour
]
July 16. | 84 _ 83-87 7,775 7,700-7,900 | 2,100 40
July 16. 2 88 87-88 7,183 7,000-7,500 | 2,130 -65
Aug. 17. 5 1,718 80 78-82 7,800 7,700-7,900 | 1,874 10
- Aug. 24. | 12 4,028 81 80-82 7,700 7,100-8,300 | 1,033 -05
Sept. 14.| 13 2,509 85 84-86 7,433 6,800-7,600 | 1,158 13
Sept.17.| 18 3,562 87 82-95 7,908 7,200-7,900 | 1,752 45
Oct. 6.| 18 2,716 90 87-91 7,675 7,400-7,900 | 1,873: 08
Average}; ..j|..... 85 TED ROU Atk oun Teese. 1,703 -ol
UNITED STATES
Rated capacity, 2,000 pounds per hour
July 18. 4 83 82-84 7,120 | 7,000-7,200 | 2,220 18
Aug. 22.| 10 3,962 81 79-91 7,025 | 6,800-7,300| 1,964 25
Sept. 15.; 15 1,870 94 90-98 7,600 | 7,200-8,000} 1,403 .08
Sept. 15.| 16 3,850 88 80-100} 6,075 | 5,600-6,600| 1,650 .38
Sept. 18.| 20 2,902 78 77-80 6,586 | 6,400-6,800} 2,176 60
Average;|.-|--... 85 GSS rae ane. 1,883 | 30
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These slight differences in individual bowls are
common to all of the different kinds of machines, so
far as is known, and this being the case, it is al-
ways due to the purchaser that he should secure from
the manufacturer a guarantee that any given ma-
chine will do work of a certain grade of efficiency.
Other desirable and undesirable features of a sepa-
rator.—Other things being equal, that separator is the
best which will skim clean at the lowest temperature
and with the least number of revolutions per min-
ute. Other details of construction being equally
good, and the capacities being the same, that separator
will run the easiest whose diameter is least. A ma-
chine of small diameter not only runs easier, but is
less easily thrown out: of balance. The cream should
be delivered in a smooth stream of uniform density,
and the cream outlet should be of such form that
a heavy cream may pass through it without danger
of clogging. The bowl should be so constructed that
all parts may be readily reached with the hand and
thoroughly and easily cleaned.
CHAPTER X
THE RIPENING OF CREAM
By the ripening process is meant all the treatment
which the cream receives from the time that it is sep-
arated from the milk until it is put into the churn.
Upon this treatment, and the changes that the cream
undergoes, very largely depend the quality of the butter
as regards texture and flavor. The texture of the
butter is very largely influenced by the changes of tem-
perature that are brought about during the ripening
process. It seems to be essential to the production of
a firm, solid texture in the butter that the cream, at
some time during the ripening process, should be sub-
jected to a constant temperature below 50° F. for sev-
- eral hours. When cream ‘has’ been separated by a
gravity process, particularly by a “deep setting” one,
it has already experienced the effects of such a tem-
perature, and is ready for ripening as soon as re-
moved from the milk. But when cream is separated
by a centrifugal separator, the temperature as it comes
from the separator is rather high, and butter of good
texture cannot be made unless the cream is cooled
down and held cool for several hours before ripening
has far advanced. The first step, then, in the ripen-
ing process with separator cream is to reduce its
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temperature as rapidly and as uniformly as possible
to at least 50° F., and to hold it there for as long
a time as is convenient, usually six to eight hours.
Another point which influences the texture of the
butter depends upon the rapidity with which the vari-
ous changes of temperature are made, and the ex-
tremes of. temperature that are used. That butter will
have the best texture which has seen the fewest pos-
sible changes of temperature between the time the milk
is drawn from the cow and the time it is churned,
and in which also all the necessary changes of tem-
perature have been made most gradually. Not only
will such butter have the best texture at low tem-
peratures, but it will stand the effects of high tem-
peratures better. In other words, it “stands up”
under the heat better than butter that during the pro-
cess of manufacture has been subject to sudden and
great changes of temperature, although the final result
may have been to keep it at a low temperature.
The effects of ripening are more important and more
marked upon the flavor of the butter than upon the
texture. It is during the ripening that the charac-
teristic flavors of the butter are largely brought out.
It is not necessary to the manufacture of the butter
itself that the cream be ripened at all. Butter may
be made from cream just as soon as it is separated
from the milk, but it will be of a distinctly different
quality from that made from ripened cream. By
ripening in the ordinary sense is meant the produc-
tion of lactic acid in the cream.
In some attempts to substitute other acids for
Origin of Butter Flavors 197
lactic acid in ripening, Tiemann* found that in cream
to which a small amount of hydrochloric acid had
been added there was no difficulty in churning the
butter, that the general flavor of the butter was
good, but that it lacked in aroma and had a some-
what oily texture.
There is some doubt as to the origin of the
characteristic flavors which are developed in the cream
during the ripening process. These flavors are un-
doubtedly due to the presence of certain volatile sub-
stances—fats, bacterial products, or ether-like com-
pounds—which are formed during the ripening pro-
cess. It was formerly supposed that the production
of the characteristic flavors was almost wholly a pro-
cess of oxidation, and that cream, in order to be prop-
erly ripened, and to develop the best flavors, must be
supplied with an abundance of oxygen in pure air
during the process. Our knowledge of the presence of,
germs in milk and cream and the effect of their
growth upon the various constituents of the milk, has
‘led us to modify these views. At the present time it
seems probable that the growth of germs which pro-
duce lactic acid has much to do with the production
of the characteristic flavors of ripened cream. It has
been asserted by some, notably Conn, that the produc-
tion of the flavors is due to the growth of specific
flavor-producing germs that are largely independent of
the formation of lactic acid, but this view does not
seem to explain all of the phenomena of the appear-
*Milch Zeitung, xxiii p. 701.
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ance of such flavors, and it is by no means certain
that the flavors are not in part produced as the result
of direct oxidation. It is found in practice that the —
regulation of the production of lactic acid is the
chief means in controlling the flavor.
The means of producing lactic acid. —In order that
the milk or cream should ripen, or become sour, it
is necessary that germs of lactic acid fermentations
should gain access to it, and that a temperature favor-
able to their normal development should be secured. *
The presence of the germs may be left to chance
inoculation, or they may be artificially supplied.
Under ordinary conditions, by the time the cream has
been separated from the milk, there will have reached
it a sufficient number of germs of fermentation to
cause a rapid production of lactic acid, though the
number will vary from day to day and from time to
time, and a certain amount of acid cannot be de-
pended upon within any given specified time. The
inoculation is more certain, and the desired degree
of acidity will be more surely reached, at the end
of a given time, if the germs are added in suffi-
cient quantity artificially. The source of the inoeu-
lation may be buttermilk or cream from _ preceding
churnings, or it may be in the form of an artificially
prepared “starter” of sour skimmed milk, or it may
be in the form of any of the so-called commercial
lactic ferments. It is desirable that none but the
proper germs should find access to the milk, and
in relying upon natural means there is always more
or less danger that putrefactive and other undesirable
Commercial Lactic Ferments 199
ferments may gain access to the cream. As between
the various forms of artificial starter, there is not
much to be said. It is generally held that a starter
made from skimmed milk is less likely to contain
germs other than those desired than when cream,
whole milk, or even buttermilk are used.
With regard to the use of the various commer-
cial bacterial ferments, there is considerable diversity
of opinion. Their use was first recommended several
years ago in Denmark, as a result of the researches
of Storch, and has grown rapidly, both in Denmark
and Germany, until at the present time a large part
of the butter produced in the former country is made
from cream first pasteurized, and then ripened with
the aid of an artificial bacteria culture. The use
of such ferments has now largely extended to this
country, also chiefly through the medium of Hansen’s
lactic ferment.
In this country Conn has been the chief investi-
gator of similar organisms. From 1890 to 1893* he
isolated several organisms, the culture of which in
eream improved the flavor of the resulting butter
to a greater or less extent. In the latter year he
discovered in a can of milk sent from Uruguay to
the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, a
germ so much better in this respect that it alone
has since been used, and cultures of it placed upon
the market under the name of B.41 (Bacillus No. 41).
A series of investigations by Farrington and Rus-
*Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, Reports 1890-93.
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sell,* in which a large number of samples of butter
were made from cream ripened by the use of B. 41,
and in the ordinary way, or “normally,” and sub- —
mitted to the judgment of several experts who were
ignorant of the process of manufacture, led to the
conclusion that the “Conn culture, B. 41, did not
improve the flavor of the separator butter ripened
for one day at a high temperature, or of that ripened
for a longer time at a lower temperature; on the
contrary, the score of the fresh B. 41 butter by
the different judges was, in the majority of cases,
materially lower than that of normal butter. * * *
With separator butter in cold storage, that made with
B. 41 deteriorated less than did the normal butter.
When taken from storage there was but little differ-
ence in flavor between these two butters, although
the normal butter when fresh scored higher.”
The difference in the flavor of the two kinds of
butter when fresh, as indicated by the different
judges, is shown in the table:
General
Gurler. | Barber. | Moore. | average
scores.
Number of butter packages
BCOROA Ge vik oc tas staee ee 14 14 12
Average score of normal but-
(2) eS Ha, Mie NaN ror N ae ae ROR La 44.4 45.3 45.1 45.3
Average score of B. 41 butter.| 43.7 |. 44 43 43.9
Difference in favor of normal
ItUOTS > See eee ar iS 2.1 1.4
*Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 48.
Propagation of Starters 201
On the other hand, a considerable number of fac-
tories in this country have secured an increased flavor
and quality in their product from ripening their
cream with the aid of either Hansen’s ferment or B. 41.
The use of culture starters both for the ripening of
cream and the ripening of milk for cheese-making has
now become almost universal, particularly in factories,
and practice in the culture of such starters is a neces-
sary part of the training of all successful butter and
cheese makers (see Appendix A). Skill in the culture
of starters depends very largely in keeping everything
surrounding them bacteriologically clean, so that, no
matter how skilfully directions for the propagation of
starters may be written, very few will learn except
by actual experience the necessity for bacteriological
cleanliness.
The only reason for a starter becoming impure or
going “off flavor” is that it becomes contaminated
from some outside source, and this comes from lack of
- eare in handling it or allowing it to come in contact
with some person or thing that is not sterile or “bac-
teriologically clean;” hence, in tasting or otherwise
examining a starter from which a culture is afterward
to be made, a portion should always be removed from
the starter with a clean spoon or other suitable article,
and such portion must be discarded after the examina-
tion has been made. The practice of dipping the fin-
ger into a starter and then tasting or smelling it is
the best possible means of destroying it.
Where a starter is properly and carefully propa-
gated, it is not only possible to keep it for a long time,
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perhaps indefinitely, but such a starter will often
improve in flavor qualities, particularly if propagated
continuously in clean, sound, fresh, whole or skimmed —
milk. Many butter makers employ to advantage the
practice of cultivating continuously in suitable small
glass vessels several “mother” starters, from which
they make selections from day to day of the best
flavored for use in ripening.
The use of starters in ripening has another iver
tage in that it makes it possible to first pasteurize the
cream before ripening and so get rid of or reduce the
effect of any undesirable fermentations that may be
already present. This is of particular advantage where
many lots of cream from many sources are brought to
a central factory for churning. Such creams vary
very much, even where, as is not often the case, none
are already actually contaminated with some actually
bad fermentation. By pasteurization and ripening with
a good, pure culture starter, such creams can be made
into butter of a good, uniform quality that would be
entirely impossible without pasteurization.
The amount of starter used will vary from 2 to 50
per cent. Where a small amount is used, the purpose
is to start and encourage the development of lactic
acid through the whole mass of cream. Hence some
time must elapse before the full effect of the starter is
secured. Where a large amount is used, the purpose
is not so much to encourage the formation of the acid
as it is to impart directly the flavor already developed
in the acid of the starter itself.
The purer, the fresher, and the better flavored the
Temperature of Ripening 2038
eream is, the smaller the amount of starter it is desir-
able to use. Large amounts of starter should be used
only in old, unsound or tainted creams.
Temperature of ripening.—The various germs of
lactic fermentations find their optimum growth point
at from 80° to 90° F., and milk or cream kept at those
temperatures will most rapidly become sour. The
effect of such high temperatures, while favorable to
the production of lactic acid, is less favorable to
the texture of the butter, and on this account it is
desirable to ripen the cream at as low a tempera-
ture as will insure a fairly rapid growth of the lactic
germs. A temperature of from 60° to 70° F. will
ordinarily bring this about. The amount of acid de-
veloped in any given length of time will depend not
only upon the temperature at which the cream has
been kept, but also upon the number and activity of
the germs originally present, so that if we have a
thorough inoculation to start with, a lower temper-
ature will be sufficient to cause the development of
the requisite amount of acid; but if only a slight
inoculation is present, a higher temperature will be
necessary. Ordinarily, there will be more germs
present in the atmosphere during the warm months
than in the winter, consequently a lower temperature
will bring about the same degree of acidity in a
shorter time in summer than in winter.
The amount of acid necessary “— The amount of
acid that it is desirable to have in the cream at
the time of churning depends, of course, largely upon
the flavors desired by the consumer.» It is important
204 Milk and Its Products
that whatever amount is desired should be uniform
from day to day. By far the larger proportion of
consumers prefer the flavors that are characteristic of
ripening till sufficient acid to slightly coagulate the
casein is present. Consumers of delicate taste
readily distinguish between the flavors due to a
greater or less amount of acid, and it is highly de-
sirable that some means of determining the amount
of acid present be available. The butter-maker of
trained senses has little difficulty in distinguishing by
the somewhat thickened and glistening appearance of
his cream, when stirred, the proper condition of the
cream for churning. Besides this, there are, fortunately,
more exact means for determining the acidity.
Acid tests.—Dr. A. G. Manns first suggested the
use of an alkali of known strength to determine the
proper acidity of cream for churning, and devised
what is known as Manns’ acid test. It simply con-
sisted in neutralizing the acid in the cream with a
standard alkali, the standard used being that known
to chemists as decinormal, or %., and the acidity was
reckoned in terms of cubic centimeters of alkali re-
quired to neutralize the acid in a given quantity of
cream. In the use of this test, an indicator which
changes color according as the medium is acid or
alkaline, is used. A convenient indicator is phenol-
phthalein, which is colorless in acid solutions and
pinkish in alkaline. Later, Professor Farrington*
devised tablets containing a known amount of alkali
* Bull. 32, Ill. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 52, Wis. Agr. Exp. Sta.
Determination of Lactic Acid 205
for the same purpose, known as Farrington’s alkaline
tablets. Each tablet contains an amount of alkali
equal to 3.8 cubic centimeters of decinormal alkali,
and a sufficient amount of phenolphthalein indicator.
The cream to be tested is measured, and to it is
added a solution of the tablets (one tablet in ten
cubic centimeters of water) until the cream retains a
pinkish tinge. The tablet solution should always
be fresh, not more than ten hours old. The _ tab-
lets themselves will keep indefinitely. * The proper
degree of acidity is indictated when 30-35 e¢. c. of
Farrington tablet solution, or 11-18 e¢.c. of deci-
normal alkali, are required to neutralize the acid in
20 cubic centimeters of cream.
Determination of lactic acid in milk or cream.—Far-
rington’s alkaline tablets may also be conveniently
used to determine the percentage of lactic acid in any
given sample of milk or cream. In order to do this,’
it is only necessary to understand that equal volumes
of normal or decinormal acids and alkalies neutral-
ize each other; and further, that a normal solu-
tion of lactic acid contains 90 grams of acid in each
liter, or 1,000 ce. e. A decinormal solution would
contain 1-10 as much, or 9 grams in each liter,
and a cubie centimeter would contain too as much
as a liter, or .009 grams of lactic acid. Hach
tablet of the Farrington alkali is equal in strength
to 3.8 ec. ec. of decinormal alkali, and if the tablet
solution is made by dissolving 10 tablets in 100 e. e.
of water, each cubic centimeter of the solution will
~ be equal to .388 ¢. ec. of decinormal alkali, and will
206 Milk and Its Products
therefore neutralize .38 of .009 grams, or .0034
grams, of lactic acid.
To determine the percentage of acid in any
given sample of milk or cream, any convenient
amount, as 20 ec. ¢c., of the sample to be tested
is measured out, and the tablet solution is
added from a burette or graduated cylinder till
the milk retains a pinkish tinge. If this occurs
when 1 ¢. ec. of the tablet solution has been
added, the 20 ec. ec. of milk contain .0034 grams
of lactie acid; but 20 ce. c. of milk weigh 20.64
grams (sp. gr. milk, 1.032), therefore the per-
centage of lactic acid is .00384+20.64—.00017,
or .O17. per. cent. Ifmore than 1 Sereerar
the tablet solution is required to neutralize
the acid, or if more or less than 20 ec. e of
milk or cream are taken, the percentage of
acid will be found by multiplying the number
of cubic centimeters of tablet solution
required by .0084 and dividing by the
oa) number of grams of milk taken (grams
91, Of Milk=c. c. X 1.082).
Further effects of ripening.—Besides
affecting the flavor, it is believed that
ripening aids in the ease of churning, in the
completeness of churning, and in improving
the keeping quality of the resulting butter. It
was formerly supposed that sweet cream could
not be churned into butter, and, in fact, with =
but a moderate percentage of fat (15 to 907 ae
per cent) it does churn with much more diffi- Se2gs°
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eulty than the same cream after it has been ripened;
but since the introduction of the separator, and the
consequent production of a much heavier cream, it
has been found that sweet cream can be churned into
butter quite as readily as ripened cream. In cream
containing but a moderate amount of fat, it is neces-
sary to reduce the temperature from six to eight
degrees, in order to churn it sweet. The difference in
the keeping quality of ripened and sweet cream butter
is likewise not so great as it was formerly supposed to
be. In fact, sweet cream butter, if properly made and
kept, will in a short time very closely approach the
qualities of ripened cream butter.
Effects of churning cream of different degrees of
ripeness.—If parcels of cream of different degrees
of ripeness are mixed together and then churned, it
will be found that the different creams will churn
differently. One will produce butter in a shorter
time than another, or with less agitation. The con-
_sequence is that when this oceurs the churn is
stopped before the churning is completed, and much
fat is lost in the buttermilk. It is a matter of
considerable practical importance, so far as loss of
fat is concerned, and to some extent also upon the
flavor of the butter, that all of the cream churned
at one time should be ripened together, evenly and
uniformly. If creams of different ages are to be
churned together they should be mixed together at
least twelve hours before churning, so that the con-
dition of acidity shall be the same throughout the
whole mass. .
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Bad effects of over-ripening.—When too much lfactie
acid is developed in the cream the casein is firmly
coagulated, and in the process of churning is broken
up into minute granules, which become inecorpo- —
rated into the butter in the form of white specks or
flakes of casein. Such white specks, besides injur-
ing the appearance of the butter, greatly detract
from its keeping qualities, as the putrefactive fer-
mentations soon set up in them and give rise to
disagreeable flavors. Danger from this source is
hable to be present if the coagulation of the cream
has gone so far that any whey has separated. The
cream should in all cases be churned before the ripen-
ing process has reached this point. It was formerly
supposed, and is still generally believed, that the pro-
duction of an excess of lactic acid in ripening tends
to a loss of butter, from the fact that the acid
dissolved or “cut” the fat, causing it to disappear.
This has been shown, both theoretically and _ practi-
cally, not to be the case. Lactic acid has no appre-
ciable effect upon fat, so far as dissolving or decom-
posing it is concerned, and cream may be held until
the whey has separated to the full extent without
any loss in the amount of butter that it is possible
to churn from it. The chief evil effect in over-
ripening is in the production of strong and undesir-
able flavors accompanying the undue production of
lactic acid.
Where the cream is made from milk that has been
produced under uncleanly conditions, or has been eare-
lessly handled, or where the cream itself has been
The Effects of Over - Ripening 209
transported for long distances and subjected to
many vicissitudes, bad flavors are much more likely
to show themselves. again, if the ripening process is
carried too far, even though they may have been par-
tially removed by pasteurization. Such cream should
be watched carefully and churned with a moderate
development of acid.
N
CHAPTER XI
CHURNING
THE process of causing the particles of butter fat
to unite into masses, so that they may readily be
separated from the milk serum, is called churning.
Such union of the particles of fat is ordinarily
brought about by agitation of the cream in a suit-
able vessel, called a churn. If milk or cream be
agitated at a temperature somewhat below the melt-
ing point of butter fat, the particles of fat, as they
pass by one another, agglutinate themselves into
masses, and, the process being continued, the first
formed masses continue uniting, until finally the
whole body of fat may be brought together in a prac-
tically solid mass. The conditions influencing the
separation of fat in this way are, first, the viscosity
of the milk; second, the ripeness of the cream ;
third, the temperature; fourth, the nature of the
agitation; fifth, the quality of the globules of fat.
The viscosity of the milk.—The viscosity of the
milk affects the churning, in that it tends to keep
the particles of fat from moving freely upon one
another, and in that the viscous portions of the
milk, notably some of the albuminous matter, form a
more or less gense layer about the fat globules.
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Temperature of Churning ayaa
tending to keep them apart. The more viscous the
milk, then, the grealey, the cee vas with which it
will churn.
The ripeness of: the cream.—The ripeness of the
eream affects the churning, largely because of its
effect upon the viscosity of the milk. The produc-
tion of lactic acid in milk always has the tendency
to render it less viscous, and sour milk or cream,
therefore, will churn more readily than sweet for
this reason. The viscosity of the milk must be
distinguished from the thickness of the milk, due
to the coagulation of the casein. Souring of the
milk renders it less viscous, but at the same time
by coagulating the casein renders it thicker and
less fluid.
The temperature.—The temperature is the most im-
portant condition affecting churning. Whether the.
particles of fat shall unite as they pass by one
another when the liquid is in motion, depends very
_ largely upon their temperature and degree of plas-
ticity. If the temperature is too low, the globules
of fat are so hard that when they hit one another
_ they do not stick together. If, on the other hand,
the temperature ‘is too high, the effect of agita-
ting the globules of fat is, instead of causing them
to unite, to break them up into still smaller glob-
ules, and so render the emulsion more permanent.
The range of temperature through which the parti-
cles of fat may be made to unite is considerable.
The extreme limits may be placed at from 46° to
80° F. But while butter may be churned from
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milk or cream through this wide range of tempera-
ture, the quality of the butter is very seriously af-
fected. The butter is in the best condition when it
is churned at such a temperature that the particles -
of fat unite readily, and when united form firm
masses or granules of butter. The temperature at
which this desirable end is brought about varies
under a wide range of conditions, the most impor-
tant of which are the following: The individuality of
the animal; the period of lactation; the nature of
the food of the cows; the season of the year.
These conditions are all conditions which affect the
melting point of the butter fat. The higher the
melting point of the fat, the higher the tempera-
ture at which the milk should be churned, and the
lower the melting point of the fat, the lower the
churning temperature. Any condition which tends
to make the butter fat hard will necessarily be fol-
lowed by a rise in the churning temperature, and
any condition which tends to make the butter fat
soft will for the same reason be followed by a
fall in the churning temperature. It is impossible,
then, to name any single temperature which is the
best or even the proper one at which to churn;
but while there is a considerable range of tempera-
ture, which under different conditions may give the
best results, still this range is not so wide as the
range of temperature at which it is possible to
churn, and the limits may perhaps be placed at from
50° to .66° F. In general, the lowest temperature
compatible with securing butter in a _ reasonable
The Nature of the Agitation 213
length of time will give butter of the best quality.
The lower the temperature at which the butter is
churned, other things being equal, the more com-
pletely will the butter be removed from the butter-
milk, the longer will be the time required for churn-
ing, and the less casein will be found in the butter.
The nature of the agitation.—It is generally be-
lieved that the best results follow from agitating
the cream in such a way that the particles of fat
are subject to more or less concussion, though it
is not at all necessary that this concussion should
take place. Mere gentle stirring of the cream, if
continued long enough, will bring butter, and agi-
tating the cream by passing bubbles of air through
it will also cause it to churn. Many churns have
been devised which bring about the churning by
agitating the cream with floats or paddles, and in
the old-fashioned dash churn there was a minimum
amount of concussion, the motion being largely that
of stirring. Where the agitation is brought about
by the use of paddles or stirring instruments, the
texture of the butter is usually injured, because of
the effect of the stirring motion upon the grain of
the first particles of butter formed. The best churns,
then, are entirely hollow vessels, barrel or box,
which bring about agitation of the cream through
concussion of the particles upon the sides of the
rotating churn. The churning depends, also, upon
the rate of agitation; the faster the motion to
which the particles of cream are_ subjected, the
quicker will be the churning. In this respect the
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motion of the particles and the motion of the churn
must not be confounded. If the motion of the churn
is increased so that sufficient centrifugal force is gen-
erated to cause the particles of cream to partake of
Fig. 33 Barrel power churn.
the motion of the churn, then, though the particles
may pass through space at a greater rate of speed,
the motion of the particles upon each other will be
lessened. A maximum motion of the particles upon
each other is obtained when the spéed of the churn
stops just short of setting up centrifugal force in
Size and Character of Fat Globules 215
the churn. This will be found to correspond to a
motion of the gee: of cream of about 700 feet per
minute.
The quality of the globules of fat-—The quality of
the globules of fat, both as to their size and char-
Fig. 34. Square box power churn.
acter, bears an important part in the phenomena
of churning. So far as the hardness or softness of
the fats is concerned, this: has already been treated
of under the effect of temperature; but temperature
is not the only influence which causes variation in
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the hardness or softness of the fat. The relative
proportions of hard and soft fats vary consider-
ably. When the soft fats
predominate, the churning is
easier than when they are in
less proportion, while an un-
due proportion of hard fats
often renders churning ex-
tremely difficult. The size of
the fat globules also bears an
important part in the ease
and time required for churn-
ing. In passing through a
mass of liquid two large: globules are more likely
to hit each other than are two small ones, the rela-
tive probability of their meeting and hitting being
in proportion to the squares of their diameters.
The end of churning.—When the particles of fat
have united to such an extent that they begin to be
visible in the cream, the butter is said to “break,”
and from this time on the process of churning is rap-
idly finished. Two things are to be observed in bring-
ing the operation of churning to a close. In the
first place, the churning should be continued until
the separation of fat is as complete as possible.
In the second place, the larger the masses of but-
ter in the churning the more difficult is the re-
moval of the buttermilk. If the cream is _thor-
oughly and uniformly ripened, the separation will be
more uniform and the churning more complete
than when creams of different degrees of ripeness
Fig. 35. “Simplex” combined
churn and butter worker.
Conditions of Difficult Churning ae
are churned together; but under various conditions,
and from time to time, the completeness of separation
varies with the size of the granules of butter; that
is to say, if the granules have reached a certain size,
it does not always follow that the fat has been re-
moved from the buttermilk to the same degree, so
that the size of the granules of butter is not a certain
indication of the completeness of churning. When the
churning process is complete, the buttermilk takes on
a thin, bluish, watery appearance, quite distinct from
the thicker creamy appearance of the unchurned cream,
and the churning should be continued until this con-
dition of the buttermilk is reached, even though the
granules are increased in size beyond the point favor-
able to their best separation from the buttermilk.
The higher the temperature at which the cream is
chuzned, the greater the percentage of fat left in
the buttermilk and the more casein will be incorpo-
rated with the butter.
Difficult churning.—Conditions often arise under
which it is very difficult or impossible to cause the
butter to unite in granules and separate from the but-
termilk. One of the chief difficulties accompanies
a small and hard condition of the butter granules
with a high viscosity in the cream. These con-
ditions usually occur in the late fall and early win-
ter months, when the cows are far advanced in lac-
tation, and when they are often fed on dry food
of a character to make hard butter fat. An im-
“proper ripening of the cream often accompanies
these conditions, so that complaints of difficulty in
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churning are usually numerous at this period of
the year. These complaints readily yield to the
proper treatment, which is indicated under the con-
ditions affecting churning, and so far as is known
there never occurs a condition under which it is
absolutely impossible to churn the butter from any
given sample of cream. The course to be followed in
eases of this nature is, first, to add to the food of
the cows something of a succulent nature, that will
cause the secretion of milk to be greater in amount
and not so viscous. Second, to further lessen the
viscosity by bringing about a vigorous lactic acid
fermentation in the milk, and in extreme instances,
perhaps, diluting the cream with warm water or
weak brine. Care must be taken that this’ dilution
does not go too far, or difficulty in churning from
the thinness of the cream will result. The produc-
tion of lactic acid in good amounts and within a
reasonable time seems to be an important means of
overcoming these cases of difficult churning. It is
not unlikely that some of the lower fermentations,
which take place at temperatures below which the
lactic acid germs are active, may in themselves have
a retarding effect upon the churning. These cases
of difficult churning are frequently accompanied by
the production of an acrid or bitter putrefactive
fermentation product in the cream.
If the attempt is made to churn at an extremely
low temperature, the agitation of the cream serves
to incorporate with it bubbles of air, and the
cream froths or swells. When this takes place,
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little can be done except to allow the cream to
stand for several hours and then warm it up
gradually four or. five degrees before again starting
the churn. There is very much less danger of swel-
ling in the revolving churns than in dash churns.
Frequently also, in cases when the attempt is
made to churn at the extreme lowest point possible,
the formation of butter stops just short of the
breaking point, and further agitation does not resuit
in an Increase of butter. This may be overcome by
slightly raising the temperature, or by the addition
of a little water at a temperature of 85° or 90° F.;
or, what is better, it can usually be brought about
by the addition of a little dry salt to the churn.
The solution of salt in the water of the cream
seems to affect the viscosity in such a way that
the formation of butter granules is greatly facilitated.
When ripened cream is churned, there is usually
an evolution of gas immediately after the agitation
commences. This is gas which has been formed by
some of the fermentations going on in the cream, and ©
the gas is liberated within the first five or ten min-
utes. The temperature also rises two or three degrees
during the operation, from the effect of the friction
of the particles upon one another.
CHAPTER XII
FINISHING AND MARKETING BUTTER
WHEN the churning process is complete, it still
remains to separate the buttermilk from the granules
of butter, and to bring the whole into a solid, uni-
form mass, suitable for consumption and properly
flavored with salt. These operations may be _ per-
formed in a variety of ways. Formerly it was the
custom to continue the churning until the butter
was in a measurably solid mass, when it was re-
moved from the churn and the buttermilk expelled
by pressure, at the same time that the salt was
incorporated with the butter. Now the buttermilk
is uniformly removed from the butter by washing
with water in the churn, and in many instances
the salt is incorporated with it during the whole
or part of this operation; but the more common
practice is to wash the butter in the churn and to
work out the surplus moisture and incorporate the
salt upon a separate instrument, called a_ butter
worker.
Washing the butter.—The churning should be
stopped as soon as the buttermilk is clear and wa-
tery. If the churning has been done at the right
temperature and the cream properly ripened, this con-
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Washing Butter 221
dition will occur when the butter granules are not
larger than kernels of wheat. As soon as the churn
is stopped, the addition of a little cold water to the
eontents of the churn will facilitate the rising of
the smaller globules of butter through the butter-
milk. The buttermilk should then be drawn off
from the bottom of the churn, and the butter al-
lowed to drain thoroughly. After the butter is thor-
oughly drained, water at a temperature of 45° to
55° F. should be added in amounts equal to two-
thirds: the amount of buttermilk withdrawn. The
eontents of the churn should then be gently agitated,
so that the water may come in contact with each par-
ticle of butter, but not to such an extent that the
particles will compact .themselves into larger masses.
In about ten or fifteen minutes, this water should be
' withdrawn and the butter allowed to drain as before,
after which the butter should be washed the second
time in the same manner. This second water should
run away clear, or with a very ‘slight milkiness.
If it is at all milky, the butter should be washed
again, and the washing continued until the water does
run away clear. It is desirable that as little wash-
ing be done as possible, and if care is taken in
stopping the churning at the right moment, and in
draining and washing the butter, two waters will be
sufficient. The addition of a small amount of salt
to the first washing water will facilitate the removal
of the buttermilk, but will not add any perceptible
saltiness to the butter. The way in which the wash-
ing is done perceptibly affects the quality of the
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finished butter, particularly so far as regards its tex-
ture and percentage of water. The smaller the
granules of butter when the churn is stopped, and
the colder the water used, the more water will re-
main in the butter without appearing in the form
of drops. If the churning has progressed until the
butter has formed masses the. size of a hickory nut
or larger, particularly if the butter is soft, it will
be impossible to completely wash the buttermilk from
the butter, and the buttermilk must necessarily be
removed in working. Such butter will always re-
tain in its flavor traces of the buttermilk so incor-
porated with it.
The texture of the butter is also affected by the
temperature of the wash water. If the butter comes
soft, the attempt is usually made to cool it down
rapidly by the addition of large amounts of very cold —
water. The butter can be hardened up in this way,
but it will show the effect of sudden changes of
temperature afterward much more strongly than if it
were cooled down more slowly. Butter fat does.
not conduct heat rapidly, and to become thoroughly
warm or thoroughly cool requires some little time.
If, then, butter has been churned too warm, and
comes in a soft condition, the washing process should
be much prolonged. Use the ordinary amount of
water and at the ordinary temperature, but allow the
butter to remain in it until it has had sufficient time
to thoroughly adjust itself to the changed condition.
It can then be taken out and worked without dan-
ger of quickly becoming soft again. There is also
Working Butter 223
danger of removing some of the more delicate fiavor-
ing oils of the butter by the use of too large an
amount of very cold water. These flavoring oils are
Fig. 36. ‘‘ Eureka”’ hand butter-worker.
slightly soluble, and more soluble at a low tempera-
ture, so that the drenching with large amounts of.
very cold water has a tendency toward the produc-
tion of a flavorless or tallowy butter.
Working.—Working butter is an integral part of
the process of manufacture, only in so far as it re-
lates to the incorporation of the salt and bringing
the butter into the compact form necessary for con-
sumption, so that all working beyond that which
is necessary to bring about these two things is super-
224 Milk and Its Products
fluous, and, because of the danger of injuring the
grain of the butter, is objectionable. The grain
of the butter is least affected by working when this
is done by pressure and at a temperature of from
45° to 55° F, The amount of water that remains
Fig. 37. **Mason”’ table butter-worker.
in the butter depends, as before stated, upon the
temperature and fineness of the granules. The finer
and colder the butter, the more water will it retain.
Salting. — Salt is added to butter solely for the
sake of the flavor which it imparts. While salt has
undoubted antiseptic properties, these play very little
part in the preservation of butter, and need not be
taken into consideration. The amount of salt, then,
that should be added to butter depends entirely
Salting Butter 225
upon the taste of the consumer for whom it is in-
tended; and may vary from a mere trifle to as
much as 2% ounces for each pound of butter.
The great majority of consumers, - however, prefer
an amount ranging between 34 of an ounce and 1
ounee to the pound. The addition of a uniform
Fig. 38. ‘‘ Centrifugal ’’ or vertical butter-worker.
amount of salt from day to day is a matter of
considerable importance in securing a uniform qual-
ity of butter, and the amount of salt should, there-
fore, be based upon the least variable factor possi-
ble. It will be found that from day to day the
size of the granules of butter when washed, and the
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amount of water adhering to them, will vary consid-
erably, so that the weight of washed and drained but-
ter will not bear any definite relation to the amount
of finished butter, and if the attempt is made to gauge —
the salt by the weight of drained butter, it will be
found that the degree of saltness will vary considera-
bly, because when more water is contained in the
butter much more of the salt will pass out with
the brine. When a separator is used in creaming,
the weight of cream will be found to bear a closer
proportion to the weight of finished butter than
either the original weight of the whole milk or the
weight of the washed and drained butter, and the.
more uniform salting will. be obtained if the salt
is added in the ratio of a certain percentage of
the weight of the cream. The salt should be added
so that it can be readily and uniformly incorporated
with the whole amount of butter. This is econ-
veniently done while the water is being expressed
from the butter in ‘the worker, and the working
should continue until the salt has completely dis-
solved, because the salt has a deepening effect upon
the color of the butter, and if some undissolved
portions remain, these, afterwards dissolving in the
water contained in the butter, will make a strong
brine at that particular point, and consequently a
deeper color, and mottled or streaked butter is the
result,
The salt should be dry, of uniform grain, and
should readily and completely dissolve to a clear
solution. Those brands of salt which are made from
Packing Butter 220
the natural crystal give the best results so far as re-
maining dry and freedom from caking are concerned.
Brine salting. —With many who prefer a_ butter
slightly salted, it is sometimes convenient to add .
the salt through the medium of brine, rather than
to mix it with the butter in a dry condition. The
advantagés of brine salting are that a light amount
of salt may be uniformly incorporated with the
butter. It is not possible to incorporate with the
butter a large amount of salt in this way. Where
well-drained butter is salted at the rate of one
ounce to the pound, there will remain in the but-
ter about 3 per cent of salt. Where butter is
washed twice with a saturated brine, there will re-
main in the butter when worked about 2 per cent
of salt. In salting butter in this manner, it is nec-
essary that the brine should be prepared _before-
hand. This is best done by dissolving the salt in
warm water, as much as the water will hold, and
then cooling it to the proper temperature to add to
the butter. The brine in this instance may take the
‘ place of the second wash water. After the brine
has remained upon the butter five or ten minutes,
it should be withdrawn and additional salt added to
it, or a second portion of saturated brine added and
left upon the butter for a similar length of time,
after which the brine may be withdrawn and the
butter worked in the ordinary manner.
Packing and marketing.—After the butter has
been worked until the salt is completely dissolved
and a sufficient amount of water removed, it is
228 Milk and Its Products
ready for packing. JButter that is to be packed
and held for any considerable length of time should
be worked drier than when it is intended for im- |
mediate consumption. Fresh butter is most highly
esteemed in most markets when it contains about all
the water that it will hold, but if such butter is
held for any length of time the evaporation of water
from the surface will lead to a deposition of salt,
which detracts much from its appearance and _ salae
bleness. . An ideal package for butter is one that is
light, strong and tight. None of the packages
in ordinary use are perfect in all of these respects.
Wooden packages, though light and strong, always
leak more or less and let in air. Tin packages
are more or less objectionable because of the action
of the salt upon the tin, and iron, and glass, an@
erockery packages, although tight and clean, are
heavy and subject to breakage. Packages made of
paper or wood pulp have been used to some extent, as
have also packages of these materials covered with
paraffine,. but they do not make a very attractive
package. All things considered, tight, smooth, well-
made tubs..of ash, spruce or oak make the most.
available package. All wooden packages possess the
characteristic flavor of the wood, which may be im-
parted to the butter to a greater or less extent if
it is allowed to remain in them very long. In
order to obviate this, the odor of the wood should be
removed as much as_ possible before the butter is
packed. The package should be thoroughly steamed,
and then filled with hot water in which some salt ©
Composition of Butter 229
has been dissolved, and allowed to stand at least
twenty-four hours, after. which it shoald be scalded
a second time and then cooled with cold water.
Butter may also be packed in prints or moulds,
especially for immediate consumption. The demand
for butter in this form is increasing, and for nearby
markets it is one of the most desirable forms of
packing. In cool weather and with proper precau-
tions, prints may also be shipped considerable dis-
tances with success. Prints are usually made in
pound and half-pound sizes, intended to go directly
upon the table in the shape in which they leave
the manufacturer. Various shapes and sizes of prints
have been made, but-since the great increase in the
demand for butter in this shape, a standard size for
pound prints has been settled upon that makes a
rectangular print, 4% x 2% x 2% inches. These
prints are wrapped in parchment paper and packed
in specially made carrying boxes.
Composition and quality of butter.—The average
composition of butter is about as follows:
Ba Gites ake pert ie ee ene Sete oe A ale oats 85 per cent.
GASOINM ter tel a ite ica beuis so nai tall soe e ety oe eae 1 per cent.
tae recast su tek rograe coy) densa one cates hos 3 per cent.
Wiatetucncelsas (in se eee eed ete uae 11 per cent.
The percentage of fat should not fall below 80 per
cent nor the water rise above 15 per cent. The per-
centage of casein should not exceed 4 per cent. The
percentage of fat in butter of good quality often rises
to 86 or 88 per cent. The quality of butter is
judged upon its flavor, texture, color, amount of salt,
230 Milk and Its Products
and its general style and appearance. Butter of good
flavor should have the characteristic flavors well pro-
nounced. It should be free from any rancidity, and
clean and pure so far as any extraneous flavor is con- |
eerned. The determination of the flavor of any sam-
ple of butter is entirely one of individual judgment.
To some a high flavor is one in which the flavoring
oils are developed almost to the verge of rancidity;
in others, high flavor means a certain amount of the
flavor of sour milk or buttermilk; with still others,
that butter is esteemed of the best flavor that is
cleanest and purest. The true bouquet of high-class
butter 1s a mild, distinct, volatile flavor or combina-
tion of flavors extremely difficult to describe, and oniy
met with in perfection under the best conditions. .
The texture of butter depends upon the state of
the granular condition of the fats. When the butter
is first formed in the churn it makes its appearance
in the shape of minute irregular granules. In the sub-
sequent process of manufacture these granules never
completely lose their individuality, and constitute the
so-called grain of the butter. The more distinctly
the individuality of the granules is marked in the
- mass of butter, the better the texture. The texture
of the butter is shown by an appearance like broken
east iron when a mass of butter is broken in two
transversely, and when a metal is passed through the
butter, as a knife or trier, if the butter be of the
best texture, no particles of fat adhere to it. The
texture of the butter is deteriorated if the particles
of butter are churned in too large masses, and if
Judging Butter 231
in the process of working the individual particles
are made to move upon one another at too high a
temperature. The mere warming of the butter to a
point approaching the melting point destroys the
grain upon subsequent cooling, even though the mass
of butter may have been undisturbed. |
The color of the butter should be a clear, bright,
golden yellow, such as is naturally yielded by the
cow when feeding upon fresh pasture grasses. The
natural color of the butter is affected very largely by
the race of the cow, by the character of the food,
and by the period of lactation. Scarcely any breed
of cows will yield a butter of ideal color upon dry
food late in their period of lactation. On the other
hand, one or two races upon fresh pasture will
yield a butter of too high a color to suit the most
critical trade. The great mass of butter made is
artificially colored. For this purpose a large va-
riety of substances has been used, but the ecolor-
ing matter most commonly employed is a_ prep-
aration of annatto (a coloring matter in the seed
pulp of Biza orellana) in some neutral oil. This
coloring matter is prepared of such strength that only
minute quantities are necessary to be added to the
cream to produce butter of the proper shade. Ani-
line colors are also quite largely used in the prep-
aration of butter colors. They are cheaper and do
not so easily fade as annatto, and some of them
are harmless; but because of the liability of their
containing injurious or poisonous substances their
use is not to be recommended. Butter artificially
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eolored should be uniform, of a bright golden
yellow color, free from any reddish tinge. The
demand of different markets varies considerably in ~
regard to the shade of color desired.
In regard to salt, the quality of the butter is
not necessarily affected by the amount of salt, that
being established by the demand of the trade for
which it is intended, but the salt, in whatever de-
gree added, should be completely dissolved, and
should be uniform throughout the whole mass of
butter. The finish of the butter, in whatever form
packed, should be such that it will present a neat,
clean, attractive appearance. The different qualities
of butter are ranked in importance in accordance
with the following scales:
IA VOR sie 5 ais eee op aol, Or Sic elie ceia iceman Perce 40 to 45
Moxture <s sete rele Wa Celtelhe: vel ete ceilet ote 25 to 30
COlOT 0 Pires ret at oe wis AO Sisto ue erelichemen- 10 to 15
CHAPTER XIII
MILK FOR CHEESE MAKING
CHEESE is a product manufactured from milk, into
which a large part of the solids are gathered together
in such form that their nourishing qualities are re-
tained, at the same time that they are brought into
a condition capable of preservation and convenient
for transportation. The solids which are concerned
in the manufacture of cheese are the casein, the fats,
and a considerable portion of the ash. The albumin,
nearly all of the sugar, about one-third of the ash,
and a small part of the fat, escape during the course
of manufacture. The elimination of a large part of
the water is the chief step in the process of cheese
making. In general terms, cheese consists of about
equal proportions of water, fat and casein, with a
certain amount of salt and minute quantities of milk
sugar and ash. In milk, the casein exists in a state
of minute suspension or semi-solution. The essential
step in securing the separation of the water is in
rendering the casein insoluble. Casein, like most
albuminous organic substances, exists in two forms,
known respectively as the soluble and the insoluble
or coagulated form, and the change from solution to
insolubility is termed coagulation. In the case of
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casein, coagulation may be brought about by several
reagents, but the one universally employed in cheese
making is a soluble ferment found in the stomachs
of young mammalia and in certain other animals, ©
known as rennet. By the addition of rennet to
milk, the casein takes on the form of a homogene-
ous gelatinous solid, and in changing its form en-
closes in its mass the globules of fat. In bringing
about the change in the casein in this way, the ren-
net acts by contact; that is, its own constitution is
in no way disturbed, and a minute amount of rennet
is capable of causing the coagulation of a large
amount of milk.
Quality of milk for cheese making.—While it is
scarcely necessary to demonstrate that milk is val-
uable. for butter making in proportion to the amount
of fat it contains, the proposition that its percent-
age of fat is also a measure of the value of nearly
all milk for cheese making has not been so readily
accepted. Indeed, until within a very short time, the
prevailing opinion among dairymen and cheese-makers
has been that a milk poor in fat was likely to be
rich in casein, and hence more valuable for cheese
making purposes. But both fat and casein are con-
stituents of cheese, and both are of nearly equal im-
portance; hence, the richer a milk is in fat, the
more cheese it will make, and recent research has
shown that for milks containing a normal amount of
fat the yield of cheese will be nearly proportional to
the percentage of fat in the milk.
Relation of Fat to Casein 235
on
Van Slyke,* in a series of ‘investigations extend-
ing over several years, and including the milk of not
less than fifteen hundred different cows, found that as
the percentage of fat increased the percentage of
casein increased in a nearly constant ratio; or, to
quote his own words: ‘While we have noticed con-
siderable variation when we considered individual
herds, we have found that, as a rule, there were two-
thirds of one pound of casein for each pound of
fat in the milk, whether the milk: contained 8 or 4
per cent of fat; though this normal relation was con-
siderably affected in the season of 1893 by the effects
of drought upon the pastures. * * * * When
the amount of fat in the milk increased beyond 4%
per cent, there was a gradual but slight diminution
of casein for each pound of fat.”
The accompanying tables give the data upon which
Dr. Van Slyke’s opinions were based :
Table showing relation of fat to casein in normal milk
“ Average
verage per | Average per | pounds of
Group. per cent vf peers cent of fat in|cent of casein| casein for
each group. |in each group|each pound of
fat.
i 3 to 3.5 22 3.35 2.20 0.66
IH. 3.5 to 4 112 3.72 2.46 0.66
Ill. ‘| 4 to 4.5 78 4.15 2.70 0.65
LV: 4.5 to 5 16 4.74 3.05 0.64
V. 5 to 5.25 7 5.13 3.12 0.61
*New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin, No. 68, New Series.
236 Milk and Its Products
Table showing relation of fat in milk to yield of cheese
Per cent of fatin | Pounds of green | Pounds of green
Group. waite cheese made from 100; cheese made for one
: lbs. of milk. pound of fatin milk.
18: 3 60,320 9.14 Deke
1a is 3.5 to 4 10.04 2.70
III. 4 to 4.5 11.34 2.40
IV. 4.5 to 5 12.85 2.71
V. 5 to 5.25 13.62 2.66
Babeock* tabulated the results of a large num-
ber of observations in factories in Wisconsin in the
accompanying tables, and while agreeing in the main
with Van Slyke, was forced to conelude that, “at the
same season of the year, rich milks do not yield as
much cheese in proportion to the fat they contain as
do poor milks, but that a rich milk toward the end of
the season may do as well as a much poorer milk
earlier in the season.”
Table showing yield of cheese in Wisconsin factories according to
per cent of fat in milk
Average
No. of No.of |Range of fat) Average per yield a Lbs. of cured
groups. reports. per cent. cent of fat. cheese per cee for
100 Ibs. milk. aoe
1 24 under 3.25 3.126 9.194 2.941
9 90 3.25—3.50 3.382 9.285 2.730
3 134 3.50—8.75 3.600 9.407 2.613
4 43 3.75—4.00 3.839 9.806 2.562
5 46 4.00—4.25 4.090 10.300 2.512
6 20 sen LES 4.447 10.707 | 2.407
MUL eons Te ee Pi an ene 2.628
*Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, llth Annual Report, p. 137.
Relation of Fat to Casein
237
Table showing yield of cheese in Wisconsin factories by months
Month.
August
September. . .-
October
November
eRe ie) ate) hip! ce! (ee
ae yey (a
Whole season .. .
me of Average per init ne Lbs. of cured
reports. cent of fat. | cheese per cheese ten
100 Ibs. milk. ;
22 3.480 9.154 2.630
68 3.493 9.447 2.704
66 3.497 9.367 2.679
63 | 3.904 9.231 2.593
49 | 3.634 9.335 2.568
36 3.836 | 9.955 2.594
28 | 4.076 | 10.562 2.591
15 | 4.254 10.947 | 2.573
7 | 8.64 9.566 2.628
Percent of fat.
April and.
nders3-25 0 <o-. >=
3.25—3.50
3.50—38.75
3.75—4.00
4.00—4.25
Over 4.25
May.
No.
12—2.96
332.73 |
34—2..62
72.53
3—2.56
Dire) IS
October
June. July. August. Sept. and
| eas
| No. No. No. No. No.
6—2.99 3—2.89 3—2.88
23—2.74 | 20—2.70 | 11—2.73 Be letia|LAyml aie)
32—2.63 | 29—2.58 | 24—2.54 | 10—2.67 5—2.81
3— 2-47 7—2.46 7—2.53 | 18—2.61 6——-2.62
92.30 | 4--2.33 | 3-235 | 9—2.47 | 15—2.64
sigh te anor 1—1.95 1—2.13 | 17-—-2.46
On the other hand, Dean* has found that uni-
———
* Ontario Agricultural College, 2ist Annual Report, p. 44.
238 : Milk and Its Products
formly a rich milk yields less cheese in proportion
to the fat contained in it than a poor milk. His
experiments covered a whole season’s work in a
single factory, the average results of which are shown >
in the following table:
Yield of cheese from rich and poor milk
!
Per cent of fat in |Pounds of green cheese
a Name nile for one pound of fat
one ; in milk.
experi- /
ments.| Richer Poorer Richer Poorer ~
milk. milk. | milk. | milk.
: |
|
Repl oh peer eeae Gt eae i ne OG oem sie
rid ee ear oka eoyagaed, Cre owe 3.39 ake | 2.86
iI a ae eo Pe ea 15 | 4.09 | 2.68
asa UAE SL Oe eal 15 | 3.20 | 2 84
June 1209 3.04 | 9.68
; 12 Ane 3.16 2.94
Man yes sates se oie RE 14 3.78 | 2.73
14 | 3.00 3.06
August Li Peeve rate ai geo 13 3.82 : 2.74
tees aan 13 2.91 3.14
September...) =) oe 12 4.01 , 2.68
St SEPA sg NE Aes 12 | 3.06 3.06
October 13 3.99 Ste 2.82 ye
Reon SS teouc ene rena gyes 13 3.26 ee 3.05
Average. . + + «| [ete SOh Cale SPs dame et 2.99
The practical bearing of the relation of the fat
to the casein arises in the question as to whether,
where milk is bought for cheese making, it should
be paid for by weight or according to its percent-
age of fat. It does not require proof, that to pay
an equal price per pound or hundred weight for
milk of all qualities is a gross injustice to those
Relation of Fat to Casein 239
who produce the richer milks. If there were a
quick, accurate method of determining casein, the
logical practice would be to pay for the milk upon
the basis of its known content of both fat and
casein; but failing in that, it is well to examine
in how far we may fall back upon the percentage
of fat, the determination of which is both quick
and accurate, as a measure for determining the
value of milk for cheese making. While there is
some disagreement, it seems to be pretty well settled
that a milk rich in fat is also richer in casein,
and with milk of ordinary quality, including prob-
ably nine-tenths of all the milk produced, nearly in
proportion to the percentage of fat. So that, even
if the richer milk does yield a little less cheese
for each pound of fat, the percentage of fat is a
much more nearly just measure of its cheese-pro-
ducing power than is the weight of the milk, the -
measure now commonly employed. Further, when
the milk is so rich in fat that the casein falls
‘ considerably below its normal ratio to the fat, the.
resulting cheese will be so much richer in fat
that it will be of considerably better quality, and
such milk, when pooled with milk poor in fat, will
so bring up the quality of the whole product, that it
should be paid for at a correspondingly higher rate.
The conclusion, therefore, is that the percentage of
fat is by far the most accurate measure at present
available for the determination of the cheese-produ-
cing value of milk, and that milk is practically valu-
able for cheese making in proportion to the amount
240) Milk and Its Products
of fat that it contains, and should be paid for ac-
cordingly.
Loss of fat in cheese making.—It has been a gen-
erally accepted idea by cheese-makers, that the neces-—
sary loss of fat in the whey is much greater
when the milk contains a high percentage of fat.
Indeed, the statement has been frequently made
that all the fat in the milk above 4 per cent is
lost in the whey. This idea has had much to do
with the disinclination to value milk for cheese
imaking according to its percentage of fat; “andes
fact, has been a chief argument in favor of the
manufacture of skimmed or partly skimmed cheese.
The following table by Van Slyke* shows that
this idea is erroneous, and that the loss of fat in
the whey need be proportionately no greater when
the milk is rich than when it is poor in fat.
Table showing amount of fat lost and recovered in making cheese
Pounds . Pounds of fat | Pounds of fat
Number of | of fat pone of P cunder al lost in whey recovered in
experi- in 100 100 lbs 100 lbs. of from 100 lbs. green cheese
ment. Ss. Qe wile ite of fat in from 100 Ibs.
of milk. : F milk. | of fat in milk.
ihe peek anne 2.35 0.154 2.196 6.55 93.45
Py Ae ree ar am 3.01 0.193 2.817 6.42 93.58
Bilge ees eee 2 3.88 0.277 : 3.603 TS) 92.85
(: Soar aPC NTS 3.96 0.283 3.677 7.14 92.86
BBS a teniece 4.70 0.359 4.341 7.64 92.36
Go eee ae 4.73 0.331 4.399 6.99 93.01
TAEDA ater 4.80 0.373 4.427 7.77 92.23
Swi tease 6.49 0.715 5.775 11.01 88.99
Qe aire 3.70 0.269 3.431 7.26 92.74
Other investigators have abundantly confirmed
these results.
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 37, p. 681. -
Cooling and Aération ss 241
Cooling.—All that was said in Chapter VII on
“market milk,” in regard to cleanliness in drawing
the milk, applies equally well to milk that is in-
tended for cheese making, but where milk is made
into cheese it is not mecessary, nor, indeed, is
it desirable, that the lactic acid fermentations be
checked further than is necessary to allow the milk
to come into the cheese maker’s hands in the _ best
condition. In cheese making, the fermentations of
the milk play a most important part, and while it
is not at present known just what fermentations are
necessary or most desirable, sufficient is known to as-
sure us that a certuin amount of lactic acid is not
only desirable but necessary for the cheese making
process, and enough further is known that those fer-
-mentations which attack the protein substances, and
result in the formation of strong flavors, taints and
gases, are all undesirable in cheese making. For
the purpose of cheese making, it is desirable that the
fat should separate from the other constituents of
the milk as little as possible, and to that end the
previous treatment of the milk shonld be such that
the separation of cream will be held back as mueh
as possible. One of the best means of doing this
is to cool the milk to the temperature of the air
while it is kept constantly in motion. This, be-
side helping to keep the cream mixed with the milk,
will also favor the escape of any volatile animal
products that may be present in the milk, known
under the collective name of animal odor, and
which would otherwise impart objectionable flavors
to the cheese.
P
249 Milk and Its Products
Aerabhey eine the milk through an elevated
strainer in such a manner that it may fall in
finely divided drops or streams through the air be- —
fore it reaches the can, is one of the best means
of bringing about this end. This is known as
aération. It cannot be depended
upon to destroy or even check the
germs of fermentations which may be
present in the milk, beyond that
due to the reduction of temperature.
It is not desirable that milk in-
tended for cheese making should
be cooled much below the tempera-
ture of the air, and one of the best
preparations of milk intended for
cheese making is to allow it to
I remain where it will be freely ex-
ba * posed to a pure and moderately cool
Teese. me aoe atmosphere. Under ordinary condi-
elevated strainer. tions, the milks of the evening and
the succeeding morning are manufactured together,
and the treatment indicated is naturally that of the
night’s milk. It is highly desirable, however, that
the milk of the morning should be cooled to the
temperature of the atmosphere before it is taken to
the factory, and under ordinary conditions the milk
of the night and morning should be taken to the
factory in separate cans.
Ripening.—The lactic acid fermentation is prob-
ably one of the most important factors in all the
steps of cheese making, and to know to what ex-
\
Rennet Tests 243
tent it has progressed before the process begins, is
exceedingly important to the cheese maker. ‘To this
end, several convenient tests may be applied. The
veteran, who has attained skill through long manip-
ulation, can tell with a fair degree of accuracy
through the sense of smell and taste the amount
of lactic acid present in his milk, but this is not
a safe enough guide for those who are inexpe-
rienced, or those who expect to make a uniform
product in a uniform
way from day to day.
* Rennet tests. —The
percentage of lactic
acid present in the
milk ean readily be
determined directly by
titration with a stand-
ard alkali, but the
amount of lactic acid
present is also quite
readily determined >
by the length of
time required for ren-
net coagulation, since
rennet acts more
quickly upon milk
the riper it is, and
upon this fact two
or three simple tests
have been devised. Fig. 40. Monrad rennet test. a, 5c. e. pipette;
. b, 50 ec. e. graduated flask; ¢, cup in which
The simplest of these test is made.
iu C b
944 Milk and Its Products
is to add a spoonful of rennet of known strength
to a teacupful of milk and, after stirring the two
together thoroughly, to note carefully the time re- .
quired for coagulation. Another and more exact
method, known as the Monrad test, is made as fol-
lows: To a measured quantity of milk at a given
temperature a measured quantity of rennet of known
strength is added; ordinarily the commercial rennet is
diluted nine times for this purpose. The rennet is
thoroughly stirred with the milk, and the time re-
quired for coagulation is carefully noted. This is
simply a development of the cup test, and is better
because of its greater delicacy and accuracy; the
milk and rennet being more carefully measured, -and,
diluted rennet being used, a wider range of delicacy
is reached. Still
another form of ren-
net test, known as
the Marschall test,
has been devised.
In this test the milk
is measured into a
vessel, one of whose
sides is graduated
and in the bottom
of which there is a
minute orifice. The
rennet is added to
the milk, and the
vessel so placed that the milk can escape from the
hole in the bottom. So long as the milk remains
Fig. 41. Marschall rennet test.
Ripening the Milk 245
fluid the stream is continuous, but as soon as the ren-
net takes effect and a clot is formed, the stream stops,
and no more escapes. The number of spaces of milk
which escape is taken as the measure of the ripeness
of the milk. When the percentage of lactic acid is
great the stream stops sooner than where little acid
has been formed, so that in the ripe milk a less
number of spaces shows upon the side of the vessel
than in the unripe milk.
Degree of ripeness necessary.—By ripeness of milk
for cheese making is meant, as in the case of but-
ter making, the degree of lactic acid development that
has taken place. For cheese making, the develop-
ment of lactic acid should not have proceeded so
far that the milk is distinctly sour to the taste, and
it should have proceeded far enough so that the
whole process of cheddar cheese making, from the
time of adding the rennet to putting the cheese in
press, will take not more than six hours. This will
be indicated by a rennet test of 2% spaces on the
Marschall apparatus, or a rennet test of one minute
on the Monrad test, when 5 ¢. e¢. of diluted com-
mercial rennet extract (1 part rennet to 9 of water)
are added to 200 ec. c. of milk.
Starters. —In very many cases the milk, when
brought to the factory, will not be sufficiently ripe
to give the tests indicated above. In that case it
should be allowed to ripen before the cheese making
process begins. This may be brought about by
heating the milk up to 85° F., when the germs
already present become more. active; but the time
246 Milk and Its Products
required for the ripening will be shortened, and more
uniform results be obtained if, in addition to the
warming, an artificial starter is used. This may be
any material containing the germs of lactic fermen-
tation in active condition. The whey saved from
the previous day, or milk naturally or artificially
soured, may be used. An _ extremely convenient
form of starter is made by preparing an artificial
ferment in the following way: Ten pounds of
whole milk are sterilized at 180° F., then cooled to
90°, and sufficient commercial dry lactic ferment
added to secure coagulation in twenty-four hours.
When coagulated, this is added to the extent of 10
per cent to enough whole milk to make sufficient
starter for one day’s use. (See Appendix A.) The
amount of starter to be added for the purpose of
ripening the milk should be from 2 to 5 per cent,
varying with the temperature of the air and the
amount of ripeness that it is necessary to develop after
the milk reaches the factory. Enough of the ferment
should: be reserved each day to prepare ferment for
the following day from whole milk; and with care that
the vessels in which the ferment is made are kept
clean and sweet, a single ferment may be propagated
for from ten days to two weeks. As a matter of fact,
there is no reason why a ferment may not be propa-
gated for an indefinite time. All that is necessary is to
keep everything bacteriologically clean and to prevent
infection by never allowing any dust or solid particles
to fall into the ferment and never to touch it with the
hands. Such a ferment will give more uniform results,
Preparation of Rennet 247
and is less liable to introduce taints and bad flavors,
than a ferment made from sour whey, and with a little
Gare and attention, the fermentation will go on regu-
larly from day to day. eye
Rennet—The ordinary source of rennet is the
fourth or digestive stomach of a calf that has not
yet ceased to live upon milk, though rennet is also
found in the stomachs of puppies and pigs, and the
latter have occasionally been used as a source of
rennet. The active principle of the rennet is found
in the folds of the lning membrane of the stomach
of the animal, and is greatest In amount when a full
-meal is just digested.
Rennet causes coagulation of the casein by con-
tact, and is not itself affected by the change. Its
action, however, is greatly modified by various con-
ditions of the milk, the most important of which
are the temperature and the condition of certain of
the ash constituents. Rennet is most active at tem-
peratures near the body heat, 98°F. At temper-
atures below 80°F., the action of rennet is: corre-
spondingly slow. On the other hand as the temper-
ature is raised above 100° F., the activity of the
rennet is at first increased, but after about 130° F.
is reached the active principle is rapidly weakened
and finally destroyed at about 140° F.
~The activity of rennet is also intimately connected
with the lime salts in the ash of the milk, and par-
ticularly with their condition as to solubility. The
presence of soluble salts of lime renders rennet much
more active, while the insoluble salts of lime have
248 Milk and Its Products
a correspondingly retarding effect. Thus, the develop-
ment of lactic acid by rendering the lime salts more
soluble hastens the action of rennet on the milk. On
the other hand, when milk is heated to a tempera- —
ture above 150° F. a part of the lime salts is made
insoluble, and the action of the rennet correspond-
ingly retarded, even though the milk be again cooled
to a temperature at which rennet is active. The
coagulability of milk is similarly affected by the addi-
tion of any lime salt not normally present in milk.
Thus, if calcium oxalate or other insoluble. salt of
lime is added to milk, the action of rennet is
retarded. On the other hand, the addition of eal-
cium chloride or other soluble salt is followed by a
quicker action of the rennet. :
The rennet skin should be obtained from an
animal of some age. Still-born calves, or calves less
than three days old, furnish a rennet of very inferior
quality. The calf should be slaughtered three or
four hours after it has had a full meal, and the
fourth stomach carefully taken out. This should be
emptied by turning inside out and any particles
of foreign matter carefully picked off; it should
not be washed with water. It should then be
sprinkled with salt and stretched in a a manner
that it will readily dry.
At the present time the preparation of the rennet
extract from the skins is entirely a commercial one,
and rennet so much superior, on account of its
uniform strength and freedom from taints, is fur-
nished in this way that it is not advisable to prepare
Separation of Whey 249
the rennet for use from the skins. In the prepara-
tion. of the extract, the skins are soaked in warm
water to which a little salt has been added until the
active principle has been completely removed from
them. The resulting extract is filtered, and preserva-
tives, in the shape of salt and a little saltpetre,
are added. Rennet so prepared will retain its
strength and purity for a considerable length of
time, if kept in a cool, dark place.
Removal of whey.—After the coagulation of the
milk is complete its constitution is as follows: 92.5
parts soluble, 7.5 parts insoluble. The soluble por-
tions are made up of water 87, sugar 4.5, albumin
.75, ash .25. The insoluble are made up of casein
3.20, fat 3.75, ash .5. The separation of these two
is the chief task of the cheese maker, and is brought
about partly by mechanical and partly by chemical or
physical agents. The chief mechanical agents in
the separation are cutting the curd, stirring, and the
application of pressure. The chemical and _ phys-
ical agents in effecting the separation are: First,
application of heat; second, development of lactic
acid; third, addition of salt; fourth, curing fermenta-
tion. These various agents may be applied in va-
rious degrees and in various ways, all of which have
a greater or less effect upon the character of the
resulting cheese, producing an almost endless variety
of product. The process that we shall describe is
one in common use in America, although first prac-
ticed in England. It it known as the American
Cheddar process, and is a modification in minor de-
250 Milk and Its Products
tails of the process first employed at least 250 years
ago, in the district about the village of Cheddar in
Somerset, England, from which it takes its name,
-and from which it has spread more or less over
the whole world. Cheddar cheese is still made in
Somerset, as well as in other parts of Great Britain,
notably Ayrshire. It is with minor variations the
process most commonly employed in the United States,
Canada and Australia, and one of its distinctive fea-
tures, namely the matting of the curd after the whey
is drawn, is used in making many other varieties
of cheese, as the Cheshire, Leicestershire and Derby-
shire in England, the Edam and Gouda in Holland,
and perhaps others. |
CHAPTER XIV
CHEDDAR CHEESE MAKING
THE successive steps in the manufacture of Ched-
dar cheese may be conveniently grouped into seven
stages or periods, as follows: Period first, setting ;
period second, cutting; period third, heating; period
fourth, cheddaring; period fifth, grinding; period
sixth, salting and pressing; period seventh, curing.
Period I., setting.—The rennet is most active at
temperatures from near that of the body, 98° to
100° F., up to about 130° F., and if added to the
milk at these temperatures will most quickly cause
coagulation (p. 245), but at high temperatures there
is more tendency of the fat to separate, and for this
reason the milk is warmed to a degree sufficient to
eause fairly rapid coagulation, and at the same time
not injure the fat. This will vary from 82° to 86° F.,
according to conditions. The milk, when brought to
the factory, is collected in the vats and the whole
mass gradually warmed up to the proper tempera-
ture, with frequent gentle stirring to prevent any
separation of the fat in the form of cream. When
the whole mass is warmed up to 82° the milk is
tested for ripeness, and if sufficiently ripe the ren-
net is added at once, but if the milk is insuffi-
(251)
252 Milk and Its Products
ciently ripe a starter is then added, and the milk
allowed to stand at this temperature until a suffi-
cient amount of acid has developed, care being
taken that it is frequently stirred and no cream —
allowed to rise.
The rennet should be added in sufficient quan-
tity to cause the milk to coagulate in from ten to
fifteen minutes, and to be ready for the knife in
from thirty to thirty-five minutes. It was formerly
supposed that the amount of rennet added had an
effect upon the whole process of manufacture, and
particularly upon the curing fermentation, but while
the matter is still unsettled, later researches go to
show that the influence of the rennet upon the
curing is probably very slight. The amount of ren-
net to be used will also vary with the strength of the
extract ; two to three fluid ounces of rennet, of or-
dinary strength, per thousand pounds of milk is
sufficient. The rennet should be added to the milk
in such a way that the coagulation will be uniform
throughout the whole mass. If the rennet is added
in full strength and at a high temperature, the
milk will be immediately curdled as soon as the
particles of rennet come in contact with it, and
coagulation will begin in part of the mass_ before
the rennet can be thoroughly united with the whole
body of milk. The rennet should be diluted with
twenty to fifty times its own bulk of cold water.
The dilution renders the uniform mingling of the
rennet with the milk easier, and the cold water
keeps it inactive until it has been warmed up to the
Setting and Cutting 253
temperature of the milk. So soon as the rennet is
added, the milk should’ be quickly and carefully
stirred, so that the rennet may be uniformly mingled
with every part of it. This stirring should continue
until the mixture of rennet and milk is complete,
but should stop before any appearance of coagula-
tion. The milk in the vat is then allowed to be-
come quiet, and remains undisturbed while the pro-
eess of coagulation is going on, the object being to
secure a uniformly solid clot or coagulum through
the mass. The action of the rennet is not instanta-
neous; the first appearance of coagulation is noticed
by a slight thickening of the milk. This gradually
increases until the whole mass is solid, and if left
undisturbed the action of the rennet continues to
contract the coagulated casein and cause a_ partial
separation of the whey. As soon as the coagulation
is strong enough, so that the casein will maintain’
its shape when broken, the contents of the vat are
ready for the next step in the process.
Period ITI., cutting.—The curd, as the coagulated
easein is called, is ready for cutting when under
strain it will break with a clean fracture. This is
conveniently tested by gently inserting the finger in
the curd in an oblique position and slightly raising
it, when if the curd breaks clean across the finger
it is sufficiently firm for cutting. Cutting is per-
formed in order to facilitate the further contraction
of the casein and the expulsion of the whey. For-
merly the solid mass of curd was broken up into
small pieces by any sort of an instrument that
254 Milk and Its Products
might be at hand, or simply with the fingers, no
eare being taken that the pieces of curd should be
of uniform shape cr size, but now gangs of steel
knives, in one of which the blades are arranged
horizontally and the other perpendicularly, are used
to cut the mass of curd into cubes of about % of
an inch in diameter. The fat is retained in the
cheese by being enclosed in the meshes of the casein,
and in breaking up the mass of casein, a certain
number of fat globules is always set free. The
care with which the cutting and subsequent hand-
ling of the curd is done controls the loss of fat
through this source. Formerly, the mass of curd
was allowed to become very firm before cutting, but —
the more recent practice has shown that the best
results in expelling the whey from the curd are
reached when the curd is cut, so soon as it has
sufficiently coagulated to maintain its form... ihe
eurd is cut by passing the horizontal knife through
the vat, usually in a longitudinal direction, and then
by passing the perpendicular knife both longitudi-
nally and crosswise of the vat. It is immaterial
whether the horizontal or perpendicular knives are
used first. Some skilled cheese-makers prefer the
one practice and some the other. The object to be
attained is to break up the curd into as uniform
a mass of kernels as possible, or, in the language
of the cheese-maker, to secure an “even cut.” After
the curd is cut, the whey begins to escape, and the
eurd sinks to the bottom of the vat. If allowed to
remain undisturbed, the cut surfaces of the particles ,
Heating or Cooking 255
of curd readily unite, and in breaking them apart
again more fat is lost. Hence as soon as the cura
is eut, gentle agitation of the whole mass _ should
begin. This agitation should be sufficient to cause
the particles to move upon one another, but not
violent enough to break them up. The curd rapidly
shrinks and hardens; more rapidly upon the outside
than the inside. This soon results in the formation
of a so-called “membrane,” which not only tends
to prevent the particles from sticking together, but
affords some resistance to further breaking up. This
“membrane” is pervious to water, but retains the
globules of fat; so as soon as the contraction has
reached this point, or when the curd is well ‘healed
over,” the further expulsion of the water should be
aided by heat, and this point begins the third step.
Period IIT., heating or cooking.—The term “cook-
ing,” as applied to the manufacture of cheese, is a ™
misnomer so far as it relates to any change in the
composition or condition of the material through
' the effect of heat. By cooking any ordinary sub-
stance is meant the application of a degree of heat
sufficient to cause a coagulation of albuminous sub-
stances or a breaking down of starchy ones. The
degree of heat used in cheese making during this
stage never reaches anywhere near this point, and
never, except in rare instances, is a temperature of
blood heat exceeded. The change to be brought about
in this process is wholly the contraction of the curd
and the consequent expulsion of water from within
the particles. To this end the heat serves a two-
256 | Milk and Its Products
fold and important part. The curd is contracted to
some extent by the action of the rennet still con-
tinuing; also to some extent by the direct applica-
tion of the heat, but to a greater extent by the.
effect of lactic acid upon the curd, the production
of lactic acid being greatly favored by the increased
temperature. It is desirable that this contraction of
the curd in the cooking stage go on uniformly through-
out the whole mass. The heat is therefore applied
gradually and with constant stirring. As the parti-
cles of eurd shrink in size, the tendency for them
to unite in masses constantly diminishes, and they
are broken with greater difficulty, so that while at
first extreme care is necessary to prevent the par-
ticles of curd from becoming broken, as the temper-
ature rises, the stirring may become more rapid and
vigorous. The heat should be raised slowly frqm —
the setting point of the milk up to 98° F., and it
should. not be more rapid than 2° in five minutes;
and unless the lactic acid develops very rapidly it
is better to take even more time than this. When
the temperature of 98° F. is reached, the stirring
may cease and the particles of curd be allowed to
settle upon the bottom of the vat until the curd is
thoroughly shrunken and a_ sufficient amount of
lactic acid has been developed. At the end of the
cooking stage the particles of curd should have
shrunken to less than one-half of their former size,
and should have become so hard that when pressed
together between the hands, and the pressure sud-
denly relaxed, they will fall apart, and show no
Cheddaring or Matting OT.
tendency to stick together. By this time there should
have developed a sufficient amount of lactic acid so
that the curd will draw out in fine threads a
quarter of an inch long when applied to the hot
iron. .
When the curd has reached the highest temper-
ature, it may be allowed to settle, and a part of the
whey may be drawn off the top of the vat. This
is of advantage particularly when the development
of lactic acid is likely to be rapid, and it is de-
sirable to separate the whey from the curd in a very
short time, but sufficient whey should be left to
cover all of the curd two or three inches deep
until sufficient acid has been developed for the
cheddaring process.
Period IV., cheddaring, or matting. —When suffi-
cient acid has developed in the whey, it is drawn
off from the vat through the gate or by means
of a syphon. The curd is then allowed to mat
together into a mass, which is the distinctive fea-
ture of the cheddar process. This matting together
may be done either in the vat or in a_ special
vessel, called a curd sink. In the former ease,
when all the whey is run off the particles of curd
are brought together upon the two sides of the vat
and a channel opened between them, so that any
whey held by the particles of curd may be al-
lowed to escape. When the particles of curd are
sufficiently matted together to maintain themselves in-
tact, the mass is cut up into blocks about 8x8x12
inches, and these blocks are turned over so _ that
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258 Milk and Its Products
the part that was uppermost comes in contact with
the bottom of the vat. A further draining of the
whey takes place, and the blocks of curd are next
piled upon one another two deep, care being taken
in forming these piles that the parts that were. ex-
posed to the air are turned in. Later on the curd
is piled again in still deeper piles, and as the pro--
cess continues the mass is piled over and over
again, care being taken that the exposed parts of one
pile are put into the interior of the succeeding, so
that the heat may be uniform throughout the whole
mass. In the curd sink the manipulation is not
essentially different. The curd sink is a _ square
wooden receptacle fitted with a false slatted bottom
and covered with coarse cotton or linen eloth,
through which the whey can easily escape. When
the time comes for separating the whey, so much
as will run off readily is drawn off, and the re-
maining whey, mixed with particles of eurd, is
- dipped into the sink, the whey runs off freely
through the strainer and slatted bottom, and the
eurd, being spread over the whole surface of
the sink, soon mats into a_ solid mass, and the
piling process goes on the same way as is done
in the vat. During this process various changes
take place. The pressure of the particles of curd
upon one another serves to expel a large part of
the whey that still remains; at the same time the
temperature is kept sufficiently high so that the
production of lactic acid is not checked. The effect
of the acid is to cause a series of marked changes
Grinding 959
in the physical condition of the curd. From the
condition of a tough, spongy mass when first ched-
dared, the curd changes into a smooth, elastic,
fibrous condition, not unlike the physical appearance
of well cooked, lean meat. When the curd reaches
the condition above described it is ready for the
next step in the process, and by this time sufficient
lactic acid will have developed so that fine threads
may be drawn out two to three inches on a hot
iron. :
Period V., grinding.—When the curd is ready for
erinding, the whey has been removed to so. great
an extent that the pro-
duction of lactic acid
measurably stops. The
eurd is ground in or-
der to reduce it to
particles of convenient
size for receiving the
salt and for pressing
_into a solid mass in
,. the cheese. The grind-
Bing, or more properly
the cutting, 1s done in
special machines known
as curd mills. Of the
various styles of mills, those are best which cut
the curd into pieces of uniform size, without tearing
it apart, for the reason that when so treated less fat
escapes and the uniformity of size of the pieces aids
in the proper and even absorption of the salt by the
Fig. 25. ‘Harris’ curd mill.
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eurd. After the curd is ground, it is kept sufficiently
stirred to keep the particles from matting together
il
‘li
Sa San
il
Fig. 43. ‘‘ MacPherson” curd mill.
again. A further maturing of the curd takes place,
during which it takes on a peculiar nutty flavor,
and the particles of casein begin to break down
so that the fat may be re-
moved bv pressure. When
this stage 1s reached the curd
is ready for the next step,
which is salting.
Period VI., salting.—Salt is
added to the curd primarily for
the sake of the flavor it im-
parts to the cheese, just as
6
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int
COLLLLLL/)
N ASL Sy CAR ;
\ Gin oe iG salt is added to butter: but the
N Se ea addition of the salt to the curd
Fig. 44, Section of “Ponl’? has a further effect in the pro-
curd mill.
cess of manufacture. The salt
makes the curd drier by reason of extracting the
water for its own solution, and at the same time
Salting and Pressing. 261
hardens the curd. It also checks the further devel-
opment of lactic acid. The salt should be uniformly
mixed through the curd, and the curd kept stirred
until it is fully dissolved. A salt of rather coarse
grain is preferable for cheese. It requires a some-
what longer time for solution, and the particles of
the salt are carried to the centre of the pieces of
eurd more effectually. When the salt is thoroughly
dissolved the curd is ready to put in the press.
During the cheddaring and grinding stage va-
rious means, as covering with cloths, ete., have
been taken to keep up the temperature of the curd,
and at the time when the cheese is ready to salt
it should not be below 90° F. When the salt is
added the curd should be spread out thin, so that
it will cool off, and when it is put into the press
should be at a temperature of from 78° to 82° F.
If the curd is put in the press too warm, the fat
is more easily pressed out and lost. On the other
hand, if the curd is at too low a temperature when
put in the press, it is more difficult to make the
particles adhere together into a solid mass. The
object of pressing the cheese is to bring it into a
form suitable for transportation and convenient for
consumption: The pressure also removes any surplus
moisture that is in the curd; but the primary object
of pressing is not to remove moisture. In fact, all
of the moisture that is removed from the cheese by
the press is that held by eapillarity between the par-
ticles of curd, and practically none can be expressed
from the particles themselves. If the curd is too
262 Milk and Its Products
wet at this stage, it is because care was not taken
to expel the moisture from the particles of the
curd in the cooking process, and it cannot be re-
moved by extra pressure. An ideal condition of
Fig. 45. ‘‘ Fraser’? continuous pressure gang cheese press.
the cheese is to so press it that the particles will
unite together in as nearly as may be a _ solid
mass. This will depend upon the temperature and
maturity of the curd. If the curd is put in press
at the stage of maturity corresponding to the.
beginning of the cheddaring period, it will be
very difficult to cause it to unite in a firm mass;
but if it is allowed to mature until the casein
shows signs of breaking down, and then is not
Curing — 263
lower than 78 F., a slight amount of pressure
will cause the particles to unite in a smooth and
solid mass. The pressure should be uniform and
continuous for at least twenty hours. Where a
screw press is used, care must be taken to tighten
the screws as rapidly as they become loose, partic-
ularly for the first hour after the cheese is put in
the press. Those presses that are fitted with ap-
pliances for taking up the slack and making the
pressure continuous show excellent results in the
texture of the cheese. After the cheese has been
in the press for three-fourths of an hour it should
be taken out, turned, the bandage straightened, and
the whole cheese wiped with a cloth wrung out of
water as hot as can be borne by the hand. This
warming of the surface aids in the formation of a
firm, transparent rind, and it improves the appear-
ance of the cured cheese. Seamless bandage is
practically the only kind now used, and it should
be cut of such a length that it will extend over
each end of the cheese for an inch and a half or
two inches; when the cheese is put in the press,
circular cap cloths should be put between the ends
of the cheese and the follower. These cap cloths are
allowed to remain upon the cheese after it is taken
from the press and while it is curing, and are re-
moved just before the cheese is boxed for market.
Period VII., curing.—The green cheese, when
taken from the press, if exposed to a temperature
of about 70° in a pure atmosphere, undergoes a
series of fermentations which result in breaking
264 Milk and Its Products
down or rendering soluble the casein and in the
development of the characteristic flavors peculiar to
good cheese. These flavors are almost entirely de-
veloped during the ripening process. The ripening >
is brought about by a series of fermentations that
goes on in the cheese. It is not well understood
just what these fermentations are; but it seems
evident that at least in the early stages of the
curing, lactic acid germs are active, although the
greater majority of these disappear after a_ short
time. During the ripening process, oxygen is taken
up and carbonic acid given off. The quality of
the cheese is best when the ripening process goes
on gradually and continually. The higher the tem-
perature the faster the ripening will go on, ° an
extreme temperature of 65° or 70° giving the best
results. At the end of from four to six weeks the
casein will be so broken down that the cheese is
fairly digestible and fit for consumption, though if
kept longer under good conditions the cheese will
improve for three or four months, and then if kept
moderately cool, and in not too moist nor too dry
an atmosphere, it may be kept one or two years.
If the cheese is well made, if the whey has been
thoroughly separated in the process of making and if
the milk was sound and free from taints, the ripening
process will go on regularly even at low temperatures,
though the time required is much longer. The result-
ing cheese will be of the best possible flavor and tex-
ture. The practice is now quite general to remove the
cheese at the age of seven to ten days at once to cold
“Gassy” Curds 265
storage (30° to 35° F.) and to leave them there for
several months till fully ripe. This practice is par-
ticularly common with cheese intended for winter or
export trade. During the early part of the curing
process the cheeses should be turned upon the shelves
every day until a sufficient amount of water has evapo-
rated, so that they no longer tend to lose their shape.
Difficulties likely to occur im cheddar cheese mak-
ing.—The chief difficulty in cheddar cheese making
comes from the presence in the milk of germs
which produce fermentations that are undesirable
These fermentations usually begin during the cook-
ing process, and continue through cheddaring. Or-
dinarily they evolve a considerable amount of gas,
eausing what are known as floating or gassy curds,
and are usually accompanied by disagreeable odors
and flavors. The formation of the gas in the curd,
gives it a sponge-like texture, and when the par-
ticles of curd are cut across they are seen to be
full of minute holes, the condition usually denom-
inated pin-holes. The best means of treating this
trouble is, of course, prevention; but even with the
utmost care by makers of experience, milk contain-
ing the germs of these fermentations will find its
way into the vat.
In many eases the trouble from gassy and tainted
milk is caused by the milk of one or two dairies,
and in exceptional cases the milk of a single cow
may infect a whole vat. The particular dairies or
even cows that are causing the trouble may usually be
detected by employing one of the fermentation tests
266 Milk and Its Products
described in Appendix A. Ordinarily these fermenta-
tions do not work with the lactic fermentation ; each
hinders the action of the other so that the chief
means of overcoming the difficulty of gas or pin-hole
curds is to favor in every way possible the pro-
duction of lactic acid. To this end the milk is
well ripened before the rennet is added, and the
heat is raised as rapidly as possible to a higher
temperature of cooking than ordinarily is used. In
extreme cases the curds may be heated as high
as 104° F. After the whey has been drawn great
care’ is taken to keep the temperature of the curd
from falling, and at the same time the escape of
the gas is favored by frequent turning and piling
of the curd. Where the curds are gassy the ched-
daring process must be continued until the formation
of gas has ceased and the holes in the curd have
collapsed. In extreme cases, where thé gassy curds
have produced very strong, undesirable flavors, these
may be removed by drenching with hot water. The
means used to prevent the development of gas, and
to get rid of the gas already formed, ordinarily favor
the escape of fat from the cheese, so that while the
bad effects of the gassy curd may be largely elimi-
nated from the finished cheese, still it is always done
at the expense of a certain loss of fat.
Another difficulty that often confronts the cheese-
maker is that coming from the milk arriving in too
ripe a condition, not necessarily accompanied by un-
desirable fermentations. In the case of such milk,
the development of lactic acid is very rapid and the
Flavor and Texture 267
eurds, technically described, “work fast.” When this
occurs, the production of lactic acid is more rapid
than the shrinking. of the curd, and the whey is
sufficiently acid to be drawn off before the curd has
shrunken down. In this case, the curd should be
thoroughly and continually stirred after the whey
is drawn until the whey has been well worked out
before the curd is allowed to cheddar; but where
it is known at the beginning of the process that
the milk is over-ripe, care should be taken through-
out the whole process to use every means to re-
tard the formation of lactic acid, and at the same
time to cause as rapid a shrinking of the curd as.
possible. To this end, the milk may be set at a
lower temperature and a larger amount of rennet
used, and when the curd is cut it should be stirred
until the whey has well separated before the heat- —
ing process begins. With care in these particulars,
there is slight danger of the formation of acid be-
. fore the curd has shrunken down.
Qualities of cheese. —A well cured cheddar cheese
of good quality should have about the following
composition:
Per cent.
Ee) a eee MIR Acta INR a SUR Gen nt ie A mae aoe ee ea Catt 34
Tar ee Falk ae ee at hE Abia A ae Eg eee BIRR RR oh BRR SG 36.8
Caseingand albania! xe he et eae) ae Peta te, ata “oh 25.7
Sugar; ash, ete. (largely salt). .°.°2 .- o 6-5 + 3.5
The characteristic flavors should be well pro-
nounced but not strong, depending somewhat upon
the age of the cheese. The flavor should also be
268 Milk and Its Products
clean; that is, free from any flavors due to the
influence of undesirable fermentations or to foreign
matters that may have gained access to the milk
through the food or otherwise. The texture should
be solid, smooth and firm. When bored with the
trier, the plug should come out solid, or nearly so,
and smooth. There should be no moisture visible
in any part, and no appearance of any separation
of the fat from the casein. When crushed, the cheese
should readily break down into a smooth, unctuous
mass, without indication of the presence of undue
moisture, and should emit a pleasant, nutty flavor.
When broken across, the flaky texture should be
manifest, the so-called “flinty break.” The color
should be uniform, not mottled, and with more or
less of a tendency to translucence, especially in new
uncolored cheese. The rind should be smooth, with-
out cracks. hard and transparent. The bandage
should extend evenly over the ends of the cheese for
about two inches and should be straight and smooth.
The ends of the cheese should be parallel and the
sides straight. These various qualities are usually
ranked according to the following scale:
Per cent.
PAV OT Ae Fae 6 erro ere aie ee de le aare de ce SaaS 45
IPG TUT je es od Sa Pe Stet ah ce ar ie Seeetis oid ae ae ee beeen eae 35
COTO ee rise Beh ei ete ert meh ee paTOn a hecseret eee Char ane ea tira 15
Himishis eco cweclet one cotceWer ss lcekjeivetre on eletetienronere tt setoaae 5
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CHAPTER XV
OTHER VARIETIES OF CHEESE
SLIGHT variations in any of the minor details of
the cheese making processes have a distinct influence
on the character of the finished product. A natural
result of this is that the varieties of cheese are
almost innumerable. Von Klenze* in his Hand Book
of Cheese Technology describes no less than 156 dif-
ferent kinds, whose manufacture is distributed through
Europe and America. Not only is the number of dis-
tinet kinds very large, but the same kind or variety
varies greatly in character and quality, according to’
the conditions under which it is made. Without at-
tempting to accurately classify the various kinds of
cheese, it may be said that they fall roughly into
about three natural groups or classes. First, those
whose chief characteristics depend upon the amount
of water that has been removed in the process of
manufacture.. These we may call hard or soft cheeses.
Second, those whose qualities depend upon _ the
amount of fat which the cheese contains, whether
it is the normal amount of the milk, whether a part
of the fat has been removed, as in the case of
skimmed or partially skimmed cheeses, or whether fat
has been added to the milk as in the case of the so-
*Von Klenze, Handbuch der Kaserei-Technik, Bremen, 1884.
(269)
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called cream cheeses. And third those whose dis
tinetive characteristics depend upon the sort of fer-
mentation to which they have been subjected. The
details of manufacture upon which the peculiar char-
acters depend are, in many eases, so intricate and
minute that it is practically impossible so to describe
them that a novice might successfully follow out the
directions. The actual practice must in most eases
be learned at the hands of an experienced teacher.
We shall, therefore, limit our discussion to a few of
the better known and most largely manufactured
varieties. The introduction of the so-called faney
varieties in America is in its infancy, but is rapidly
developing, and bids fair to become a most impar-
tant diversification of the dairy industry.
American home-trade, or stirred-curd cheese.—The
popular consumptive demand of most American mar-
kets requires a softer and milder fiavored cheese
than the cheddar or export type. This is brought |
about by incorporating a larger amount of water with
the curd, and by hastening the curing process, and
not curing it so far as is ordinarily done with a well- —
ripened cheddar. The details of the manufacture of
the American home-trade and the American cheddar
or export are in the’ main similar. In fact, the two
processes merge into one another in such a way that
we find a regular gradation in the cheese from the
softest, mildest, short-keeping stirred-curd cheese to
the most solid, long-keeping cheddar. The distinctive
differences in the two processes of manufacture are
that in the home-trade cheese, after drawing the whey
“Home-Trade,” or “ Stirred-Ourd” 271
the curd is not allowed to mat into a mass or ched-
dar, but is kept stirred in such a way that the whey
will drain off until it is dry enough so that the par-
ticles of curd will not unite. It is then salted and,
with more or less further maturing of the curd, is
pressed and cured. The character of the resulting
cheese, however, depends quite as much upon the
amount and character of the changes that go on in
the curd after the whey is drawn, and before it is
put into press, as upon the mere fact of allowing it
to pack in a mass (cheddar) or keeping it apart by
stirring. If the cheddar variety is ground shortly after
matting, and immediately salted and put to press,
the resulting cheese will resemble the stirred-curd
type. On the other hand, if the stirred-curd is kept
warm and frequently stirred, many of the same
changes will go on as in the cheddared curd, and .
the cheese when cured will resemble the cheddar type.
Another distinction between the two processes is that
in the case of the cheddar cheese the aim is to get rid of
all the water consistent with a compact union of the par-
ticles of casein. In the manufacture of the stirred-curd
cheese, on the other hand, the aim is to retain as much
water as possible without having it appear in the form
of free water in the cheese. To this end, in the stirred-
curd process those influences which tend to contact the
eurd, namely, the application of heat and the development
of lactic acid, are not carried so far asin the cheddar pro-
cess. In fact, in many cases they are not carried far
enough to remove all of the water, and some remains in
the cheese, making a “wet,” “sloppy” or “leaky” cheese.
Ze (yee Milk and Its Products
In order to obviate the difficulties thet arise from
leaving too much whey in the curd and still make a
cheese of soft texture, the practice of “washing” or
“soaking” curds has come into use. An ordinary
cheddar or stirred-curd is made, making it dry and firm.
When ready for the press the curd is immersed in cold
water (60° F.) for fifteen to forty minutes. The water
acts to remove bad flavors that may have been pres-
ent in the milk and the curd swells and absorbs a
considerable amount of water. The resulting cheese
has a soft melting texture but the flavor is usually
deficient or no better than would have resulted from
leaving too much whey in the curd.
Because of the larger amount of water it contains,
this kind of cheese is profitable to the producer of
the milk and to the manufacturer, and when properly
made and carefully eured, it may be of excellent
quality, being mild, creamy and soft; but largely,
too, because of the large amount of water contained
in it, it is easily subject to decomposition changes, goes ©
off flavor rapidly, and does not bear transportation well.
Sage cheese.—In many parts of the United States this
cheese is very popular for local consumption. Its
manufacture is not different from the ordinary type of
cheese, either cheddar or stirred-curd, but an infusion
of sage leaves, or sage extract (in which latter case the
green color is secured by an infusion of fresh leaves of
any inert plant, as clover, green corn, ete.), is added to
the milk before the rennet coagulation, and imparts a
light greenish color and characteristic flavor to the eurd.
Ordinarily, where sage cheese is made, the sage is
Young America and Neufchatel 273
added to only a part of the milk, and two separate
eurds are manufactured simultaneously, and mixed
together as they are put in the press, resulting in
cheese of a mottled green color.
Young America, picnics, pineapple, and truckle
cheese.— These are names applied to various forms
of small cheeses. The truckle and Young America
eheeses in particular are small cheeses of the ched-
dar or other common type, pressed in sizes of six
to ten pounds weight. Picnics are somewhat larger
and are usually pressed in 10-inch hoops and weigh
from 20 to 25 pounds. They are usually soft and
mild-fiavored. The pineapple cheeses are pressed in
shapes suggested by their name, and are generally
made as firm and solid as possible.
Neufchatel is a soft uncured cheese, made by coagu- —
lating milk with rennet, allowing the resulting curd
to become mildly acid and then removing the sur-
plus moisture by drainage and pressure, after which
the curd is ground, salted, molded in small eylin-
ders 124 inches in diameter by 274 inches long and
wrapped first in thin parchment paper and then in
tin foil. Good Neufchatel should be soft, smooth
and melting in the mouth without “mushiness,” due
to the retention of too much moisture. When properly
made it can be subjected to very heavy pressure with-
out losing its melting texture. Its flavor when
fresh is simply the flavor of clean, mildly acid coagu-
lated milk. The successful manufacture of Neuf-
chatel depends upon securing both fine texture and
good flavor, for while, as a rule, these two qualities
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274 _ Milk and Its Products
are closely connected, .it is quite possibie to have
good texture with objectionable flavor. It is prob-
able that the same conditions of temperature and
germ growth that are most favorable to ripening
eream for churning are also most favorable for the
manufacture of Neufchatel cheese. At any rate, the
milk should have some degree of ripeness before the
rennet is added. It is essential that the milk be
elean and pure, that the acidity is developed to the
proper point in the curd, and that sufficient pressure
is applied. When experience in these last two points
is gained, the remainder of the process is compara-
tively simple, and in fact, many of the details may
be varied to a greater or less extent. Good clean
milk is not less important than in cheddar cheese
making, as gassy ferments often make trouble. A
good pure-culture starter, giving a mild develop-
ment of acid, will prove of great assistance in hand-
ling gassy milk. The rennet is added to the milk
at a low temperature (70° to 80° F.) at the rate of
1% to 22% ounces per 1,000 pounds. Too little ren-
net will give trouble by making a curd that is very
difficult to drain, and that tends to pass through
the press cloths when pressed. An excess of rennet
results in a curd of hard texture. It is better to
add the rennet to the whole mass of milk in a vat,
and then as soon as the rennet is thoroughly mixed
with the milk, to draw it off into “shot-gun” eans
(8 inches in diameter and 20 inches deep) for coagu-
lation. The milk should be warm enough and also
ripe enough, so that coagulation will take place
Neufchatel 275
before much cream rises to the surface. The tem-
perature of the room may vary within rather wide
limits, though if it is above 80° F. the curd is likely
to be hard and tough, while if it is 60° F. or below,
the curd is not injured, though the process is greatly
retarded. Probably the same rule holds here as in
cream-ripening, namely, that it is not possible to
name a single temperature arbitrarily as the cor-
rect one. The most important point in the whole
process is to determine when the curd should be
dumped from the coagulating cans upon the drain-
ing cloths. It should stand until the whey is
markedly acid to the taste, as much so as mildly
ripened cream, and until the hand passed down
between the sides of the can and the curd notes
that the latter is firm, with a peculiar elastic cush-
iony feel. The amount of whey that gathers on the
top of the curd is not a safe indication of the time
to dump, for at high temperatures a large amount
of whey often separates while it is still sweet, and
in ease of gassy fermentations the curd floats and
the whey is found at the bottom. If the cans are
dumped before sufficient acid has developed, it will
be very difficult to drain the curds, the flavor will
be very bad, the texture pasty and slimy, and later,
as the acid develops, an additional amount of whey
will separate, making a leaky cheese. When ready,
the cans of coagulated milk should be dumped on
draining racks 15x24 inches, with slatted bottoms
covered with heavy, closely-woven cotton sheeting.
The dumping should be carefully and skilfully done,
276 Milk and Its Products
so that the curd slides out of the can with as little
breaking as possible. The conditions are best when
the mass of curd, on being dumped, retains its form
and breaks with a clean vitreous fracture. The
time required for drainage may range from two to
twenty-four hours, varying with the temperature,
amount of rennet used, amount of acidity developed,
and other unknown factors. When dry enough to
handle easily, the cloths are folded up in such a
manner as to enclose the curd, and the whole is
pressed under rather heavy pressure till the proper
consistency is secured. When taken from the press
the cakes of curd are brought to a uniform con-
sistency by kneading or working, or they may be
passed through an ordinary meat chopper. About
1% per cent of salt is then thoroughly incorporated —
and the cheese molded into the desired shape.
The molding is a matter of some difficulty, as the
particles of cheese move easily on themselves, while
they tend to adhere to metal or wooden surfaces.
Large factories have specially constructed machines
for molding the cheese. On a small scale, the most
satisfactory implement is a smooth tin tube of the
proper diameter and long enough to hold two or
three cheeses. The tube is filled full of the curd
and then forced out of one end with a smoothly
fitting piston, after which the cheeses are cut apart
with a thread and neatly wrapped first in thin parch-
ment paper and then in tin foil. According to the
quality of milk, from 60 to 80 standard cheeses should
be made from 100 pounds of milk.
Philadelphia or Square Creams 277
Philadelphia or square cream cheese.—This is a
soft cheese growing in popularity in proximity to
many of our larger markets. It resembles the Neuf-
chatel, but is made of cream of varying degrees of
richness and is put up in a different form. It is
- molded in flat, thin cakes 3x4 inches, in a flat tin
mold, wrapped in parchment paper, and packed for
shipment. Its manufacture is practically the same
as Neufchatel, and, in fact, there is more or less
confusion of nomenclature between the two, as well
as a good deal of variation in fat content, some
brands of Neufchatel having a higher fat content
than some brands of square cream, and vice versa.
Some of the older writers describe a cream cheese
made by simply draining and lightly pressing in
square blocks a thick cream obtained by setting milk
in shallow pans, heating over water till the cream
“erinkles,” and setting in a cool place for twelve to
twenty-four hours.
Limburger.—The Limburger is one of the varieties
of cheese whose characteristics are due to_ specific
fermentations brought into the cheese during the
ripening process. These fermentations result in a
well known putrefactive odor and pungent flavor.
According to Monrad,* the manufacture of Limburger
in America and Hurope is not greatly different. Or-
dinarily the cheese is made. from whole milk, but
frequently skimmed or partly skimmed milk is used.
In Hurope the copper kettle is commonly employed ;
in America both the kettle and the ordinary rectan-
*Cheese-making in Switzerland. Winnetka, I1l., 1896.
278 Milk and Its Products
gular cheese vat are used. In the latter case the
curd is made in much the same way as for ordinary
cheese up to the point when the whey is drawn off. .
The milk is set at a rather high temperature (92° to
100° F.). The curd is broken into pieces the size
of a hen’s egg, and allowed to settle to the bottom
of the kettle. It is then scooped out and put in
rectangular molds arranged on tables, so that the
whey may drain off. The molds are carefully turned
till the whey has measurably ceased running, and the
cheeses will maintain their form. They are then
placed in rows on a fiat table with thin pieces of
board between them, and subjected to light pressure
from the sides. The cheeses are turned frequently at
first, and then at longer intervals, till at the end of
thirty-six to forty-eight hours they may be taken
from the press. They are then salted by rubbing
salt on the ends and flat sides for three or four
days. After the first salting they are laid on the
table in single layers, afterward they are piled, at
first two deep, then three or four deep, so that the
absorption of the salt may be promoted. During
salting and pressing they are kept at a uniform tem-
perature of from 59° to 63° F. They are then cured
in a cool (60° F.), well-ventilated cellar nearly satur-
ated with moisture, with careful watching and much
manipulation and turning. With the ripening they
begin to soften. The curd, at first hard, takes on
the characteristic glassy, greasy appearance, at the
same time that the rind becomes at first yellow, then
reddish yellow. The softening begins on the outside
Prepared “Oheese. 279
and proceeds toward the center, and the cheeses are
considered to be marketable when one-quarter of the
cheese has taken on its characteristic texture.
Imitation Swiss cheese.—A considerable amount of
cheese closely resembling the true Emmenthaler is
made in America. Its main distinctive characteristic
lies in its peculiar flavor, and in the appearance of
the peculiar, so-called Swiss holes in its texture.
Both of these are due to specific fermentations,
which take place in the cheese during the curing
process. (See Emmenthaler cheese, page 289.)
These are the principal varieties of cheese that
are manufactured to any large extent in America.
There are, however, a number of brands of cheese
upon the market that- may properly be classed under
the general name of
Prepared cheese.—These fancy brands are in gen-
eral made from an ordinary cheese of good quality,
by removing the rind and reducing the remainder
to a homogeneous, more or less pulpy, mass. To this
is added a certain amount of additional fat, either in
the shape of butter or other fat, and some flavoring
matter in the form of cayenne pepper, brandy, or
something of like nature. The cheese is then packed
closely in fancy glass or earthenware packages, sealed
tightly, and marketed. The names under which it is
sold vary with the manufacturer and with the recipe
under which it is made. Many of them are sold
under registered trade-marks. Some of the better
known are Club House, Meadow Sweet, Canadian
Club, ete.
280 Milk and Its Products
Among the varieties of cheese of foreign manu-
facture, the following are worthy of mention:
English cheeses.—The various dairy localities in
England produce cheeses bearing their distinctive
geographical names. In the main, they are of the
cheddar type, and differ from the true cheddar only
in details of manufacture and in slight differences
in texture and flavor, in much the same way that
the American home-trade cheese differs from the
American cheddar. Of the English cheeses, the best
known are the English Cheddar, Cheshire and Stilton;
others worthy of mention are Leicestershire, Lanca-
shire, Derbyshire, single and double Gloucester, Wens-
leydale and Wiltshire.
Stilton.—The manufacture of Stilton cheese is con-
fined almost entirely to Leicestershire, England. Its
manufacture is quite different from that of the com-
mon type of English and American cheeses, and in
many respects more nearly resembles many. of the
Continental varieties, and is almost exclusively con-
fined to private dairies. It is made from _ sweet
milk, and more commonly separate curds are made
from both night’s and morning’s milk, the two being
brought together when ready for the hoops. Stilton:
cheese is also made from a single curd, and in this
ease the night’s milk is held till morning and
mixed with the morning’s milk. It is commonly sup-
posed that Stilton cheese is made from milk which
has been reinforced with more or less cream, but
this is not the case at the present time; in fact,
Stilton cheese of good quality can be made from
Stilton 281
milk not particularly rich in fat. In making Stilton
cheese the fresh milk is put into a cireular tin vat of
sufficient size to hold the milk cf the whole dairy.
The milk is allowed
to cool to about 85°
F., and enough ren-
net is.added to cause
a firm coagulation in
an hour or an hour
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Ifine the: strainers: 8 Senibinestaiie gente an can.
are arranged in 3rd Series, vol. x.)
sinks, as follows: The sinks must be large
enough to hold all the milk that is made at one
time. Many makers prefer earthenware, though on
account of the less cost, sinks of heavy tin are
frequently used. They are about. six inches deep, two
to two and a half feet wide, and of any convenient
length, and are simply fitted with outlets and plugs.
For straining the curds stout linen cloths are used.
These are a yard square and are arranged in the
sinks as shown in Fig. 46, and are supported by
sticks laid across the sink in such a way that the
ends of each cloth may be gathered up without dis-
turbing those next to it. When the milk is firmly
coagulated, so that the curd is somewhat harder
than for ordinary cheddar cheese making, the plugs
are put into the sink and the curd dipped into
the strainer with the curd ladle or scoop shown in
Fig. 47. This is done with a peculiar deft motion
\
282 Milk and Its Products
in such a way that the scoop takes up a thin slab
of curd, breaking it as little as possible. The curd
is carefully laid in the strainer, each strainer receiv-
E. ing a slice in turn
LE until all the contents
W272 = of the vat are col-
==
cM 3 E The sauce a
= should contain about
Fig. 47. Stilton curd Sanam three to four gal-
lons. After dipping,
the whey begins to separate and is allowed to stand
until the curds are well covered, when the plugs are
withdrawn and the whey allowed to run off. The
ends of the strainers are then gathered up, brought
closely about the curd, three corners being held in
one hand and_ the
whole tightened with
the fourth, as shown
in Fig. 48; care being
taken in doing this
that the curd is not
broken. The pressure
of the cloth causes the p
whey to separate more Aoi |
freely, and at intervals iI
aa aT : | ij
of an hour the cloths Fig. 48. Method of tightening strainer
are tightened about the dott ee Ge ee
eurd until eight or ten
hours have passed, when the curd should be firm
and solid, and the whey entirely separated. The
Mt
Stilton | 283
cloths are now removed from the curd and the curd
is cut into pieces. about four inches square, and
spread in the bottom of the sink and allowed to
remain till morning or until it
has taken on a good degree of
acidity, so that it is distinctly
sour to the taste. If the room
has been held at a temperature
between 60° and 65° F., this will
occur when the night’s curd is
36 and the morning’s curd 24
hours old. The two curds are
then coarsely broken up
with the fingers, mixed
together, salted (about
one ounce to three and
a half pounds of curd),
and put in the hoop — =
Shae in Fig. 49. The Fig. 49. Hoop for Stilton cheese.
hoops are made of tin, 7 inches in diameter and
15 inches high, open at both ends and _ perforated
with numerous holes. The empty hoop is set upon
a thin piece of board 9 inches square, covered with a
piece of muslin. The curd is put in the hoop
loosely, care being taken that the larger pieces: fall
in the center, and the smaller ones go to the outside.
The hoops when full are set aside to drain. Each
day the curd is turned in the hoop, a fresh board
and piece of cloth being used each time. After six
to eight days the curd next the hoop begins to take
on a fermentation, which gives it a moist appearance
284 Milk and Its Products
and an aromatic odor. The curd also shrinks slightly
so that the hoop slips from it easily. The cheeses
are then ready for the coating process. The hoops
are removed entirely and the cheese taken into
another room, where the temperature is maintained
at from 55° to 60° F., and the air is kept nearly
saturated with moisture. The cheeses are scraped
with a dull knife, the cracks being filled up with
the material scraped from the more prominent places.
After the scraping, a bandage is pinned firmly to
the cheese. The scraping is continued from day
to day for two or three days, clean bandages being
put on each time until the coat begins to appear.
This is seen in the formation of a white mold, and
also in the appearance of dry patches upon the ban-
dage. The bandages are now removed from the
cheese, and it remains in the coating-room for about
two weeks, being turned every day, and resting on
a board covered with cloth. When the coat has
fully formed, the surface of the cheese is a light
drab, of a wrinkled appearance, and is then ready
for the curing-room. The curing-room is kept at
the same or a little higher temperature than the
coating-room, and the atmosphere may be somewhat
drier, though care must be taken that it is not too
dry. Curing goes on slowly for two or three
months, after which the cheese may be removed to
a cool cellar and will continue to improve for some
time longer. During the curing process the mold
begins to grow in the interior of the cheese, and
when fully ripe the cheese should be evenly mottled
Stilton” 285
and veined with blue mold through its whole sub-
stance. A well-made and well-cured Stilton cheese
has a rough, wrinkled, drab exterior. The cheese
Fig. 50. Stilton cheese, from “Stilton Cheese Making,” by J. Marshall Dugdale,
Jour. Royal Agr. Soc., 3rd Series, vol. x., through the courtesy of the See-
retary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
itseif is of a soft, uniform texture, pale-colored, and
evenly streaked with mold. The flavor is mild and
largely characteristic of the mold. The appearance
of the cheese is well shown in the cut, Fig. 50.
or ame Milk and Its Products
Cheshire.— Cheshire is a cheese of the ordinary
type, soft in texture and rather high in flavor. It
takes its name from the county in England where
it is most largely made, and is one of the most
important of English cheeses. Cheshire cheese is
made from whole milk, night’s and morning’s milk
mixed together and of some degree of ripeness. In
many dairies the night’s milk is skimmed in the
morning before the morning’s milk is added to it,
and the cream so obtained reserved to be added to
the cream of the following day at the same time
that the cream removed the day before is added to
the milk from which the cream is taken. This is
done in order to secure a certain degree of ripe-
ness. The milk is set at about 85° F., with enough ©
rennet to cause a rather firm coagulation in about
an hour. It is then cut with a perpendicular knife
lengthwise of the vat, and allowed to stand ten
minutes or until a considerable amount of whey is
separated, and is then cut crosswise and a second
time lengthwise. It is not ordinarily cut with the
horizontal knife at all. After cutting, it is care-
fully stirred with the hand for about an hour, dur-
ing the latter part of which time heat is applied
to bring the contents of the vat back again to
85° F. When the curd is firm enough so that a
piece thrown 15 to 18 inches in the air and caught
in the hand does not break it is allowed to settle,
usually for about half an hour, but before any acid
develops in the whey the curd is carefully pushed
to one end of the vat and the whey drawn off.
Cheshire —_ 287
The curd then mats and is cut and piled much as
in the Cheddar system, except that the pieces are
eut smaller and the cutting is renewed each time
the curd is turned, and the piling is done in such
a way that the curd does not flatten out. The
acidity and moisture of the curd is regulated dur-
ing this cutting and piling process. If the curd
is too wet, it is turned and piled frequently. If it
is too acid and dry it is allowed to lie longer and
not turned so often. When some acid is developed,
so that the curd takes on a glistening appearance
and begins to grow slightly fibrous, it is finely
ground in a peg mill, salted and put in the hoops
with strainer cloth about it but not under pressure.
At night it is turned and returned to the hoops.
The next morning it is again turned and then put
in the press with very slight pressure. Each suc-
eeeding day the turning is continued and the pres-
sure slightly increased until it has been pressed for
five days in all. It is then taken from the press
and allowed to stand one day in the hoops with-
‘out pressure, after which it is taken out and a
bandage pasted on with flour paste. It is allowed
to stand three days in the press-room, and then
put in the ecuring-room at a temperature not above
65°, and cured for three or four weeks. The
cheese should all be of the same height, and to
bring this about hoops of varying diameter are used
so that the variation in milk from day to day will
make no difference in the height of the cheese. If
a cheese is too high after the first or second day
288 Milk and Its Products
in the press it is put in a hoop of larger diameter
and vice versa When the cheese is put in the ecur-
ing-room, the growth of a white mold on the ends is
encouraged by laying on the upper end of the cheese
a plate or round piece of slate. The cheeses are
kept on straw in the curing-room, and when ready
for market the ends of the cheese, except where the
plate has lain, are cleaned and polished, and the
marks of the straw show in the white mold in the
eenter. Cheshire cheese is usually colored. When
of good quality it is of a soft and somewhat gran-
ular texture, dissolving readily on the tongue, and
with a pronounced and rather sharp cheese fiavor.
Lancashire.— Langashire cheese is very similar to
Cheshire, though it is made somewhat softer and the
flavor is more pronounced. No heat is used to aid.
in the separation of the whey, and ordinarily, when
ready for the press, the curd is divided into two
portions, one of which is mixed with the curd
retained from the preceding day and pressed, and
the other kept to be mixed with the curd made on
the following day.
Derbyshire and Leicestershire.— These cheeses are
made by modifications of the Cheddar process. They
are intended to produce a somewhat softer cheese to
ripen in a shorter time. Both are pressed in flat
shapes, not over six inches in height and about six-
teen inches in diameter. The Derbyshire is white,
the Leicestershire highly colored. Both should be
covered with dark mold when ready for the market.
They bear the same relation to English Cheddar
Wensleydale and Gorgonzola 289
cheese that the soft varieties of of home-trade cheese
do to American export Cheddars.
Wensleydale.— Wensleydale cheese is made in ecer-
tain districts in Yorkshire, England. It occupies an
intermediate position between the Stilton on the one
hand and the ordinary hard cheese on the other. In
texture and flavor, and in the characteristic veins
of blue mold it quite closely resembles the Stilton,
but it is made after a process somewhat resembling
the ordinary Derby or Leicestershire or American:
home- trade processes, and is pressed in a bandage
in an ordinary press. It is cured at a temperature
of about 60° F., care being taken that the growth of
the mold is facilitated even to the extent of burrow-
ing the cheese with skewers if the mold does not
grow with sufficient rapidity.
Gorgonzola.— Gorgonzola is an Italian blue-molded
cheese closely resembling Stilton in texture, though
it is usually of inferior flavor. Considerable quan-
tities of Gorgonzola are imported into this country,
' but their quality is not at all uniform and the pro-
cess of manufacture, resembling that given for Stil-
ton in the main, is not systematically carried out
by the peasants in the north of Italy, where it is
made. | ,
Emmenthaler, Gruyere, Swiss or Schweitzer.— The
cheese made in the mountains of Switzerland has a
history reaching back to the seventeenth century,*
and many of the old customs are still used; but, as
*Monrad, Cheese making in Switzerland. Winnetka, Il., 1896.
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290 | Milk and Its Products
might be expected, the various localities have devel-
oped many varieties of this general type, in the same
way that the different forms of cheddar and allied
cheese have come to differ from one another. It 1s
generally considered that the cheese known as Em-
menthaler is typical of the whole group of Swiss
cheeses. The Emmenthaler cheese is made in a
large copper kettle instead of a vat, and ordinarily the
curd made in one vessel is pressed as a single
cheese. After the curd has been coagulated with ren-
net, it is broken up in various ways into small pieces
as nearly uniform in size as possible, and then heated,
with careful stirring and attention, up to 135° or
(140° F. After heating, the curd is allowed to sink
to the bottom of the vessel in a solid mass, and
while in this condition the bandage is slipped around
it and the whole mass of curd conveyed to the
hoops, where it is pressed. In the subsequent curing
the curd is usually salted from the outside of the
cheese as it is curing, and during the curing pro-
cess certain fermentations go on which produce large
holes in the cheese. These holes in perfect cheese
should be uniform in size and at equal distances from
one another. The casein itself breaks down into a
cheese of solid, uniform texture and characteristic fla-
vor. It has been asserted that the characteristic fia-
vors of the Swiss cheese are due to the character of
the Alpine pastures upon which the cows feed, but it .
is altogether likely that the curing fermentations have
as much or more to do with developing these flavors,
Hdam.—The round Dutch cheeses, colored red,
Edam ¢ 291
that are common in all markets take their name
from Edam, a small town in North Holland, though
the cheeses made in the whole of North Holland are
practically of this variety. The cheeses are made
almost wholly in private dairies, though there are a
few factories in which the milk of several farmers is
pooled together. The cheeses are made from partly
skimmed milk; ordinarily the milk of the evening
is put at once into the cheese making tub, and in
the morning the cream that has risen is removed
from it for making butter. The fresh morning’s
milk is added and the whole set immediately at a
temperature of 85° F., with enough rennet to coagu-
late it in about 40 minutes somewhat softer than for
ordinary cheese making. When the coagulation is
sufficiently advanced the curd is broken with a wire .
eurd breaker, the bars of which are about three-
fourths of an inch apart. The breaking is done at
first gently into large pieces and afterward more
vigorously, a constant agitation being kept up by the
breaker which results in breaking the curd into finer
- and finer pieces. After the whey begins to separate
a portion is drawn off and heated upon a. stove, the
agitation meanwhile of the curd and the remaining
whey being constantly kept up. When the whey is
sufficiently warm so that when added to the whole
mass it will bring the contents of the tub up to 85° F.,
the heated whey is added and the stirring with the
breaker kept up for a full hour, at the end of which
time the particles of curd should be about the size of
kernels of wheat, and firm and hard, but still entirely
292 Milk and Its Products
sweet. The curd is then allowed to settle on the
bottom of the tub. When it is sufficiently matted so
that it will hang together it is carefully turned over
and doubled .up at one side of the tub, which is
slightly elevated for the purpose. The whey is then
dipped off and the curd made as firm as possible in
the tub by pressure with a piece of board and an iron
weight. When all the whey has been removed that
will run off readily, the curd is broken up with the
hands and packed in the
molds shown in Fig. 51.
It is made as firm as
possible in~, the fupleagiem
. pressure with the hand
until it will maintain its
shape. It is then removed
SS from the mold, neatly
Fig. 51. Mold for Edam cheese. wrapped in cotton cloths
and replaced. The covers
are put on and the molds put in the press for three
hours. When removed from the press the cheese
should be round or nearly round in shape. They are
put on cup-shaped supports and salted by thoroughly
rubbing the outside with salt. They are then set
aside, covered with salt, turned and rubbed frequently
for three or four days. (Sometimes the salt is added
by immersion in saturated brine.) They are kept in
the salt as long as any whey is drawn out and are
then put on shelves in the curing-rooms still in the
cup-shaped support to help maintain their form. The
euring-rooms are kept at ordinary temperatures. In
Edam 293
many places they are the cow stables that are vacant
for the: summer. The temperature will seldom rise
higher than 65 F. After about three or four weeks
they became hard and firm and covered with a white
mold. They are then taken down, thoroughly washed
Fig. 52. The Market Square, Alkmaar, Holland. From a oe
by the author, May 21, 1897.
in whey, all the mold scrubbed off, dried and greased
with linseed oil, when they are ready for the market.
The merchants purchase them in large numbers at the
weekly markets in the different villages. A _ typical
market scene is shown in the eut (Fig. 52). When
taken to the warehouses they are colored red, wrapped
in tin foil and packed for transportation. The curing
294 Milk and Its Products
process is not completed at the time the cheese is
marketed. An Edam cheese at three or four weeks
old is of a tough, elastic texture and scarce any
flavor. Six or eight months or more are required to
break down the casein and develop the flavor as it is
found in the perfect Edam cheese, and this ordinarily
takes place while the cheeses are in the warehouse or
in course of exportation.
Gouda.—Gouda cheeses are made in South Holland
by a process very similar to the manufacture of
Kdam. The whey is not so completely separated,
and the resulting cheese is therefore softer. It is
pressed in molds of a flat, oval shape and about
ten or twelve pounds weight, and is cured faster
than Edam, so that at six weeks to two months
old it is a cheese similar in flavor and texture to
a well made Cheddar, although somewhat drier.
Roquefort.—This is a soft or semi-soft cheese,
made in France. In some respects it is the most fa-
mous of all varieties of cheese. It is sometimes made
. from goats’ as well as cows’ milk, and it has peculiar
characteristics imparted by specific fermentations that
are brought. about in the curing process. The curing
is done in eaves in limestone rock, where the air is
uniform in temperature, and in order to bring about
the desired fermentations the germs are added to the
eurd in the process of manufacture. These germs
are often cultivated upon bread or similar substance,
and this, crumbled up, is mingled with the curd
in order to insure the proper fermentation in the
cheese. Roquefort cheese, when well made and
Brie and Camembert 295
eured, is of a rather soft texture, and the whole
mass is permeated with the molds, imparting a
characteristic flavor. to the cheese.
Brie.—Another soft French cheese. The milk is
put into small, cireular vessels and the rennet added.
The curd is allowed to remain until it has become
sufficiently firm to be removed from the whey in one
piece. It is then carefully taken up and put in
such a position that the whey may drain from it.
It is turned frequently and earefully until sufficient
whey has drained away so that the cheeses will
maintain their form. They are then lightly salted
and put away to cure. ODuring the curing process
molds develop on the outside, but the fermenta-
tions that go on upon the inside of the cheese
result in the breaking down of the casein into a
creamy mass of astrong, piquant flavor. The molds ©
upon the outside give to the cheese a strong odor
of decomposition.
In very many cases, Brie cneese is put upon the
market in a very much more immature form, so that
it has a firm, though .somewhat soft texture. If
~ allowed to become fully ripe, though, it breaks down
- into a semi-liquid mass similar to Camembert.
Camembert.—Camembert cheese is a soft cheese
of French manufacture 3 to 4 inches in diameter
and % to 3% inches thick. When fully ripe, the
cheese is coated with a heavy growth of red or
reddish brown mold, and the interior breaks down
into a soft, plastic semi-liquid mass, of pungent odor
and piquant flavor. In the manufacture of Camem-
296 Milk and Its Products
bert cheese the rennet is added at a rather low tem-
perature and in small quantity, so that eight to ten
hours are required before the curd is firm enough
for the further treatment. In some eases a culture
of the mold from. an old cheese is added to the milk
before the rennet, in order to facilitate the growth
of the mold during the ripening process. When the
milk is coagulated into rather a firm curd, JA
the curd and whey is ladled into the mold
shown in the cut, Fig. 53, which is placed
upon a straw mat arranged on a table so
that the whey may drain off. In
ladling the curd into the mold
eare is taken that each ladleful
is deposited with as little break-
age of the curd as possible, and
particularly that the
mold, when full, is
covered at the top
with but a single slice =
of the eurd. The eurds Fig. 53. Ladle and mold for Camembert
p cheese.
are allowed to remain
in the molds until enough whey has escaped so that
the cheeses may be turned without breaking the curd.
They are then carefully turned and put upon fresh
mats, at intervals of twelve hours, when in the
course of three or four days the cheese will be
sufficiently firm so that the molds may be removed.
After the molds are removed, turning is continued
until the mold begins to appear on the surface.
The cheeses are then put in a damp curing-room, at a
D’Isigny and Pont L’ Evéque 297
low temperature—55° to 60°—for the remainder of the
ripening process, which requires from four to six weeks.
D’ Isigny.—D’Isigny cheese is similar to Camem-
bert and Brie, and intermediate in size between
them; in fact, D’Isigny so closely resembles Brie
that they are often indistinguishable, and, as a
matter of fact, D’Isigny is little more than a trade
name for a smaller form of Brie.
Pont LT’ Evéque.—Pont L’Evéque is a soft French
cheese of rather firmer consistency than Camembert.
The milk is set at the usual temperature, and when
the curd is firm enough to handle, it is gently cut
into rather large cubes, which are carefully placed
upon a straw mat. As the whey begins to separate
and run off and the curd becomes firmer, the ends of
the mat are brought together in such a way that a_
slight pressure is brought upon the eurd. This is
continued until the curd is firm enough so that it
ean ke placed in tin molds like % witty
that shown in the cut, Fig. 54. Gulihel Witte.
The molds are filled and placed
upon a straw mat. The molds ill
are turned once or twice a day | i
until the cheese is firm enough UN
so that the mold may be re-
moved. Mold begins to appear ;
upon the cheese, which is kept eee Sh
at a temperature a little above 5
60°. When the cheeses are well molded they are
removed to a damp room of a temperature from
55° to 58°. When the curing process is com-
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plete, the cheeses are of a soft consistency similar to
that of an unripe Brie, but with a characteristic. well
ripened flavor fully developed.
Port du Salut is one of the firmest French
cheeses, and when well made is of a texture similar
to the best type of American home-trade cheese,
with a pleasant, nutty flavor. The milk is set at
arather high temperature and enough rennet added
to bring firm coagulation in thirty minutes. The
curd is then cut and heated to 104°. and allowed
to remain in the whey
until it takes on a pe-
euliar rubber-like con-
sistency. It is then put
in the hoop shown in
the eut, Fig. 55, which
is lined with a strainer
cloth and subjected to
slight pressure. When taken from the press it is
slowly ripened at a low temperature.
Fig. 55. Hoop for Port du Salut cheese.
Parmesan.— A very hard Italian cheese made
from milk with very little fat, and from which a
large part of the water has been expelled. In curing
it takes on a rather sharp flavor, and naturally it
can be kept in almost any climate for almost any
length of time. It is so hard that it is ordinarily
grated before being used, and is almost wholly
used to add piquancy to soups, sauces, and the
like.
CHAPTER XVI
ICK CREAM
Relation to dary practice.—The nutritive value of
ice cream, together with its extreme palatableness,
makes it one of the leading foods of today. Thus
the immense demand has forced it, in a large measure,
from the realm of the housewife to the commercial
channels of trade. As it is, strictly speaking, a prod-
uct of milk, the business of making it has fallen in
many cases upon the dairyman. The indications for
the future seem to demand a knowledge of the prin-
eiples and practice underlying the manufacture of ice
eream for every one interested in dairy products.
Although some believe ice cream to be a direct de-
-seendant of the sherbet of the Orient, and hence of
ancient origin, its development has been rather slow
until recently. Catharine de Medici is said to have
had frozen ices about the middle of the sixteenth
-eentury. Charles II was served with frozen milk at a
banquet in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth
century, ice cream was made to some extent in Eng-
land, Germany, France and the United States. The
first advertisement of ice cream appeared in a New
York newspaper called “The Post Boy,” June 8, 1786,
and read as follows: “Ladies and Gentlemen may be
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supplied with Ice Cream every day at the City Tavern,
by their humble servant, Joseph Crowe.”
The wholesale ice cream business was originated in ~
the nineteenth century by Jacob Fussel, but it reached
its maximum development in the twentieth century.
The word “ice cream,” which corresponds to the Euro-
pean word “ices,” is rather a generic term, and may
be used to apply to any one of a large class of frozen
delicacies.
Classification.—Ice creams in America are divided
into two large classes. —
I. Philadelphia, or plain cream, which consists of
pure cream, sugar and flavoring matter.
II. Neapolitan, which has, in addition to the cream
and sugar, beaten eggs, making it, in reality, a frozen
custard.
Janet McKenzie Hill makes the following classi-
fication: 3
Philadelphia.
Frozen with stirring {
Neapolitan.
Cream ices | Parfait.
Frozen without stirring 4 Biscuit.
Mousse.
Tees; Sherbet.
Granite.
Frappé.
Water ices |
Punch.
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Another classification made by Mortensen* is as
follows: .
I. Plain ice creams. IX. Lactos.
II. Nut ice creams. X. Ices.
III. Fruit ice creams. é 1. Sherbets.
IV. Bisque ice creams. 2. Milk sherbets.
V. Parfaits. 3. Frappés.
VI. Mousses. 4, Punches.
VII. Puddings. 5. Soufflés.
VIII. Aufaits.
The definitions and descriptions of the above classi-
fication are given as follows by Mortensen:
Plain ice cream is a frozen product made from
eream and sugar, with or without a natural flavoring.
Nut ice cream is a frozen product made from
eream and sugar and non-rancid nuts.
Fruit ice cream is a frozen product made from
eream, sugar, and sound, clean, mature fruits.
Bisque ice cream is a frozen product made from
eream, sugar, and bread products, marshmallows or
other confections, with or without natural flavoring.
Parfait is a frozen product made from cream,
sugar and egg yolks, with or without nuts or fruits
and other natural flavoring.
Mousse is a frozen whipped cream to which sugar
and natural flavoring have been added.
Pudding is a product from cream or milk, with
sugar, eggs, nuts and fruits, highly flavored. -
Aufait is a brick cream, consisting of layers of one or
more kinds of cream, with solid layers of frozen fruits.
*Iowa State College, Bulletin 123, page 357.
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Laeto is a product manufactured from skimmed or
whole sour milk, eggs and sugar, with or without
natural flavoring. :
Ices are frozen products made from water, or sweet
skimmed or whole milk, and sugar, with or without
egos, fruit juices, or other natural flavoring.
A sherbert is an ice made from water, sugar, egg-
albumen, and natural flavoring, and frozen to the
- consistency of ice cream.
Milk sherbert is an ice made from sweet skimmed
or whole milk, with egg-albumen, sugar, and natural
flavoring, frozen to the consistency of ice cream.
Frappé is an ice consisting of water, sugar, and
natural flavoring, and frozen to a soft, semi-frozen
consistency.
Punch is a sherbet flavored with liquors, or highly
flavored with fruit juices and spice.
_ Soufflé is an ice made from water, eggs, sugar and
flavoring material. It differs from sherbets mainly in
that it contains the whole egg.
As a product can be no better than the materials
which enter into its composition, it behooves the ice
eream maker to use care and discretion in the selec-
tion of ingredients.
Quality of cream.—Cream being the main constitu-
ent, its quality has a marked effect upon the finished
product. The fat content of the cream influences the
flavor in proportion to the percentage. This is recog-
nized as such an important factor that the federal and
some state governments are requiring that all ice cream
offered for sale contain a certain percentage of fat.
Quality of Cream 303
It is a self-evident fact that the flavor of the raw
eream is one of the most important factors in ice
eream making. It should be free from all “cowy” or
weedy flavors, and from all old, rancid, or metallic
flavors, which indicate unclean dairying. Although
the ice cream maker is not always directly responsible
for the cream before it reaches him, he is responsible
for the marketable product; so a close supervision of
the entire production of the cream is worth while.
Granted that the cream is clean and sweet, it is
known that the viscosity increases with age, particu-
larly if the cream is held at a low temperature. This
viscosity permits an increase in yield because of a
greater swell in freezing, while the extreme cold
apparently hardens the fat and gives to the frozen
product a better body. .
Whether cream should be heated or pasteurized de- °
pends on the individual. The various chefs and con-
noisseurs differ. Professor Mortensen recommends
pasteurization of cream at 140° to 145°, and holding
it in a retarder for thirty minutes; then cooling it
- rapidly and holding it at a temperature near freezing
for about forty-eight hours. Some people dislike ice
cream made from uncooked cream, claiming that it
has a raw flavor and less body.
The use of homogenized milk or cream, that is, one
which has been made homogeneous throughout by sub-
jecting it, in an apparatus adapted for that purpose,
to a pressure of from 3,000 to 5,000 pounds per
square inch, is said to enable the ice cream maker to
use a cream containing from 16 to 17 per cent fat,
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in which the resulting product will have a body and
texture equal to that resulting from the use of a 20
to 25 per cent cream.
Sugar.—The kind and amount of sugar is left
usually to the taste of the maker or the demand of
the trade. Ordinarily granulated sugar is_ used,
though some prefer XXXX or some of the finer grades.
Other manufacturers believe that brown sugar gives a
delicate flavor which is desirable.
Whether the sugar should be added in the form of
syrup is another question which is open. Experience
has shown that where syrup is used the resulting prod-
uct is perhaps of finer grain or body, but that the
time for freezing is longer, and it is also a little more
difficult to keep the cream frozen and in good econdi-
tion. Not all makers may find that this is so.
Flavors.—The flavoring matter may be obtained in
various ways; the many kinds of vanilla extract, both
natural and synthetic, on the market give the manu-
facturer a wide range for choice. Some believe that
the best results are obtained by extracting the vanilla
from the beans themselves with alcohol. The other
flavors, such as caramel, chocolate, maple, and the va-
rious fruits, may be procured already prepared from
some commercial concern, or perhaps as good. if not
better quality, may be made by the maker himself.
Vanilla has that peculiar quality which enables it to
combine with other flavors in such a way that the
result is particularly pleasing. Thus, in caramel and
chocolate creams, some vanilla is usually used. Most
recipes advise the addition of the fruits when the
Ice Cream Fillers 305
eream is partially frozen and not at the beginning of
the process.
Fillers.—As before stated, in the Neapolitan or
French types of cream eggs are used; the increase in
body or smoothness being very slight, the value of the
eges is more nutritive than otherwise. All kinds of
starches are used to give more substance to a cream
with a low percentage of fat. Rennet in various forms
is used for the same purpose. Gelatin has been used
in commercial creams for some time. It not only adds
body but, if carefully used, prevents the crystallizing of
moisture upon standing, and keeps the cream smooth.
Gum tragacanth, a vegetable gum, is used for the same
purpose as gelatin; its tenacity is so great that only
a very small amount is needed, and for this and other ~
reasons it is gaining favor. Whether or not these
fillers or binders should be used is questionable. Suf-
fice it to say that they are, strictly speaking, adultera-
tions, and so, from the standpoint of purity in food
products, should be discountenanced.
; Freezing and packing.—Authorities differ on the
amount and kind of salt that should be added to the
ice in freezing. In most cook-books coarse salt in the
proportion of one of salt to three of ice is recom-
mended, but some recent experiments* show that, if
the ice is very fine, the proportion may be 1:12 or
even 1:20. It is important that the greater propor-
tion of salt be placed midway or on top, as salt at the
bottom of the freezer is largely wasted.
*Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 155.
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The finer the salt, the more rapidly it dissolves and
the more quickly cold is produced, thus hastening the
freezing process. However, it is believed by many
that it is better that the cream should be cooled slowly
at first, at least until after it reaches the whipping
point. The addition of water to the salt and ice, thus
making a brine, will increase the freezing to a consid-
erable extent. The freezer should also be turned slowly
at first, for rapid agitation before passing below the
churning point causes small lumps of butter to form.
After this point, the cream should be beaten or whipped
by rapid revolution of the dasher. If the speed is
slow throughout, there will be little swell and a coarser
texture. The entire process should take from fifteen
to twenty-five minutes, depending upon the tempera-
ture of the cream in the -beginning; the cooler the
cream, the less time will be required.
Transferring and packing.—If only a single batch
is made, it is most common to clean off the dasher and
repack the ice around the freezer. However, if it is
necessary to transfer the cream to another receptacle,
it should be done while fresh and in a rather soft con-
dition. If allowed to harden, and then re-dished,
there will be a considerable loss of volume. In pack-
ing or repacking, a coarser grade of salt may be used,
as the amount of cold needed is only sufficient to
maintain the frozen condition.
Freezers.—The essential parts of an ice cream
freezer are, first, the vessel in which the cream or
other material to be frozen is contained. This is fitted
with an agitator, with which to stir the cream during
Types of Fréezers 307
the process, and which, in turn, is set in a larger con-
tainer, which holds the ice or other refrigerating
material.
Ice cream freezers of several types or elasses are
now in general use, the chief distinction being as to
whether the cream is frozen in successive batches, or
continuously, or whether brine or melting ice is used
as the refrigerant. The various types may be classi-
fied as follows: Vertical batch ice, vertical batch brine,
horizontal batch brine, and horizontal continuous brine.
The first type is the one in common use, and for
small quantities is practically the only type used.
They are furnished in any size up to i0 gallons, and
may be run by either hand or power. A 10-gallon
freezer will require for the first batch from 10 to 20.
pounds of ice and from 5 to 6 pounds of salt. Suc-
ceeding batches will require less ice because the
machine has been cooled, and the freezing process is
ready to begin almost from the start.
When artificial refrigeration is available, the bene
freezer has the advantage of better control of temper-
’ atures, and does away with the inconvenience of hand-
ling large amounts of ice. Brine freezers are arranged
so that, instead of. crushed ice surrounding the con-
tainer, refrigerated brine is circulated around it. Batch
machines of this sort may be placed either vertically or
horizontally, and they are often so arranged that the
finished ice cream may be drawn away from the bottom |
or side without removing or stopping the dash. .
The last type of horizontal freezer is the latest
evolution of freezing machinery, and differs from the
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other types in that the cream flows in at one end of
the machine and the finished ice cream out at the
other, refrigeration being secured by moving disks
through the center, through which the brine is cireu-
lated. This machine is open, and the process ean be
watched and temperatures taken as it progresses.
These machines are quite often operated as “batch”
machines; that is to say, the cream is allowed to flow
in until the freezer is full, or nearly so, and the
finished product drawn out, not continuously, but
from time to time.
Recipes.—With the wide variety of materials that
are used in making the various kinds of ice cream, it
is, of course, impossible to make anything like a com-
plete list of recipes. The following are given as
typical of the various classes, and are intended to
convey something of the proper proportions of cream,
sugar and flavoring materials. Vanilla ice cream may
be taken as representative of the types of plain ice
cream, and three standard formule are given below.
A.* This is, doubtless, the most common of ice
ereams. To make 10 gallons, one should use about
50 pounds (6 gallons) of aged 18 per cent cream (or
5% gallons of cream and % gallon of condensed milk),
about one-sixth that quantity (8 pounds) of sugar, 3
to 4 ounces of vanilla extract; and 3 to 4 ounces of
gelatin, or 1 quart of “gumstock,” if a binder seems
ealled for.
B. To make a single gallon of ice cream, one should
*Vermont Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 155.
Ice .Oream Recipes 309
use 2 quarts of 22 per cent cream (4 pounds), seven-
tenths pounds (11 ounces) of sugar, 1% tablespoon-
fuls of vanilla extract.
C.* To make 10 gallons of finished ice cream, use 5—
gallons of 25 per cent cream, 8 pounds of sugar, and
4 ounces of vanilla.
There is little or nothing to be gained by the use
of gelatin in ice cream made at home for immediate
consumption. The sugar should be thoroughly dis-
solved in the cream before the freezing process is
started, although, in many conditions, the time and
amount of agitation given before the cream freezes is
sufficient to dissolve and to mix in the added sugar.
Experience only can indicate the safety of this point
to the maker. The flavoring may be added at any.
— time before the mass starts to freeze.
Vanilla ice cream is especially accommodating in
that, though of itself it is one of the most popular
flavors, its flavor is yet so delicate that it easily gives
way to other and stronger ones, like coffee and choco-
late; so that, if but a single quart or gallon of coffee
’ jee cream is ordered, it is not an infrequent practice
in the trade to mix a small quantity of the desired
flavor with a sufficient quantity of vanilla ice cream,
and thus to accommodate the consumer and relieve
the dealer of certain embarassments. Or if, say,
vanilla, coffee, and strawberry ice creams are desired,
the stock for the entire three kinds is made up as one
bateh, then used first as vanilla, to the extent desired,
*Iowa State College, Bulletin No. 123, page 357.
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then as coffee, and then as strawberry, one after the
other, all from one and the same vanilla mix and with-
out washing the machine, and usually to the entire
satisfaction of all concerned.
The following may be taken as representative formu-
le for the various kinds of ice cream, according to
Mortensen’s elassification:
Chocolate Ice Cream—
5 gallons cream.
10 pounds sugar.
14 pounds bitter chocolate.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
Maple Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
6 pounds cane sugar.
2 pounds maple sugar.
2 ounces caramel.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
Caramel Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds sugar.
12 ounces caramel.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
Coffee Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds cane sugar.
Extract from 1 pound coffee.
Mint Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds cane sugar.
1 pint concentrated Creme de
Menthe syrup.
Few drops green coloring.
Walnut Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds cane sugar.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
4 pounds walnut meats.
Strawberry Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds sugar.
1 quart crushed strawberries.
Lemon Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
10 pounds sugar.
2 pints lemon juice.
1 pint orange juice.
Orange Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
10 pounds sugar.
Z quarts orange juice.
3 pint lemon juice.
Macaroon Ice Cream—
5 gallons 25 per cent cream.
8 pounds sugar.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
5 pounds ground macaroons.
Walnut Parfait—
4 gallons 30 per cent cream.
Yolks of 10 dozen eggs.
14 pounds sugar.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
4 pounds ground walnut
meats.
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311
By substituting for the vanilla extract and nut
meats, the same proportion of fruits as are used for
fruit. ice cream, fruit parfaits, such as_ strawberry,
raspberry and cherry parfaits, and others, may be
prepared.
Coffee Parfait—
4 gallons 30 per cent cream.
Yolks of 10 dozen eggs.
14 pounds sugar.
Extract from 1 pound cof-
fee.
Tutti Frutti—
4 gallons 30 per cent cream.
Yolks of 10 dozen eggs.
14 pounds cane sugar.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
3 pounds candied cherries.
3 pounds candied assorted
fruit.
Cranberry Mousse—
2 gallons 30 per cent cream.
4 pounds cane sugar.
1 quart cranberry juice.
+ pint lemon juice.
Nesselrode Pudding—
3 gallons 30 per cent cream.
10 dozen eggs.
10 pounds cane sugar.
4 ounces vanilla extract.
6 pounds candied cherries
and assorted fruits.
4 pounds raisins.
4 pounds walnut meats.
4 pounds filbert meats.
Lemon Sherbet—
6 gallons water.
Whites of 2 dozen eggs.
24 pounds sugar.
6 pints lemon juice.
13 pints orange juice.
Pineapple Milk Sherbet—
6 gallons milk.
20 pounds sugar.
Whites of 2 dozen eggs.
1 gallon pineapple pulp.
1 quart lemon juice.
Pineapple Soufflé—
4 gallons water.
4 dozen eggs.
12 pounds sugar.
1 gallon grated pineapple.
1 quart lemon juice.
Scoring.—The quality of ice cream may be judged
by a score card in the same way that other dairy prod-
ucts are scored. A score card proposed by the Iowa
Experiment Station is as follows:
ae Milk and Its Products
1, PAN ORS ic 3S so ee ee 45
2. PeSUPeL Ss Ma eee ee eee 25
3) RICHNESS eG Sie tok he ce poe eee 15
4 Appearances ost oe Goat eee ee ae 10
BE MOIONS 2a he, oe re kn ok eee 5
Totaleet ic 2 Y SE ee e 100
The points in the score card may be described,
explained, and criticised as follows:
I. Flavor.—The flavor, to be perfect, must be clean
and creamy, and combined with flavoring material in
such a way as to blend with the cream in a full and
delicious flavor. Defects in flavor are various, and are
usually due to some one or more of the following
eauses or conditions:
(1) Defects due to the use of flavoring materials
which will not blend with the other ingredients.
(2) Defects due to cream used:
Sour cream flavor.
‘Old cream flavor.
Bitter cream flavor.
Metallic cream flavor.
Oily cream flavor.
Weedy cream flavor.
Barn flavor
Unclean flavor.
Burned, overheated or scorched flavor.
(3) Defects in flavor due to filler used:
Condensed milk flavor.
Starch flavor.
Gum flavor.
Gelatine flavor.
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(4) Defects in flavor due to other ingredients:
Too sweet.
Lack of sweetness.
Coarse flavor due to flavoring material.
Stale fruit flavor.
Rancid nut flavor.
Mouldy nut flavor.
Il. Texture.—Cream of perfect texture must be
firmly frozen and be smooth and velvety. The more
common defects in texture may be described as:
Iey.—Due to the presence of lumps of ice in the
eream. It is most noticeable toward the bottom of the
container, and may be due to improper packing or to
holding too long ice cream which was manufactured
without filler.
Coarse.—This defect may be due to the use of too
thin eream, or to packing while too soft.
Sticky.—Due to too large use of such fillers as
gelatine, sweetened condensed milk, glucose, etc.
Buttery.—This defect is due to the use of cream
which has been partially churned before freezing, or
to cream which enters the freezer at too high a tem-
perature, in which case it is churned or partially
churned while freezing. It may also be due to oper-
ating the freezer at a too high speed, or to some defect
in the construction of the freezer.
Too soft.—Due to improper packing after freezing.
When judging ice cream containing nuts, fruits, or
other solid material, due allowance should be made
for the presence of such ingredients.
III. Richness.—Ice cream containing the amount
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of butter-fat required by the state pure food law should
be considered perfect in richness. The richness is
determined by making chemical analysis for fat.
IV. Appearanee.—Ice cream scoring perfect in
appearance should be clean, and neatly put up, and in
a clean container. |
Defects. —Cream of unclean appearance; lack of
parchment circle over ice cream; dirty container: rusty
container; dirty ice cream tub; old string tags at-
tached to handle of tub.
When judging brick ice creams, special attention
should be given to the uniformity of the layers, to
the neat folding of the parchment wrapper, and to
cleanliness and general appearance of the package.
V. Color.—Ice cream of perfect color is such as
contains only the natural color imparted to it by the
flavoring material used; or, if color is added, it should
harmonize with the particular flavoring used.
Defects in Color.—Too high color; unnatural color,
such as colors different from the color of the natural
flavoring material used.
Individual molds, if colored, should be as nearly as
possible the same color as the object they represent.
CHAPTER XVII
OTHER AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE DAIRY
THE by-products of the dairy are skimmed milk,
buttermilk and whey, and a variety of products
that may be manufactured from them. The utiliza-
tion of these by-products to the best advantage is
an important part of the economy of dairy manu-
facture. :
Skimmed milk, buttermilk and whey.—By far the
larger part of the dairy by-products must of neces-
sity be utilized as food for animals, either because
of the cost of transportation or for lack of facility
in marketing many of the rather perishable products
that can be made from them. All of these products
make a valuable food for animals, of course in pro-
portion to the amount of the normal constituents of
the milk which they contain. Whey is less valuable
than skimmed milk or buttermilk, because it has lost
the greater part of its casein as well as fat, but
it still is of sufficient value to render its utilization
of importance. Naturally, we expect that young ani-
mals (calves and pigs) will thrive the best upon
these products, though skimmed milk has frequently
been fed to cows with good results. All three are,
however, so bulky that some more concentrated food
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should be fed in connection with them, if they are
used to the best advantage. When economically
fed to young pigs and calves, skimmed milk and
buttermilk may be made to return about fifteen cents
per hundred weight, and whey about one-third less.
These products are of value for food in proportion
as the milk sugar has not been changed to lactic
acid. They may be fed in unlimited quantities with-
out ill results upon the health of the animal, ex-
cept that occasionally when the milk is very sour,
or when fermentations other than lactic have set
in, derangements of the digestive organs, diarrhcea,
etc., sometimes occur. It is, therefore, advisable that
all of these products should be fed in as fresh a con-
dition as possible, and it has been found in many
instances that the custom of sterilizing or partially
sterilizing the skimmed milk or whey at the factory,
by injecting a jet of steam into it until the whole
is heated up to about 180° F., is practical, and is fol-
lowed by beneficial results.
Condensed milk.—In 1856 a patent was granted
to Gail Borden, Jr., on a process for “concentrating
sweet milk by evaporation in vacuo, having no sugar
or other foreign matter mixed with it.” From small
beginnings the business has grown to enormous pro-
portions, and is still largely in the hands of the
descendants of the original patentee.
There are two classes of condensed milk, namely,
sweetened and unsweetened.
Sweetened condensed milk.—Sweetened condensed
milk was the first condensed milk to successfully reach
Condensed Milk Ss
the market in hermetically sealed cans. It is made
from cows’ fresh milk. The milk is first heated to near
the boiling point, then sucrose (cane sugar) is added to
the extent of about 16 pounds of sugar to 100 pounds of
fresh milk. The milk and sugar solution is condensed
Fig. 56.
Milk-econdensing pan.
in vacuo at a temperature of 130° F. to 150° F. The
ratio of concentration is about 2%:1 (2% parts of
fresh milk ave condensed to 1 part of condensed
milk). The finished product contains about 40 per
eent sucrose, it is of semi-liquid consistency and has
a specific gravity of about 1.29. It is sold partly in
hermetically sealed tin cans varying in capacity from
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8 to 20 ounces, and retailing at from 5 to 20 cents
per can; and partly in barrels holding from 300 to
600 pounds of condensed milk. The barrel goods are
sold to bakeries and confectioners. They are generally —
made from partly or wholly skimmed milk.
Sweetened condensed milk is not sterile, but is
preserved by the sucrose it contains; it will keep for ©
a considerable length of time, but is best when fresh.
Unsweetened condensed milk.—There are three kinds
of unsweetened condensed milk, namely, evaporated
milk, plain condensed bulk milk, and concentrated milk.
_ Evaporated milk.—In the manufacture of this prod-
uct, cows’ fresh milk is heated to near the boiling
point, then condensed in vacuo at 130° F. to 150° F.
The ratio of concentration is about 24:1 (2% parts
of fresh milk are condensed to 1 part of evaporated
milk). The evaporated milk is then filled and sealed
in tin cans varying in size from 8 ounces to 1 gallon.
The hermetically sealed cans are sterilized at tempera-
tures ranging from 226° F. to 240° F. for from 30 to
60 minutes. From the sterilizer the cans are trans-
ferred to the shaker, where they are subjected to vio-
lent agitation, to completely break up the coagulum
that may have formed during sterilization. The fin-
ished product has the consistency of cream of medium
richness, and has a specific gravity of about 1.065. It
sells at from 5 to 50 cents per can. .
Evaporated milk: is sterile, it keeps indefinitely, but
is best when fresh.
Plain condensed bulk milk.—This kind of condensed
milk is made from whole milk, partly skimmed, or
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skimmed milk. The fresh milk is heated to about
160° F. and condensed in vacuo at 130° F. to 150° F.
The ratio of concentration is 3 to 4:1 (3 to 4 parts
of fresh milk are condensed to one part of condensed
milk). Before it leaves the vacuum pan, it is super-
heated by live steam to swell or thicken it. It is sold
in 10-gallon milk cans. It has the consistency of
very thick cream, and has a specific gravity of about
1.09. This product is largely sold to ice cream manu-
facturers, and limited quantities of it are retailed in
milk bottles to the direct consumer. It sells at from
25 to 75 cents per gallon.
Plain condensed bulk milk is not sterile. Its keep-
ing quality is similar to that of a good grade of pas-
teurized milk.
Concentrated milk.—Concentrated milk is made
from fresh milk. Before condensing, the cream is
removed, and the skim milk is condensed at 140° F.
by blowing hot air through the milk. When the con-
centration is completed, the cream is returned to the
condensed product. The ratio of concentration is
about 3:1 (about 3 parts of milk are condensed to 1
part of concentrated milk). This product is used for
direct consumption. It differs from plain condensed
bulk milk only in that it has not been exposed to so
high temperatures during the process.
Concentrated milk is not sterile. It keeps about
as long as a good grade of pasteurized milk. Its
manufacture is very limited.
The chief essential in the successful manufacture
of all condensed milks is a good quality of fresh milk.
320 Milk and Its Products
Milk that is abnormal in its properties when drawn,
badly contaminated milk, and milk that has not been
properly and promptly cooled on the farm cannot be >
safely used in the condensery. Such milk either does
not withstand the trials of the process, or it succumbs
to the many and unfavorable conditions to which it is
subjected on its long journey from the factory to the
pantry of the consumer. Its original defects magnify
with age and follow it to its destination, resulting
usually in heavy loss to the manufacturer.
_ Milk powders.—Several processes for completely
removing the water from milk have been invented and
are in more or less successful operation. The resulting
product is in the form of a creamy white powder which
upon agitation readily unites with water, thus restoring
the milk. Skimmed milk thus treated is much used for
the manufacture of custards and other bakers’ products;
but the powder from whole milk soon becomes rancid
and is very little used.
Dried casein, paper sizing.—The easein of milk
in a dry form is useful in certain manufacturing
processes, and has been found to be particularly val-
uable for the preparation of sizing for paper, the
preparation of paint and various other uses. The
manufacture of dry casein for this purpose has
come to be an important means of utilizing
skimmed milk in many creameries, and its prepara-
tion is comparatively simple. The skimmed milk is
collected in a vat and the curd precipitated with a
mineral acid. A mixture of acetic and sulphuric
acids is commonly used, and from % to 1 per cent
Milk Sugar — 321
is sufficient. When the curd has formed, which
will be as soon as the acid is thoroughly mixed
with the milk, the whey is drawn off and_ the
eurd washed two or three times with warm water.
It is then taken out and pressed as dry as_ possible,
after which it is ground rather fine in a peg mill
and then dried in an oven till perfectly dry. The
amount usually realized from the skimmed milk in
this way is not more than may be realized when
it is skilfully fed to animals.
Milk sugar.—Milk contains between 4 and 5 per
eent of milk sugar, and the manufacture of this sugar
has come to be an important industry. In the manu-
facture, whey is preferably used, or if skimmed milk
the casein is first coagulated and removed. The
water is then removed by evaporation until the erys-
tals of sugar are formed. Various methods are used
to rid the sugar of albumin and other materials con-
tained in the whey. Formerly this was a somewhat
difficult operation, and added considerably to the ex-
pense of the manufacture, but recently improvements
' have been made in this respect, so that the cost of
the manufacture of the sugar is much lessened. The
growth ‘of the industry has been very rapid, result-
ing in a much lower price for the product and a very
much increased consumption. Formerly, almost the
only use of milk sugar was medicinal. Now, be-
cause of its digestibility, it fotms an important in-
eredient of many of the so-called infants’ and inva-
lids’ foods. It is usually prepared in the form of a
white erystalline powder, only mildly sweet to the
taste.
U
322 Milk and Its Products
Dutch cheese (cottage cheese, schmierkase, pot cheese,
etc.).—A toothsome and nutritious article of food is
made from sour skimmed milk or buttermilk by al-.
lowing the casein to coagulate by the action of lactic
acid already formed, and then expelling the water by
the aid of heat. A considerable number of products
locally distinct, and differing in the degree of dryness
of the casein, are made in this way, the general pro-
cess of manufacture being to take sour buttermilk, or
skimmed milk which has coagulated, heating gently to
from 85° to 125° F., according to circumstances, drain-—
ing off the whey through a cloth strainer, and then
reducing the texture of the resulting curd by knead-
ing with the hands or a pestle; salt is added, and
the product is improved by the addition of a small
amount of cream or butter, and occasionally by the
use of some of the more common spices, as nutmeg,
-earaway, ete. It is commonly made only for domestic
consumption, but in most eities and villages, es-
pecially during the summer months, there is a con-
siderable demand for fresh cheese of this sort, and
its manufacture is often a source of revenue to fac-
tories suitably located. It is usually sold and eaten
in a fresh state, but it may be subjected to cer-
tain curing processes, which quite materially change
its character, and which vary widely in different
localities. |
Whey cheese (primost and myseost).—These are pro-
ducts manufactured from whey in some of the north
European countries and among the Scandinavians in
our own. They are really forms of evaporated whey
Primost, Cheese Food — 323
and, according to Monrad,* are made somewhat as
follows: The whey, not too sour, is boiled in a
suitable vessel under a slow fire, care being taken
that it is not scorched or burnt; when the albumi-
nous matters are coagulated they are removed to facil-
itate evaporation, and the evaporation is carried on
until the whole mass assumes a syrupy condition:
the albuminous matters are then returned to the
condensed whey, the whole is removed from the fire
and mixed rapidly until in the form of a thick
mush; some cream is then added and the material
pressed in brick shaped moulds, and after a day or
two is ready for market. It is practically unknown
except in those districts where the Scandinavian
population is large.
Cheese food. —Within the last few years an en-
terprising cheese-maker, Mr. J. J. Angus, of Wiscon-
sin, has perfected a system of manufacturing what
he calls a complete cheese food. It is simply a pro-
duct containing’ all the constituents of the milk in
a condensed form. An ordinary cheddar cheese is
- first made and cured; the whey is evaporated to a
syrupy consistency, and the cheese from a_corre-
sponding amount of milk is ground down to a. pasty
consistency and mixed with the evaporated whey.
The resulting mass is pressed into cakes of conve-
nient size, and under ordinary conditions will keep
a long time. The cheese food is a soft, homoge-
neous substance of a mildly cheese-like, sweetish
flavor.
—$=—_—
*4_B C of Cheese-making. Winnetka, IIl. 1889.
394 Milk and Its Products
Koumiss is a beverage made from milk that has
undergone alcoholic fermentation. It resembles but-
termilk in taste, but has a frothy appearance and
the casein of the milk is coagulated into a fine curd.
It was originally made from mares’ milk by various
wandering tribes in Russia and Asia. It has been
found to possess certain dietic properties, and is
now prepared from cows’ milk by various formulas.
According to Fleischman, one of the best formu-
las is as follows:
One hundred pounds of separator skim milk is
mixed with 42 pounds of water, 1.75 pounds of
granulated’ sugar, .75 pounds of milk-sugar and
5% to 6 ounces of good yeast, and is allowed- to
stand for 32 hours at a temperature of 100° F.
During this time the mixture is stirred about six
times at equal intervals. It is then decanted into
patent-stoppered bottles, the stoppers secured and
the bottles put into a cellar at a temperature of
55° F. It should be used within six days.
Kephir is a similar beverage to Koumiss. In its
preparation the fermentation is brought about by
certain bodies, the so-called Kephir grains, of which
very little is known. Kephir is but little known
in this country.
Wheyn.—Quite recently there has been patented
in this country by Alexander Bernstein, of Berlin,
Germany, a nourishing, mildly stimulating drink with
the above name. It is, according to the specifications
of the letters patent, a sour, sterilized whey, from
which the albuminous matter and fat have been re-
Wheyn 32D
moved. It is put up without further treatment, or it
may be flavored with hops or other material, which
may also be carbonated, or subjected to a mild alco-
bolic fermentation
CHAPTER XVIII
BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES
Location of creameries.—In the location of a
ereamery no one thing is- more important than to
secure a well drained site, and yet this is in many
cases evidently the last thing thought of. Cream-
eries are located in any out of the way corner or
bit of waste land that happens to be at hand.
The drainage is no less an important matter to be
considered in selecting a creamery site than in se-
lecting a house site. The foundation of cleanliness
in a ereamery begins with the sewer, and unless
the waste materials can be completely and quickly
_ drawn away the labor of keeping the whole prem-
ises clean is very much enhanced.
Other things being equal, then, elevated ground
should be selected as a proper site for a creamery,
and if the advantage of the elevation can be made
use of in the arrangement of the working rooms,
so much the better. Another matter that may prove
of considerable value in many eases is a regard for
the natural or artificial shelter that may be given the
creamery building. A difference of six or eight de-
grees in the work-room temperature may be easily
secured by having a due regard to the advantages of
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Arrangement of Creameries 327
shade from groves or the channels of natural air
drainage. On the other hand, it is not well to lo-
eate the building on a too bleak or exposed site, and
yet the great majority of creameries are either ex- ~
posed to the
full rays of
the August
sun or to the
bleak winds of
winter.
Arrang e-
ment of buald-
ing.— Two
general princi-
ples govern
Fig. 57. Diagram of creamery arranged upon the the arrange-
‘gravity’ plan.
ment of cream-
ery buildings. In the one, the milk is taken in at such
an elevation that it may flow by gravity from the
weighing can to the receiving vat, thence to the tem-
pering vat, thence to the separator, and finally to the
skimmed milk and cream vats. In the other, the milk
is taken in on a level with the work-room floor, and
is elevated by pumps. Both plans have their advan-
tages and disadvantages. The main advantage of
what may be ealled the “gravity” system is, that
the milk flows by its own weight during the whole
course of manufacture, and no pumps, troublesome
to keep clean, are necessary. As an offset to this
advantage, it entails a considerable amount of ex-
tra labor in ascending and descending the neces-
328 Milk and Its Products.
sary stairs or steps. The pumping system, on
the other hand, is economical of labor, but intzo-
; ; duces one or
more pumps,
F through which.
the milk must
be passed, and
which are al-
ways, even
when of the
simplest pat-—
tern, more or
less difficult to
keep clean,
and exceeding-
Fig. 58. Diagram of creamery arranged upon the ly liable to be
pumping’’ plan.
neglected. In
the outline diagrams is a creamery arranged ac-
cording to either system. By reference to the ground
plan (Fig. 59, page 329), it may be seen that in
either case the amount of floor space required is the
same. In Fig. 57 is shown the elevation under
the “ gravity” arrangement, with the exception that
the skimmed milk vat is shown elevated. Here the
milk is taken in at A, passes to B the receiving
vat, thence to C the tempering vat, thence to D the
separator, thence to E the cream vat, and through
the pump H to F the skimmed milk vat. In the
pumping system, Fig. 58, the same letters indicate
corresponding parts. It will be seen here that the
milk is pumped through G from B to C. Referring
Arrangement of Oreameries 329
again, then, to the fioor plan, if the arrangement be
according to the pumping system, the operator, stand-
EE)
“6
ui
Fig. 59 Ground ae of creamery in Figs. 39 and 40. A, weighing can; B,
ce Cc ee ometien ace val fein:
ing near his seales and receiving vat A, is but a step
from the separator D and the boiler N, and can easily
give attention to all parts of his factory. Whereas,
if the creamery is arranged upon the “ gravity”
plan, he must be constantly ascending and descend-
ing a series of steps between A and D. It would
seem, therefore, that when the factory is to be a
330 Milk and Its Products
large one, requiring the services of more than one
man, that the “gravity” system is preferable, be-
cause of doing away with the objectionable pumps.
Whereas, if the factory is to be a small one, and
one man is to do all the work, the amount of
labor saved by the more compact pumping system
will more than overbalance the objection arising
‘from pumps. In a factory of the size indicated,
handing from three to five thousand pounds of
milk per day, a floor space of about 18x24 feet
will be required. In larger factories, it will be
found of advantage, in controlling the temperature,
to introduce partitions, so that the receiving and
separating room may be separated from the churn-
ing and working room, and if much butter is to
be made up into prints, a third, colder room, for
printing the butter, will be found of great advan-
tage during the warm part of the year. Here, too,
the question of labor again comes into play. When
the creamery is so small that all the work is done
by one man, labor is economized by having all the
operations conducted in one room, but where two or
three, or even more men are employed, it will be
found of advantage to have separate rooms for the
different operations.
Construction.—The building should be laid upon
solid foundation walls rather than upon piers.
Besides adding decidedly to the appearance of the
building, it aids materially in keeping the Dbuild-
pg warm in winter and cool in summer. In regard.
to the floors, cement floors are the most expensive
Construction and Superstructure ol
and the most durable, and if well laid and com-
posed of the best materials, are entirely satisfactory.
But wooden floors, tightly laid upon a well-drained
foundation, are fairly durable, and ‘when out of. re-
pair may be easily replaced at comparatively small
cost. Whatever the floors, they must be thor-
oughly sewered. The floor should slant rapidly
to the gutter, so that all water will quickly run
off through a thoroughly trapped iron pipe until the
outside of the building is reached, after which
well-glazed sewer pipe may be used. An abundant
supply of pure water is indispensable. This, under
ordinary conditions, will be obtained from a_ well.
A bored or driven well is less lable to contami- -
nation than an open dug well, but in any event
the site of the well should be chosen with due
regard to possible sources of contamination. If
the water is very abundant and at a _ temperature
below 48°, a supply of ice is not indispensable,
except for cold storage purposes, but it will be
found in most cases to be of great advantage.
In any event, the means of readily securing and
maintaining in the cream a temperature of 50° F.
or below is indispensable. Water and steam pipes
should be carried to all parts of the building where
their presence may be of advantage for cleaning
purposes.
The superstructure may be as elaborate or as
simple as desired. At the least, it should offer as
good protection from the elements as a_ well-built
house does. In fact, the construction need not
i]
332 Milk and Its Products
differ from that of ordinary house construction,
except that ceiling on the inside take the place cf
plaster. i
The inside finish should be of matched and
planed lumber, thoroughly protected with hard oil.
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a
Fig. 60. Plan of cheese factory properly arranged.
It should be needless to say that the outside should
be neatly and tastefully painted, yet well-painted
ecreameries are the exception and not the rule.
Cheese factories.—All that was said in regard to
the location of creameries applies with equal force
to cheese factories. Heretofore, perhaps, even less
attention has been paid to the drainage of cheese
factories than to creameries, but it is quite as neces-
sary. The arrangement of the cheese factory is con-
siderably simpler than that of the creamery, and mis-
Arrangement of Cheese Factories 333
takes in arrangement are less lable to be made.
The governing principle should be that the milk, in
its transformation from milk to cheese, should pass
in one direction from the weighing can toward the
euring room. ‘The outlines given, Figs. 60 and
Fig. 61. Plan of cheese factory improperly arranged.
61, show factories properly and improperly arranged.
In Fig. 60, the milk taken in at A passes into the
vats at B, from thence to the curd sink C, and the
press D, and finally to the curing room HK, con-
stantly in one direction and with a minimum of hand
labor. Whereas, in Fig. 61. following the same let-
ters, the milk or curd travels from one end of the
room to the other and back again. While cheese
factories, as a rule, are used only during the warm
months of the year, and perhaps for that reason
334 Milk and Its Products
may be less warmly built, still it is not sufficient
that the superstructure be merely of siding nailed
to the joists, leaving the inside bare. While, per-
haps, it is not necessary that the outer siding be
double, or that building paper be used upon the
joists, still the joists should always be ceiled upon
the inside and the ceiling neatly finished in oil.
The construction of the curing room is the most
important part of the cheese factory. _ Here the
construction should be of such a nature that a
fairly constant temperature may be maintained. This
ean hardly be secured unless the building is covered
on the outside with two thicknesses of boards, with
paper between and tightly ceiled upon the inside.
This part of the factory, at least, should always be
upon a solid wall foundation. Constructed in this
way, if care is taken to ventilate the building thor-
oughly at night, and to close it tight during the
day time, a fairly cool curing room ean be secured
even during the hottest weather; but the temperature
can be much more satisfactorily regulated if the ven-
tilation comes through a sub-earth duct for a con-
siderable distance. This may be arranged by laying
a three or four-inch glazed sewer pipe at least four
feet deep, from a point on the surface fifteen or
twenty rods from the building, and opening into
the center of the curing room through the floor.
If the mouth of this sub-earth duct can be placed
in such a position that the prevailing winds will
blow toward it, a circulation of cool air can more
easily and certainly be secured.
Farm Dairy Buildings 835
Combined butter and cheese factories.—The connec-
tion between the butter and cheese markets is such
that it is coming to be of considerable advantage
for a factory to be able-to make either butter or
cheese. In many cases but little additional room or
expense is necessary. If in the creamery the receiv-
ing vat is of the same construction as an ordinary
cheese vat, that is, piped so that hot water or steam
can be introduced around it, all that is necessary in
order to make cheese is to add a cheese press and
the necessary curing room. In a cheese factory the
addition of a separator, churn and worker serves to
transform it into a creamery. It is true that the
presence of the necessary equipment is always a,
temptation toward the making of skimmed milk cheese
during a part of the year, but a due regard for the
reputation of the products of the factory will always
result in making either full cream cheese or butter
alone. Naturally the manufacture of cheese is most
-advantageous during the’ summer months, and the
manufacture of butter most profitable during the
‘ winter months. It is not at. all unlikely that dairy
manufacture will tend in this direction in the future,
instead of certain localities being devoted almost ex-
elusively to butter manufacture and others to cheese
manufacture, as in the past.
Farm dairy buildings.—Heretofore the farm dairy
work has shared with the other farm industries and
the domestic life the room necessary to its prosecu-
tion, and this has been and still is a main reason
for the general inferiority of farm dairy products. In
336 Milk and Its Products
order that the farm dairy be successful, it is neces-
sary that some certain place be set aside rigorously
for its prosecution. The dairy cannot be associated
with the kitchen, the vegetable cellar, or any other
part of the farm buildings except to its own detri-
ment. The room or building devoted to the farm
dairy need not be large nor elaborate. It should
simply secure a room of convenient size, shut off
from any other occupation, well lighted, well venti-
lated, well drained, and reasonably cool in tempera-
ture. It is entirely possible that this room be a
part of the house cellar, but if so it should have
its own individual exit, and be completely shut off
from the cellar at large. In the same way it may
be a part of any of the farm out-buildings, or it
may be a building by itself. As to whether in a
moderate sized dairy, where say twenty to forty cows
are kept, the dairy should have a building separate
from others or not, depends largely upon the way
in which the dairy work is carried on. If the dairy
is so large that power is required for the churning,
or if the cream is raised by a gravity process, it
will undoubtedly be of advantage that the dairy
should occupy a separate building; but if the cream
is separated by centrifugal process, and power is not
required for churning, then the milk may be sepa-
rated in the barn adjoining the stable, and only the
cream carried to the dairy room proper. There are
many advantages in this latter plan. In the first
place, the labor of carrying the milk to the dairy,
and the skimmed milk and buttermilk away, is done
Farm Dairy Buildings 337
away with. In the second place, the room required
for ripening the cream’ and churning the butter is
very small, even for a dairy of considerable size, and
may easily be fitted up in a cool corner of the
eellar. The only disadvantage is that steam for
cleaning the utensils is not conveniently at hand,
but the advantages in most cases will outweigh this
single aisadvantage. If this requisite of the farm
dairy building or apartment is secured, namely, a
room devoted to nothing but butter or cheese manu-
facture—light, airy and well drained—there is no
- reason why the very highest quality of products
should not be made under such. conditions, and
there are several reasons why a better product ean
be made than under the ordinary factory conditions,
where the production and care of the milk is in the
hands of a large number of persons, over whom the
butter-maker or cheese-maker can at best exercise
only partial control.
CHAPTER XIX
STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY
THE dairy. industry in its development has fully
kept pace with other industries and with the pop-
ulation. The total number of milch cows has in-
creased between two and three fold since 1850,
though in 1890 there were slightly fewer cows in
proportion to the population than in 1850. But while
the number of cows has not increased faster than the
population, their product has materially done so.
This is seen in the average yield per cow and in
the increase in the production of butter and cheese.
In 1850 the average yield per cow was 166% gallons.
This had increased in 1890 to 315.4 gallons, or
nearly 100 per cent. The total production of butter
was nearly four times as much in 1890 as it. was in
1850, and the production of cheese slightly less than
2% times as much.
The various details of this development are well
shown in the following tables, compiled from the
United States Census reports by the Dairy Division
of the United States Department of Agriculture :*
ae S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry, Bulletin No. i1 (Dairy
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340 Milk and Its Products
Value of principal farm products of the United States
—_.
1859. A879: 1889.
PRY NG LS: Per | Total value Per Total eats Per Total value
cent “| cent. “| eent. ‘
IMIGATSistneloctten.cu eta 17.9 | $300,000,000 | 22.1 | $800,000,000 | 23.9 $900,000,000
CORN ict ee 21.6 360,680,878 | 19.2 694,818,304 | 15.9 597,918,829
Hiayo-) an SWE ta oa 9.1 152,671,168 | 11.3 409,505,783 | 14 526,632,062
Dairy products . .| 14.4 240,400,580 | 10.8 391,131,618 | 11 411,976,522
Wheat : <3 124,635,545 | 12 436,968 ,463 9.1 342,491,707
Cotton 12.6 211,516,625 7.5 | 271,636,121 8.2 307,008,114
Poultry Salata 4.5 75,000,000 5 180,000,000 5.3 200,000,000
Other products (a) 12.4 206,639,527 | 12.1 440,438,353 | 12.6 472,492,249
Grand total. -|100 /$1,671,544,323 | 100 (|$3,624,498,642 | 100 $3,758,519,483
a ‘“‘ Other products’’ include barley, buckwheat, flax fiber, flaxseed, hemp,
hops, Irish potatoes, leaf tobacco, maple sirup, maple sugar, oats, rice, rye,
sorghum molasses, sweet potatoes, and wool.
But it is not so much in the amount of dairy
product manufactured as in the way the business is
done that the dairy industry shows its most remarka-
ble advances. Up to 1850 the whole dairy output
was produced, manufactured, and marketed from in-
dividual farms. Since then the. introduction and
wonderful growth of associated dairying, or the fac-
tory system, has taken place, and this period has
also witnessed the introduction of so many and so
varied machines and utensils that the dairy practice
of forty or even twenty years ago is entirely rev-
olutionized in the methods of to-day. But while
associated dairying has made rapid strides, both in
butter and cheese making, it is only in cheese
making that the factory system can be said to have
at all supplanted private dairying. In 1890 only
a little more than 7 per cent of all the cheese
produced was made outside of factories; while in the
Butter and Cheese Factories 341
same year, of the 1,205,508,384 pounds of butter
made in the country, only 181,284,916 pounds, or
about 15 per cent, was made in factories.
Development of the factory system. — Associated
dairying, or the manufacture of the milk of several
patrons at one place, under the eye of a_ single
person, was at first limited wholly to cheese making.
The system may be said to have been inaugurated
by Jesse Williams, in Oneida county, N. Y., when
in 1851 he began the manufacture of milk, produced
by himself and several sons located on farms near
by, into cheese under his immediate supervision.
From this beginning the number of cheese factories
increased, slowly at first but afterward more rapidly,
until in 1870 there were in operation 1,313 cheese
factories. Up to this time butter factories were un-
known, but within a few years began to be rapidly
established, and in 1890 there were of both butter
and cheese factories 4,712. Ten states—New York,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ver-
mont, Minnesota, Michigan and Kansas, in the order
named — contained nearly 90 per cent of all the fac-
tories. Of these there were in New York 1,387,
in Wisconsin 966, and in lowa 500, or nearly 60
per cent of the whole.
When the first butter factories or creameries, as
they are more generally called, were established, the
milk of the several patrons was drawn to the fac-
tory, set in deep cans, usually surrounded by running
water, and afterward skimmed and churned. After
a time the gathered-cream system was introduced.
342 — Milk and Its Products
Under this system the cream was raised upon the farm,
usually by a cold deep-setting process, and the repre-
sentative of the creamery, visiting the different farms, .
skimmed the cream, and left the skimmed milk upon
the farm. Later on, during the decade beginning in
1880, the centrifugal separator was introduced, and at
the present time by far the larger number of but-
ter factories are operated upon this system. As be-
tween the factory system or the private dairy in the
manufacture of dairy products, both have their ad-
vantages and disadvantages. The advantages of the
factory system are so great that practically all of the
cheese 1s made in this way, the small amount made
upon farms and in private dairies being almost
wholly made for domestic or strictly local consump-
tion. These advantages in the main are the saving
of labor and the greater uniformity of product. It
requires no more time and but shghtly more labor
to make six thousand pounds of milk imto cheese
than six hundred. Few private dairies produce more
than the latter amount, so that the combination of
ten men in a factory will result in saving the labor
of at least five men in the manufacture of the pro-
duct. Then the cost of building the proper curing
room is much less under the factory system than in
the private dairy. Conditions of temperature and
moisture can readily be secured for a large amount
of cheese cured together, that would practically be im-
possible if the same amount of cheese was distrib-
uted in ten or a dozen parcels and cured separately.
In associated butter making, while the same ad-
Dairy Legislation 343
vantages hold true as in cheese making, they do not
manifest themselves to the same degree. There is un-
doubtedly a considerable saving of labor and a vastly
more uniform product where the milk of many patrons
is manufactured into butter in a well equipped
creamery under skilful supervision, but it is scarcely
possible for a creamery handling the milk of many
cows, scattered over a wide area and under the care
of many persons, to make butter of so uniformly fine
quality as is possible where not only the milk, from
the time it is drawn until the finished product is
sent to market, but the care and food of the cows
as well, are under the same _ skilful supervision.
One of the chief advantages of both the cheese and
butter factory system is that it removes from the
farm, and particularly from the farm home, a large
amount of drudgery that in far too many, cases fell
upon those least able to bear it, the women of the
household ; so that while the butter of the very high-
est quality will probably for many years to come be
made in relatively small individual or private dairies
upon farms, still the factory system is increasing
very rapidly, and will continue to do so until pro-
portionately as much butter as: cheese is made in
factories.
Dairy legislation.—Dairy legislation in the United
States has had two main objects. First, to secure
to consumers of milk an unadulterated product. This
has resulted in the establishment in many states of
arbitrary legal standards for the quality of milk, and
in others the passage of general laws prohibiting the
344 Milk and Its Products
adulteration of milk in any way (See Appendix C). ©
Still, nearly one-third of the states have no laws what-
ever in regard tothe sale of milk, though most of
the large cities in these states have adopted municipal
regulations of the same general nature as the state
laws.
The second object of dairy legislation has been to
guarantee the quality of a dairy product or to pre-
vent the sale of. a spurious product for a genuine one.
The introduction of the manufacture of artificial but-
ter or oleomargarine has led to both national and state
regulation. The manufacture of oleomargarine, and
particularly its sale as genuine butter, caused a great
injury to the manufacturers of the genuine product,
both in the sale of their goods and the prices re-
ceived for the same. The state of New York was
one of the first, if not the very first, to enact regu-
lations controlling the sale of the imitation product,
and in 1884 passed a law prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of imitation butter within the limits of
the state. This law was the subject of much litiga-
tion, but has been upheld by the state and national
courts. It has been pretty thoroughly enforced, and
is still in operation. In 1886 the National Govern-
ment passed a law imposing an income tax of two
cents per pound upon all imitation butter made in
the country, and levying special license taxes upon
those engaged in its manufacture and sale. This has
resulted in a measurable control of the product, and
with the supplemental laws that have been passed in
a large number of the states the matter is now under
Dairy Legislation 345
-eareful and strict regulation. These laws have not
resulted, as was fondly hoped by many dairymen, in
absolutely stopping the manufacture of imitation but-
ter, but have resulted in a great improvement in the
quality of the imitation goods and in securing inno-
cent purchasers against fraud in palming off upon
them a spurious for a genuine article. At the same
time, the cheaper imitation butter has crowded out of
the market the poorer grades of genuine butter, and.
so improved the general average quality of genuine
butter.
More recently the manufacture of so-called filled
cheese has been regulated in the same way, by the
passage by the National Congress, in 1896, of a
law similar to the oleomargarine act, placing a rev-
enue tax upon all filled cheese manufactured, and a
license tax upon the manufacturers and dealers.
This filled cheese is made from skimmed milk, to
which has been added a certain amount of neutral
animal fat.
Within the past twenty years the practice of mak-
ing cheese from skimmed or partially skimmed milk
has spread widely throughout the United States. The
result has been that the reputation of American cheese
has greatly fallen in the market, both abroad and at
home. A remedy has been sought by the passage in
several states, notably New York and Wisconsin, of
laws authorizing the use, on cheese made from whole
milk, of “State Brands” guaranteeing the quality of
cheese so branded. While cheese-makers were at
first not inclined to take advantage of these laws,
346 Milk and Its Products
the “State Brands” are now extensively used with
very gratifying results as to the reputation of cheese
so branded in the general markets.
Kecently legislative control has been sought con-
ecrning still another product. A large business
has grown up in gathering together, usually from
country merchants who have taken the goods in
trade, large amounts of poorly made butter and ~
butter that has been spoiled or partially spoiled.
The butter so collected is all melted up together,
the solid impurities filtered out and the fat clarified
by various processes that are kept more or less’
secret. The clarified fat is then churned with fresh
skimmed milk and the resulting butter colored,
salted and worked in the usual way. In some eases
the better grades of butter collected from country
stores are merely reworked and uniformly colored.
All such butter, whatever the treatment it has
received, is known as renovated or process butter,
and is sold under the names “factory” and ‘“imita-
tion creamery.” It is very much improved over the
original butter from which it was prepared, which
is often entirely unsalable as butter, but it is dis-
tinctly inferior to the better grades of fresh butter
and injures their sale to a greater or less extent.
For this reason several states have passed laws
requiring that all butter that has been treated as
described shall be meuneny branded “Renovated”
butter.
Dairy markets.—In no one particular has the dairy
industry developed in recent years more than in the
" Process” Butter 347
line of production throughout the year. Formerly
almost the whole product was made during the warm
- months. This is measurably so still in the case of
cheese, but the demand has been constantly increas-
ing for fresh butter the year round, and at the pres-
ent time a fairly large proportion of the whole output
is made during the winter months, the fresh butter
commanding anywhere from two to ten cents per
pound more than equally good butter that has been
held in storage for several months. Very recently,
with improvements in’ the methods of refrigeration
and cold storage, the price of stored butter of the
highest quality is reaching nearer to that of the
fresh made goods, but the best consumers still con-
tinue to call for a fresh article.
APPENDIX
A. USEFUL RULES AND TESTS
COMPARISON OF THERMOMETER SCALES
0
100
‘Centigrade Scale—Freezing point of water
Boiling point of water
Difference 100 degrees.
Fahrenheit Scale—Freezing point of water = 32
Boiling point of water = 212
Difference 180 degrees
100 degrees C. = 180 degrees F.
5 ec = 9 ce
To CHANGE DEGREES CENTIGRADE TO EQUIVALENT DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT
Cie}
Multiply by 2 and add 32; e. g.: 65°C. X 2 = 117 + 32 =149° F,
To CHANGE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TO EQUIVALENT DEGREES
CENTIGRADE
Subtract 32 and multiply by 3; e. g.: 98° F. — 32 = 66 X 2 = 37°
—C.
To FIND THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY BY THE ‘‘BOARD OF
HEAutTH” LACTOMETER
Multiply the reading by .29, divide by 1,000, and add 1.; e. g.:
Observed reading, 94 X .29 = 27.26 ~ 1,000 = .02726 + 1. = 1.027 +
specific gravity.
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350 Milk and Its Product
To CHANGE ‘‘BoaRD OF HEALTH’? LACTOMETER DEGREES TO
EQUIVALENT QUEVENNE DEGREES
Multiply the ‘‘Board of Health” reading by ..29; e. g.: ‘Board of
Health” reading, 105 X .29 = 30.45 = 30+ Quevenne reading.
To CHANGE QUEVENNE LACTOMETER: DEGREES TO EQUIVALENT
““BoaRD OF HEALTH” DEGREES
Divide the observed Quevenne reading by .29; e. g.: Quevenne
reading, 34 + .29 = 117.+ ordinary or ‘‘Board of Health’’ reading.
TEMPERATURE CORRECTION FOR LACTOMETER
For Quevenne lactometer, .1 lactometer degree for each degree of
temperature F.
For ordinary or ‘‘Board of Health’”’ lactometer, 1 lactometer degree
for each 3 degrees of temperature F. ;
To be added if the temperature is higher, or subtracted if it is lower
than the standard of the lactometer.
To be used only when the temperature variation is less than 10
degrees from the standard of the lactometer.
To Estimate Souips Not Fat, anp TotTat SOLIDS, FROM THE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND PER CENT OF FaT
The following formule may be used:
Babcock (1) S = ut
Babcock (2) S = oe + 27
Richmond (3) T = Be — SU A
In the above L = corrected Quevenne lactometer reading, f = per
cent of fat, S = solids not fat; T = total solids; solids not fat +
fat = total solids. ;
To apply the above formule, if the percentage of fat is 4.2 and
the lactometer reading at 60° F. is 32, then 3
L+ .7f 32 + .7 (4.2)
OD IS Nee a 38
.7 of 4.2 = 2.94 + 32 = 34.94 + 3.8 = 9.19 = solids not fat.
9.19 + 4.2 = 13.39 = total solids.
Useful Rules and Tests 351
L 32
(2) Dia oe + .2 ty SS ran + 2. (4.2)
32.4 = 8, .2 (4.2) = .84,8 + .84 = 8.84 = solids not fat.
8.84 + 4.2 = 13:04 = total solids.
L 6f 32 6 (4.2
@) T= 34+ S447 = 4 oe) + 14
a2 4 — 8 6x42 = O52 = 5 04,
8 + 5.04 + .14 = 13.18 = total solids.
Litmus TrEst
A method of determining whether a liquid is acid or alkaline.
In acid solutions, blue litmus turns red.
Tn alkaline solutions, red litmus turns blue.
PHENOLPHTHALEIN TEST
A method of determining whether a liquid is acid or alkaline.
In acid solutions, if phenolphthalein is added no change in color is
produced.
In alkaline solutions, if phenolphthalein is added the liquid turns
pink.
To DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE OF Lactic Acip IN MILK BY THE USE
OF DECINORMAL ALKALI, OR FARRINGTON’S ALKALINE
TABLETS
Each ec. ec. decinormal alkali neutralizes .009 grams lactic acid.
Therefore, multiply the number of c. ce. decinormal alkali used by .009
and divide the product by the number of grams of milk taken. (Grams
ce. c. X 1.032); e. g.: 20 c¢. c. of milk require 9 ec. c. decinormal alkali
to neutralize the acid. The per cent of acid is—
.009 X 9 = .081 grams lactic acid.
.081 = 20.64 = .0039, or .39 %.
Each alkaline tablet = 3.8 ec. c. decinormal alkali. Each tablet
is dissolved in 10 c. ec. water. Each ec. ec. tablet solution = .38 ec. ce.
decinormal alkali. Therefore, each c. c. tablet solution will neutralize
.009 X .38 = .0034 grams lactic acid. Therefore, multiply the number
of c.c. of tablet solution used by .0034 and divide by the number of
grams of milk taken (grams = c. ec X 1.032); e. g.:
20 c. c. of cream require 35 ec. ce. of tablet solution to neutralize the
acid. The per cent of acid is—
.0034 X 35 = .119 grams lactic acid.
-119 + 20.64 = .0058, or .58%.
a2 Milk and Its Products
To DETERMINE Lactic Acip, Usine 17.6 c. c. of MILK OR CREAM
Instead of determining lactic acid as described above, it is often
more convenient to make the tablet solution ef such a strength that
1 c. ec. of the solution will neutralize .01 per cent of lactic acid in the
amount of milk or cream taken. Since a 17.6 c. c. pipette is always
found where there is a Babcock testing outfit, 17.6 ¢. c. is a very con-
venient assay, as it does not necessitate procuring an additional
pipette. If 5 Farrington tablets are dissolved in 97 ec. c. of water the
solution will be of such a strength that each ec. ec. of solution
will neutralize .01 per cent of lactic acid in 17.6 c. c. of milk, and the
total number of c. c. used will indicate the amount of lactic acid present
in hundredths of one per cent; é. g.:
5 tablets are dissolved in 97 ec. c. water, and 35 e. e. of the solu-
tion are required to neutralize the lactic acid in 17.6 c. c. of cream;
the percentage of lactic acid present is therefore .35 per cent.
To SeLtect Mink FoR PASTEURIZATION
Dissolve any convenient number of Farrington alkaline tablets in
an equal number of ounces of water. Provide any convenient small
measure, and to one measure of milk add two measures of the pre-
pared tablet solution. If the milk remains uncolored, it contains
more than .2 of 1 per cent of acid, and is too sour to be safely
used. If it is colored pink, it contains less than .2 of 1 per cent of
acid, and may safely be used for pasteurizing or sterilizing. Or, the
tablet solution will be of very nearly the same strength, and may be
used in the same way, if 3 tablets are dissolved in 90 ec. ec. of water.
To PREPARE VISCOGEN FOR RESTORING THE CONSISTENCY
OF PASTEURIZED CREAM
Two and one-half parts by weight of a good quality of granulated
sugar are dissolved in five parts of water, and one part of quick lime
gradually slaked in three parts of water. The resulting milk of lime
is strained and added to the sugar solution. The mixture should be
agitated at frequent intervals, and after two or three hours allowed
to settle until the clear liquid can be decanted off. This clear liquid -
(viscogen) is the part used and should be kept in well-stoppered bottles,
as it loses strength and becomes dark-colored when exposed to the air.
The darkening in color, however, does not impair its usefulness.
Useful Rules and Tests Sips)
To STANDARDIZE CREAM AND MILK (Pearson)
‘When cream is being sent to the city trade or used for certain other
purposes, it is often desired to have it contain a certain percentage of
fat and the same each day. It is difficult to adjust a separator to skim
cream always of the same richness and it has become a more or less
common practice to skim a heavy cream and ‘“‘standarize’’ it. This is
done by mixing with it enough of the skimmed milk that has just been
removed, or whole milk or thinner cream, to reduce the fat content
to the proper point.
The following is an easy and accurate way to determine the quan-
tity of skimmed milk, milk, or thin cream that must be added to a
rich cream to produce a cream of required richness or fat content:
Draw a rectangle and write at the two left-hand corners the per-
centages of fat in the fluids to be mixed, and in the center, place the
required percentage. At the upper right-hand corner put the number
which represents the difference between the two numbers standing
in line with it, 7. e., the number in the center and the one at the lower
left-hand corner. At the lower right-hand corner put the number that
represents the difference between the two numbers in line with it. Now
let the upper right-hand number refer to the upper left and the lower
right-hand to the lower left, then the two right-hand numbers show the
relative quantities of the fluids represented at the left-hand corners
that must be combined to give a fluid of the desired standard which
is represented in the center.
For example, suppose we have cream testing 39 per cent fat, and we
wish to standardize this to a 30 per cent cream by the use of milk
testing, 5 per cent fat. Following the directions we have this diagram—
39 | 25
30
3) 9
- which shows at once that 39 per cent cream and 5 per cent milk must
be combined in the proportion of 25 to 9 in order to produce 30 per
cent cream. If we wish to use 50 pounds of 39 per cent cream, then 18
pounds of 5 per cent milk must be added, as is shown by this proportion.
25°39) 7,50): 8
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354 Milk and Its Products
Suppose we wish to find the proper amounts of the rich cream and
milk to produce 170 pounds of 30 per cent cream:
If we take 25 pounds of the 39 per cent cream and 9 pounds of the
5 per cent milk, as is shown by the diagram, we will have a total of 34
pounds, but we want a total of 170 pounds, or five times as much; then
we must take five times as much of each of the ingredients, or 125
pounds of 39 per cent cream and 45 pounds of the milk, as is shown by
these proportions:
oa 2 Dey <2 WO AZo
BA Oy SAN Ore AS
In the same manner milks of different quality may be standard-
ized without going to the trouble of mixing them all together in one
large vat. rage
If it is wanted to mix the milks from two dairies testing 4.9 per cent
fat and 3.5 per cent to produce a 4.6 per cent milk, the diagram shows
these milks must be mixed in the proportion of 1.1 to .3 or 11 to 3.
Thus:
4.9
3.0 |
If we have 120 pounds of the 4.9 per cent milk we must mix with
it 32.7 pounds of 3.5 per cent milk, as is shown by this proportion:
PS See Sy 7
To PREPARE ARTIFICIAL “‘STARTER’”’ OR FERMENT FOR RIPENING MILK
OR CREAM*
A starter is a material containing desirable bacteria for the ripen-
ing or souring of dairy products. Originally it may be a ‘“‘commercial
culture” or it may be taken from a sample of clean sound sour milk
or buttermilk from any local source. This material in the commercial
culture may be a preparation of meat broth, milk, or other substances.
It may be propagated by the dairyman or creameryman in skimmed
milk or whole milk and, in unusual cases, in other media.
—
*From circular No. 10, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. .
Useful Rules and Tests 35
or
-STEPS IN PROPAGATION
1. Take three one-quart milk bottles or fruit jars. Glass is prefer-
able, as it allows the operator to see when all of the dirt has been
removed, and the condition of the curd can easily be inspected through
the transparent wall. Three bottles should be employed, for in heating
glass is likely to break; and it is always well to have a sufficient num-
ber of containers from which to choose.
_ 2. Use fresh, clean milk, which must have a nice flavor. It may be
either whole milk or skimmed milk. Usually it is advisable to use
whole milk, for it is easier to choose desirable samples before milk has
passed through the separator than afterward.
3. Fill the containers one-half to two-thirds full of milk. If they are
filled full, it is difficult to prevent contamination from the covers, which
are hard to sterilize when the pasteurization is done in hot water. Protect
the containers with regular covers (caps or tops) or with glass tumblers.
4. Pasteurize by heating to 180° to 200° F. for 30 minutes or longer. -
A temperature of 150° F. kills all sporeless bacteria. Higher tempera-
tures up to 212° F. do not kill the spores, but they are so weakened by
the higher heat that they germinate more slowly and their harmful
effect is retarded. This fact and the results of experience indicate a
temperature of about 185° F. to 200° F. as best. The heating and cool-
ing can be done in cans immersed in water. Stirring hastens the pro-
cesses, but is not necessary when the heating surface is not hotter than
about 200° F. Where the heating is done by steam, stirring is neces-
sary to prevent scorching.
After heating, cool to a ripening temperature of 60° to 75° F. Pas-
teurization may be accomplished by tying a string about the necks of
the bottles and suspending them in a pail or vat heated by steam, or
in a kettle or dish heated on a stove. (If pasteurized over a fire, do not
let bottles rest on the bottom of receptacle.) Other supports may be
used to keep the containers from tipping over. The temperature should
be raised and reduced slowly to prevent breaking the glass.
_5. After pasteurization the milk is ready for inoculation. Inoculate
in a quiet place where the wind cannot blow dirt and bacteria into this
clean seed bed. With dry fingers remove the cover and place it in a
bacterially clean spot, as in a recently scalded dipper. Pour in all of
the commercial culture, or 2 to 10 per cent from the previous day’s
culture. Be sure that the curd from the previous day is well broken.
After inoculation, shake the freshly inoculated sample to distribute
the bacteria.
356 Milk and Its Products
6. Incubate at about 60° to 75° F. The first inoculation from the
commercial culture should be incubated at about 70° to 85° F. The
small inoculations require higher temperatures than the large inocu-
lations. By experience an operator can soon learn what inoculation
and temperature to use to ripen his starter in a given time. Usually a
6 to 8 per cent inoculation will ripen a starter in twelve hours at about
65° F. The temperature must be fairly constant.
7. The starter is ripe when a curd forms. This curd should be soft
and like custard in appearance. It should not be hard and firm.
8. After the starter is ripe, hold it at 50° F. or a few degrees lower
until time to use. For best results a starter should not be held longer
than a few hours. However, it may be held two or three days and not
be badly over-ripened. Do not shake the starter before putting it in
storage.
9. Upon examination the curd should be smooth and compact,
without gas pockets. Gas shows the presence of undesirable bacteria.
A hard, lumpy curd, whey, and high acid show the over-ripe condition,
which is very undesirable. After the condition of the curd is noted,
shake well to break it into a smooth, lumpless condition. Shake with
a rotary motion, being careful not to touch the cap for fear of con-
tamination. Now smell and taste it, but never from the starter con-
tainer. Always pour some of the curd into a spoon or cup, and then
replace the cover immediately. After smelling, it is best to put at least
a teaspoonful into the mouth. Seek for a desirable, clean, mild, acid
flavor. The first propagation is likely to be somewhat disagreeable
because of the presence of some of the original medium.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
In a creamery or a large dairy it is necessary to carry more than a
pint or a quart of starter. Along with the mother starter a second
starter of ten to fifty pounds may be carried. After the mother starter
in the glass container is inoculated, the remainder of the previous day’s
mother starter is poured into the second starter, and the cream is inocu-
lated from the second starter. In large creameries, third and fourth
starters are carried. Care should be taken in pasteurization not to cook
the milk in these large amounts. In the mother starter this makes lit-
tle difference. :
It is necessary to use a larger inoculation from. starter to cream
than from starter to starter, because the seed bed is not so well pre-
pared. The inoculation of the cream may vary from 8 to 50 per cent.
Useful Rules and Tests 357
Usually it is necessary to propagate the mother starter two or three
times before the flavor of the commercial culture, which is often very
disagreeable, will disappear.
A starter may be carried two to four weeks before it goes ‘‘off.’”’
Often it is carried several months, and often less than two weeks. This
depends almost altogether on the carefulness of the operator.
To DEtTEcT ORDINARY FERMENTATIONS OR ‘“‘TAINTS” IN MILK
Procure as many test tubes one inch in diameter by five inches long
as there are samples of milk to be tested, and a suitable rack to hold
them in an upright position. Wash and rinse the tubes thoroughly and
sterilize them by bovling in water for thirty minutes or by exposure to
live steam in a sterilizing oven for fifteen minutes. After sterilizing
they may be allowed to drain dry and then should be kept covered till
wanted. When wanted for use the tubes should be filled one-half to
two-thirds full with the suspected milk, closed with a piece of glass or
plug of cotton and placed in the rack in water kept as nearly constant
as possible at 100° F. In from three to four hours the samples may be
inspected without shaking or stirring. Gaseous fermentations will be
manifested by the appearance of bubbles of gas upon the surface or
throughout the mass, souring fermentations by coagulation of the milk
and putrefactive fermentations or ‘taints’? by various odors manifest
to the nose when the covers are removed. The samples should be kept
for at least twenty-four hours and examinations made at frequent
intervals.
THE WISCONSIN CuRD TEST
This test is used for the same purpose as the fermentation test
- described above, and is made as follows: Procure as many covered
pint glass jars as there are samples of milk to be tested and clean and
sterilize them as described above. Fill each jar two-thirds full of the
milk to be tested, label them plainly and put them up to the neck in
a tub or vat of water heated to 98° F. When the milk has reached the
temperature of the water add ten drops of rennet extract to each jar,
and mix it with the milk by-shaking the jar. Allow the jars to stand
until the curd is firm and then cut the curd finely with a case knife.
When the curd has settled pour off the whey and allow the curd to
settle again till a second portion of whey can be removed. The best
tests are made when the removal of whey is as complete as possible.
The jars containing the curd are then covered and again placed in the
358 Milk and Its Products
tub and the temperature maintained as nearly as possible at 98° F. for
six to twelve hours, when they may be examined. A solid, firm curd,
without disagreeable odor or flavor, shows that the milk is pure and
clean and has been properly handled. Impurities in the different sam-
ples are indicated by the presence of small round holes (gas cells) seen
in the curd when it is cut across with a knife, or by various disagree-
able odors that may be detected when the covers to the jars are removed.
The apparatus for this test in an improved form is now furnished by
most of the dairy supply houses.
MonrapD RENNET TEST
This test is figured and described on page 241. It is used as fol-
lows: To determine the ripeness of milk for cheese making, put 5 ec.
c. commercial rennet in a 50 ec. c. flask and fill with water to the mark.
Put 200 c. c. of milk at 86° F. in a suitable tin cup, and allow it to float
in the vat. Add 5c. c. of the diluted rennet, and note carefully the time
required for the first appearance of coagulation. The time required
will depend upon the amount of milk and rennet used, the strength
of the rennet, the temperature and the ripeness of the milk. All except
the last remaining constant from day to .day, the degree of ripeness is
measured by the time required for coagulation. The riper the milk the
shorter the time; ordinarily from one and one-half to two minutes will
be required. The diluted rennet must be made fresh every day.
MAaARrscHALL RENNET TEST
For a description and cut of this test, see page 242. Directions for
its use: To determine the ripeness of milk for cheese making, fill the
vessel to the 0 mark with milk, add a pipette full of commercial ren-
net, stir quickly, and place in such a position that the milk may flow
freely from the orifice. When the milk ceases to flow, note the number
of graduations exposed. The riper the milk the less the number of
exposed graduations.
Hot Iron Test
A test used to indicate the maturity of curd in cheese making. The
maturity is usually coincident with the amount of lactic acid present,
so that the test is commonly called the hot iron test for acid.
The test is made by heating a bar of iron just short of redness, or
so that it will hiss readily. A mass of curd is squeezed in the hand till
all the whey possible is pressed out. The curd is then applied to the
Useful Rules and Tests ~ 359
- iron; the surface of the curd, melted by the heat, sticks to the iron,
and the remainder is carefully and gently pulled away. If the curd is
very immature, the melted part readily separates from that not affected
by the heat, but when more mature, numerous fine threads of casein
are drawn out when the two parts are separated, the length of these
threads depending upon the maturity of the curd, and commonly meas-
ured in terms of acid, thus, 31-inch acid, 2-inch acid, etc.
To CALIBRATE OR TEST THE ACCURACY OF GRADUATION OF
GLASSWARE USED IN THE Bascock TEST
Observe that the graduations are at equal distances apart. Fill
the bottle carefully to the 0 point with clean rain water, wipe out the
neck carefully, and add from a pipette or burette 2 c. c. water. It should
fill the bottle exactly to the 10 point. Or, weigh the bottle filled with
clean rain water to the 0 point with delicate balances, fill to the 10
point and weigh again. The difference in weight should be 2 grams.
Or, into a dry, empty bottle put 2 c. c. or 27.18 grams mercury, insert
a tight-fitting plug carefully to the 10 point, and invert the bottle; the
mercury should just reach to the 0 point. The pipette should hold 17.6
grams of water, or 239 grams of mercury. Any piece showing a dis-
crepancy of 2 per cent should be discarded.
To Test BuTrrer orn CHEESE WITH THE Bascock TEST
Weigh out on a balance sensitive to .1 gram, from 4 to 8 grams of
the substance to be tested. Divide into small pieces and put into an
ordinary test bottle, or bottle with detachable neck, with about 10
c. ec. of warm water. Add the acid, and complete the test in the ordinary
way. The percentage of fat will be found by the following proportion:
Weight of sample: 18 :: observed reading : per cent of fat; or
18 X observed reading
weight of sample S26: (Ene EE
é. g.: 4.8 grams of cheese tested, showed a reading of 9.2 per cent
fat in the test bottle. The cheese contained:
18; X 9.2
= 34. 3
48 34.5 per cent fat
THE CORNELL ButrreR MoiIstuRe-TEST
The apparatus used in the Cornell moisture-test is an alcohol lamp,
stand, asbestos sheet, hot-pan lifter, aluminum cup for holding the
360 Milk and Its Products
sample, and a special moisture scale. The scale is specially adapted
for moisture work, but may be used as a cream scale in operating the
Babcock test. J
The scale has a tare weight for balancing the cup and a large and
small weight for weighing the sample and obtaining the percentage
of moisture. The beam has two rows of figures which give readings
with the larger weight. The lower row gives readings in grams and
the upper row in percentages. The smaller weight gives readings in
grams when the weight is moved from 1 forward. Each notch repre-
sents .02 grams, the total value of the small scale being .2 grams. When
the small weight is moved from 0 backward, each notch represents a
loss of .1 per cent of moisture when 20.2 grams of butter are used. The
small weight is intended to be used only in moisture work. In using
the scale for Babcock work, the small weight is not used but is left at
rest on the figure 1. Then, when the scales are balanced, the small
weight is negligible. Care must be taken not to let any draft of air, .
as from an open window, strike the scales when in use, as they are so
sensitive that a very slight current of air would throw them out of
balance. The scales will give readings in percentages only when 20.2
grams of butter have been weighed or, in other words, when the large
weight is on 20 (of the gram scale) and the small weight is on zero.
The cup used is of cast aluminum and is durable and perfectly
smooth. The absence of creases or crevices allows it to be cleaned and
dried thoroughly.
Operation of the test.—It is necessary that a representative sample
be taken for a moisture-test. If the butter is sold in tubs, the sample
should be taken from the tub with a butter trier, after the butter has
been packed. It is best to take three drawings—one from near the edge,
one from the middle, and one half way between the edge and the mid-
dle. Some butter-makers test the butter as soon as it is worked. This
is a mistake, since considerable moisture is lost in the process of print-
ing and packing.
Place the sample to be tested in a glass container which has a fairly
wide mouth, so that the sample can be stirred. A quart fruit jar is
useful for this purpose. Then hold the container in warm water until
- the butter begins to melt. Remove the container from the warm bath
and thoroughly mix the melted with the unmelted butter. In the lab-
oratory a long-bladed cheese knife was found very useful for mixing
the butter. A wooden stirrer should not be used, as it is likely to take
up moisture from the sample. The process of melting the butter and
mixing it with the unmelted butter is repeated until the sample con-
Useful Rules and Tests 361
tains no lumps and the entire mass is about the consistency of thick
cream. The container is then transferred to cold water and the sample
thoroughly mixed as the butter cools. There is a tendency for the fat
around the outside of the container to harden rapidly and force the
water toward the center of the jar. For this reason special care must
be taken to keep the butter scraped off the sides of the container and
thoroughly mixed with the softer butter in the center of the jar. When
the sample is all of about the texture of ordinary butter the mixing
may be stopped. If the process has been properly done, the water will
be evenly distributed throughout the sample and any desired amount
of the latter may be removed for testing.
After the cup is thoroughly cleaned and dried, it is placed on the
scales and balanced by means of the tare weight on the round bar
attached to the beam of the scales. The large weight should rest on the
zero mark (of the gram scale) and the small weight on 1 while the cup
is being balanced. The cup should not be balanced until it is about
the same temperature as that of the room. After the cup is balanced,
the larger weight is moved to the 20 mark (of the gram scale) and the
small weignt to the zero mark. Butter from the prepared sample is
then added to the cup until the scales are accurately balanced. .The
alcohol lamp is then placed under the iron stand and the asbestos sheet
placed on the stand. The lamp is lighted and the cup placed on the
asbestos sheet. It is well to light the lamp at least two or three minutes
before placing the cup on the asbestos in order to heat the asbestos and
save time. T..e heat of the flame may be increased or diminished by
raising or lowering the wick. The cup should always be handled with
the hot-pan lifter, as by so doing it will be kept clean and errors in weight
due to dirt on the cup will be avoided.
While the sample is heating it should be shaken from time to time,
as this breaks up the blanket of casein on the surface and hastens the
escape of moisture. As soon as the casein has, lost its snow-white color
the cup should be removed from the flame. When the moisture has
all been driven from the sample, a slightly pungent odor may be noticed.
This may also be used as a guide to tell when the sample has been
heated enough. The foam begins to subside at this point. Often one or
two small pieces of casein are slow to give up their moisture. This is —
indicated by the snow-white color of the pieces. Evaporation can be
hastened by shaking the sample with a rotary motion and thoroughly
mixing these pieces with the hot liquid. If this is not done, one might
have to heat the sample so long that some of the fat, which had already
given up its moisture, would volatilize.
362 7 Milk and Its Products
After all the moisture is driven off, the sample is allowed to cool
to room temperature. While cooling, the cup should be covered with
something (a sheet of paper will do) to prevent the sample taking up
moisture from the atmosphere. After cooling, the cup is placed on the
scales. The sample is lighter than before heating, because it has lost
its moisture. The bar of the scales will therefore remain down. The
weights are then reversed until the scales just balance.
Each notch that the larger weight is reversed has a value of 1 per
cent (reading on the upper scale), and each notch that the smaller
weight is reversed has a value of .1 per cent. If, for example, after
heating, the scales just balance when the larger weight rests on 15
(upper scale) and the smaller weight rests on .2, it would mean that
the sample contained 15.2 per cent moisture.
It may be thought by those using the Cornell test for the first time
that the use of the asbestos sheet is unnecessary. It is true that any
one who is very familiar with moisture determinations may heat but-
ter in a direct flame and get fairly accurate results. But the heat of
a flame is so intense and butter volatilizes so easily that the use of the
asbestos sheet is always advisable.
Metric System é 363
B. METRIC SYSTEM
The meter is the primary unit of length. It is equal to
<ovesssoth part of the distance measured on a meridian of
the earth from the equator to the pole, and equals about 39.37
inches.
MEASURES OF LENGTH. EQUIVALENTS.
Myriameter 10,000 meters 6.2137 miles
Kil t 1.000 66 f 0.62137 Inile, or
Pi ne ie (3280 ft. 10 in.
Hectometer 100 ee 328 ft. 1 in.
Dekameter 10 fs 393.7 in.
Meter 1 meter 39.37 in.
Decimeter aI es 3.937 in.
Centimeter 01 s .3987 in.
Millimeter LOO 1 eae .03937 in.
MEASURES OF SURFACE. ; EQUIVALENTS.
Hectare 10,000 sq. meters 2.471 acres
Are 100 ‘* ot 119.6 sq. yards
Centare 1 ‘* meter 1550. sq. inches.
MEASURES OF CAPACITY. EQUIVALENTS. ma
|
: iL 2 WIN
Nahas CuBic MEasuRE. | Dry MEASURE. a es (eebeteos
Kiloliter, or Stere |1000 1 cu. meter 1.308 cu. yards 264.17 gal.
Hectoliter 100 alice 2 bu. 3.35 pks. 26.417 gal.
Dekaliter 10 10 cu. decimeters | 9.08 quarts 2.6417 gal.
Liter , 1 1 cu. decimeter .909 quart 1.0567 qts.
Deciliter all Bi ee = 6.1022 cu. inches .845 gill
Centiliter .01 |10 cu. centimeters] .6102 cu. inch 1888 fl. oz.
Milliliter .001; .1eu. centimeter} .061 “ ‘“‘ .27 fl. dram
364
Milk and Its Products
SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS.
No. or GRAMS.
EQuIvVALENTS.
AVOIRDUPOIS
WEIGHT.
WEIGHT OF WATER
Maximum Density.
Millier, or Tonneau 1,000,000 1 cu. meter 2204.6 pounds
Quintal 100,000 1 hectoliter 220.46 oe
Myriagram 10,000 1 dekKaliter 22.046 “
Kilogram, or Kilo 1,000 I btern 2.2046 ‘
Hectogram 100 1. deciliter 3.5274 oz.
Dekagram 10 10 cu. centimeters .oo27 *
Gram 1 1 cu. centimeter 15.432 grains
Decigram silt 2 es is 1.5432 “
Centigram 01 10 cu. millimeters -1543 grain
Milligram .001 1 ‘ millimeter 0154“
Common” EQUIVALENTS ae EQUIVALENTS
MEASURE. ; MEASURE. :
An inch 2.54 centimeters A cu. yard .1646 cu. meter
A foot 3048 meter A cord 3.624 steres
A yard 9144 “* A liquid qt. 9465 liter
A rod 5.029 meters A gallon 3.786 liters
A mile 1.6093 kilometers A dry qt. TE
A sq. inch 6.452 sq. centimeters} A peck S8Piiea
A “ foot .0929 sq. meter A bushel 35.24 ‘
INTE ETRE BSOLC ee Wis An oz. avoirdupois | 28.35 grams
A “ rod 25.29 sq. meters A pound .4536 kilogram
An acre .4047 hectare A ton .9072 tonneau
A sq. mile 259 hectares. A grain troy .0648 gram
A eu. inch 16.39 cu. centimeters} Anoz. ‘ 31.104 grams
A ‘ foot .02832 cu. meter A pound ‘ .3732 kilogram
Legal Standards for Dairy Products — 365
C. LEGAL STANDARDS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
DAIRY LAWS
FEDERAL STANDARDS.
By authority of the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1903, and
generally known as the ‘“‘Pure Food Law” the Secretary of Agriculture
4s empowered ‘‘to establish standards of purity for food products and
to determine what are regarded as adulterations therein.’’ The follow-
ing standards have been established for dairy products and are pub-
lished in Circular No. 19 of the office of the Secretary of Agriculture
under date of June 26, 1906. These standards are generally accepted
throughout the United States and have been officially adopted by many
of the states.
MILK anp Its Propucts
a. MILKS
1. Milk is the fresh, clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the com-
plete milking of one or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept,
excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and ten days after
calving, and contains not less than eight and one-half (8.5) per cent
of solids not fat, and not less than three and one-quarter (3.25) per
cent of milk fat.
2. Blended milk is milk modified in its composition so as to have a
definite and stated percentage of one or more of its constituents.
3. Skim milk is milk from which a part or all of the cream has been
removed and contains not less than nine and one-quarter (9.25) per
cent of milk solids.
4. Pasteurized milk is milk that has been heated below boiling but
sufficiently to kill most of the active organisms present and immediately
cooled to 50° F. or lower.
5. Sterilized milk is milk that has been heated at the temperature
of boiling water or higher for a length of time sufficient to kill all orgau-
isms present.
6. Condensed milk, evaporated milk, is milk from which 2 consider-
able portion of water has been evaporated and contains not less than
twenty-eight (28) per cent of milk solids of which not less than twenty-
seven and five-tenths (27.5) per cent is milk fat.
366 | Milk and Its Products
7. Sweetened condensed milk is milk from which a considerable
portion of water has been evaporated and to which sugar (sucrose)
has been added, and contains not less than twenty-eight (28) per cent
of milk solids, of which not less than twenty-seven and five-tenths
(27.5) per cent is milk fat.
8. Condensed skim milk is skim milk from which a considerable
portion of water has been evaporated.
9. Buttermilk is the product that remains when butter is removed
from milk or cream in the process of churning.
10. Goat’s milk, ewe’s milk, et cetera, are the fresh, clean, lacteal
secretions, free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of
healthy animals other than cows, properly fed and kept, and conform
in name to the species of animal from which they are obtained.
b. CREAM
1. Cream is that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, which rises to the
surface of milk on standing, or is separated from it by centrifugal force,
is fresh and clean and contains not less than eighteen (18) per cent of
milk fat.
2. Evaporated cream, clotted cream, is cream from which a consider-
able portion of water has been evaporated.
c MILK FAT OR BUTTER FAT
1. Milk fat, butter fat, is the fat of milk and has a Reichert-Meissl
number not less than twenty-four (24) and a specific gravity not less
40° C.
than 0.905 ( )
40° C.
d. BUTTER
1. Butter is the clean, non-rancid product made by gathering in
any manner the fat of fresh or ripened milk or cream into a mass, which
also contains a small portion of the other milk constitutents, with or
without salt, and contains not less than eighty-two and five-tenths
(82.5) per cent of milk fat. By acts of Congress approved August 2,
1886, and May 9, 1902, butter may also contain added coloring matter.
2. Renovated butter, process butter, is the product made by melting
butter and reworking, without the addition or use of chemicals or any
substances except milk, cream, or salt, and contains not more than
Legal Standards for Dairy Products 367
_ sixteen (16) per cent of water and at least eighty-two and five-tenths
(82.5) per cent of milk fat.
é€. CHEESE
1. Cheese is the sound, solid, and ripened product made from milk
or cream by coagulating the casein thereof with rennet or lactic acid,
with or without the addition of ripening ferments and seasoning, and
contains, in the water-free substance, not less than fifty (50) per cent
of milk fat. By act of Congress, approved June 6, 1896, cheese may
also contain added coloring matter.
2. Skim milk cheese is the sound, solid, and ripened product, made
from skim milk by coagulating the casein thereof with rennet or lactic
acid, with or without the addition of ripening ferments and seasoning.
3. Goat’s milk cheese, ewe’s milk cheese, et cetera, are the sound,
ripened products made from the milks of the animals specified, by
coagulating the casein thereof with rennet or lactic acid, with or without
the addition of ripening ferments and seasoning.
jf. ICE CREAMS
1. Ice cream is a frozen product made from cream and sugar, with
or without a natural flavoring, and contains not less than fourteen
(14) per cent of milk fat.
2. Fruit ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, sugar, and
sound, clean, mature fruits, and contains not less than twelve (12) per
cent of milk fat. ;
» 3. Nut ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, sugar and
sound, nonrancid. nuts, and contains not less than twelve (12) per cent
of milk fat.
g. MISCELLANEOUS MILK PRODUCTS
1. Whey is the product remaining after the removal of fat and casein
from milk in the process of cheese-making.
2. Kumiss is the product made by the alcoholic fermentation of
mare’s or cow’s milk.
STATE STANDARDS FOR MILK AND CREAM
The following states and territories, viz., Alabama, Arizona, Ark-
ansas, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Caro-
368 Milk and Its Products
lina, Tennessee and West Virginia have established no legal
standard.
In the other states the percentage standards are as follows:
= Milk
——
Total Solids Fats Cream
Per cent Per cent Per cent
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Colorado..... Tu Nd 2 oy de aut nt ie OBO slot gc case ae SE 3s 16
Connectieut. | oh 0 RAN eee eis: he nn ee SO ae LE e755 3.25 16.
d FL Kove VG Eee vane era iene pe gine Ama MO NS a arta ete Bare See ok a(S: eae 18.
GOT eh rie ie Oh Ren RS Cee eee cn nen Eee 11.75 is25 18.
TdaAhOR ar viene es iS ane yc cee atae cee Ero pniateetate RAGS taper eae ra ifite 3 18.
DAU oCOTS 5 eae a ee en AAR Acca WM per att n eit AMAR Nah et Ueno Ye 11.5 at 18.
AMivy CUM EATN Gy ea ore asses kee Sa Ee ee a ae 11.75 3.25 18.
TOWai SNe Sa aay ES Set SRN ees a tes Ne he PT ee Ie 3. 16.
1 SEE Tet Vc) Seas a pee ett aT RGN EL A URE naa aah Wc act oR a tah Mk 11.75 3.25 18.
Hemp Gay oe Reais Slane SOR ea aioe be MSP Resim Ny pce 11.75 3.25 18.
MG OWIslana See ee ee a anne 2 ere SOR Pe a Ca ee 1, 3.5 Ma
I LEW SNR panes ay MRR RII ye ML ST Lib ca allah engrice eu Mee ck Diag Me 11.75 3.25 18.
Massa eh use ttsiec ae sccageu ies eee ei CA ate aS 12.15 3.00 115%
IMC har aim ic Oe anh pea Arcs ate oft Pern Sade ai nee ue L2e5 3. ye
Min NeSOta SSB ae ee aoe orcs s Ms a AN eee 13. 3.25 20.
Missouri... -. 0c... FRE STAN a thee ae tad 12. 3.25 18.
IND OUGAIA Sees eee ero toa EI eye on ati San USCS 3.25 20.
Nebraska. 2. eerie saeco eee te ti Scr Mp tetd Selh the AA a ee a oe 33 18.
INGA ats Nora sees ie miei sesh tS ie els cag en eae eo nme a: 3.25 18.
New, Hampshires S222. 238.55. - apt ebahians: g12Rs eye Rois aPC One ten 12. 3 18.
SING Wie CTS yn i sees cea wee tk 0 ce eel ARO ae 11.5 34. 16.
INGE VOT Kit Lila tenes Stet een aur ts iy aene aba ei ere tn ip Se 18.
INorthi@arolinaneec aay cen ele aeadncs Ma e poe Peet, ona ters as 18.
North Dako tars’ scjit- cones Sok ee a ee 12. 3. 5s
ODIO Yet a ene eer abe tT oe Su eed MMR eae any ace 12 2 Af
Oklahoma esc eee eee eee a ea ee ee az 3. 18.
OTERO ee RE RENN Rt ein Ap Heel ae WO ele ae Lee 3.2 20.
Pennsylvantae sd Nene tape 7h ee oe ay eo 12. 3.25 18.
Rhode Island ics eae eee oe ee ee ee eee i 2.5 Ee
South Dakota ss 260s 5. vies oo eed tah eee ae 11.75 S25 eas:
cl Wop Fo An ere Noe OM a AL ARES Ab We Ma ted arc eg RoR IE Ree tS 11.75 3.25 18.
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Vermont. .4.-- 2.2 Seah sig Ae eee Sin Seas NE BUS ee Da eae 11.75 3.25 18.
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The full texts of the National Oleomargarine Law
and the Filled Cheese Law are as follows:
THE OLEOMARGARINE LAW
[Act of August 2, 1886 (24 Stat., 209), as amended by acts of October 1, 1890 (26
Stat., 621), and May 9, 1902, to make oleomar garine and other imitation dairy
products subject to the laws of any State, or Territory, or the District of Col-
umbia into which they are transported, and to change the tax on oleomar-
garine, and to impose a tax, provide for the inspection, and regulate the manu-
facture and sale of certain dairy products, and to amend an act entitled ‘“‘An
act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture,
sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,”’ approved August 2, 1886.]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles known as oleo-
margarine, butterine, imitation, process, renovated, or adulterated
butter, or imitation cheese, or any substance in the semblance of butter
or cheese not the usual product of the dairy and not made exclusively
of pure and unadulterated milk or cream, transported into any State
or Territory or the District of Columbia, and remaining therein for use,
_ consumption, sale, or storage therein shall, upon the arrival within
the limits of such State or Territory or the District of Columbia, be
subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Terri-
tory or the Distriet of Columbia, enacted in the exercise of its police
powers to the same extent and in the same manner as though such arti-
cles or substances had been produced in such State or Territory or the
District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason
of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Section 1, Act of August 2, 1886:
That for the purpose of this act the word ‘“‘butter’’ shall be under-
stood to mean the food product usually known. as butter, and which
is made exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with or without com-
-mon salt, and with or without additional coloring matter.
Src. 2, Act of August 2, 1886:
That for the purposes of this act certain manufactured substances,
certain extracts, and certain mixtures and compounds, including such
mixtures and compounds with butter, shall be known and designated
as “oleomargarine,’ namely: All substances heretofore known as oleo-
margarine, oleo, oleomargarine-oil, butterine, lardine, suine and neutral;
all mixtures and compounds of oleomargarine, oleo, oleomargarine-oil,
butterine, lardine, suine, and neutral; all lard extracts and tallow
extracts; and all mixtures and compounds of tallow,. beef-fat, suet,
iard, lard-oil, vegetable oil, annotto, and other coloring matter, intes-
x
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tinal fat, and offal fat made in imitation or semblance of butter, or when
so made, calculated or intended to be sold as butter or for butter.
Sec. 3, Act of August 2, 1886, as amended by Section 2 of the Act
of May 9, 1902, provides as follows: -
That special taxes are imposed as follows:
Manufacturers of oleomargarine shall pay six hundred dollars.
Every person who manufactures oleomargarine for sale shall be deemed
a manufacturer of oleomargarine.
And any person that sells, vends, or furnishes oleomargarine for the
use and consumption of others, except to his own family table without
compensation, who shall add to or mix with such oleomargarine any arti-
ficial coloration that causes it to look like butter of any shade of yellow
shall also be held to be a manufacturer of oleomargarine within the mean-
ing of said Act, and subject to the provisions thereof.
Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine shall pay four hundred and
eighty dollars. Every person who sells or offers for sale oleomargarine
in the. original manufacturer’s packages shall be deemed a wholesale
dealer in oleomargarine. But any manufacturer of oleomargarine who
has given the required bond and paid the required special tax, and who
sells only oleomargarine of his own production, at the place of manu-
facture, in the original packages to which the tax-paid stamps are
affixed, shall not be required to pay the special tax of a wholesale dealer
in oleomargarine on account of such sales.
Retail dealers in oleomargarine shall pay forty-eight dollars. Every
person who sells oleomargarine in less quantities than ten pounds at
one time shall be regarded as a retail dealer in oleomargarine. And
sections thirty-two hundred and thirty-two, thirty-two hundred and
thirty-three, thirty-two hundred and thirty-four, thirty-two hundred
and thirty-five, thirty-two hundred and thirty-six, thirty-two hundred
and thirty-seven, thirty-two hundred and _ thirty-eight, thirty-two
hundred and thirty-nine, thirty-two hundred and forty, thirty-two
hundred and forty-one, and thirty-two hundred and forty-three of the
Revised Statutes of the United States are, so far as applicable, made
to extend to and include and apply to the special taxes imposed by this
section, and to the persons upon whom they are imposed: Provided
further, That wholesale dealers who vend no other oleomargarine or butter-
ine except that upon which a tax of one-fourth of one cent per pound is
imposed by this Act, as amended, shall pay two hundred dollars; and such
retail dealers as vend: no other oleomargarine or butterine except that upon
which ts imposed by this Act, as amended, a tax of one-fourth of one cent
per pound shall pay six dollars.
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Src. 4, Act of August 2, 1886:.
That every person who carries on the business of a manufacturer of
oleomargarine without having paid the special tax therefor, as required
by law, shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be fined
not less than one thousand and not more than five thousand dollars;
and every person who carries on the business of a wholesale dealer in
oleomargarine without having paid the special tax therefor, as required
by law, shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be fined
not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars; and
every person who carries on the business of a retail dealer in oleomar-
garine without having paid the special tax therefor, as required by law,
shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be fined not less
than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every offence.
Sec. 5, Act of August 2, 1886:
That every manufacturer of oleomargarine shall file with the col-
lector of internal revenue of the district in which his manufactory is
located such notices, inventories, and bonds, shall keep such books and
render such returns of material and products, shall put up such signs
and affix such number to his factory, and conduct his business under
such surveillance of officers and agents as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may, by
regulation, require. But the bond required of such manufacturer shall
be with sureties satisfactory to the collector of internal revenue, and
in a penal sum of not less than five thousand dollars; and the sum of
said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties ©
required at the discretion of the collector, or under instructions of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Sec. 6, Act of August 2, 1886:
That all oleomargarine shall be packed by the manufacturer thereof
in firkins, ‘tubs, or other wooden packages not before used for that pur-
pose; each containing not less than ten pounds, and marked, stamped,
and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe; and all sales
made by manufacturers of oleomargarine, and wholesale dealers in
oleomargarine shall be in original stamped packages. Retail dealers
in oleomargarine must sell only from original stamped packages, in
quantities not exceeding ten pounds, and shall pack the oleomargarine
sold by them in suitable wooden or paper packages which shall be
marked and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with
the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe. Every
person who knowingly sells or offers for sale, or delivers or offers to
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deliver, any oleomargarine in any other form than in new wooden or
paper packages as above described, or who packs in any package any
oleomargarine in any manner contrary to law or who falsely brands
any package or affixes a stamp on any package denoting a less amount
of tax than that required by law shall be fined for each offense not more
than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not more than two years.
Src. 7, Act of August 2, 1886:
That every manufacturer of oleomargarine shall securely affix, by
pasting, on each package containing oleomargarine manufactured by
him, a label on which shall be printed, besides the number of the man-
ufactory and the district and State in which it is situated, these words:
“‘Notice—The manufacturer of the oleomargarine herein contained
has complied with all the requirements of law. Every person is cau-
tioned not to use either this package again or the stamp thereon again,
nor to remove the contents of this package without destroying said
stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such cases.”” Every manu-
facturer of oleomargarine who neglects to affix such label to any package
containing oleomargarine made by him, or sold or offered for sale by
or for him, and every person who removes any such label so affixed
from any such package, shall be fined fifty dollars for each package
in respect to which such offense is committed.
Sec. 8, Act of August 2, 1886, as amended by Section 3, Act of May
-9, 1902:
That upon oleomargarine which shall be manufactured and sold, or
removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a
tax of ten cents per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof; and any
fractional part of a pound in a package shall be taxed as a pound: Pro-
vided, When oleomargarine is free from artificial coloration that causes it
to look like butter of any shade of yellow said tax shall be one-fourth of
one cent per pound. The tax levied by this section shall be represented by
coupon stamps; and the provisions of existing laws governing the engrav-
ing, tissue, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps
relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to apply
to stamps provided for by this section.
Src. 9, Act of August 2, 1886:
That whenever any manufacturer of oleomargarine sells, or removes
for sale or consumption, any oleomargarine upon which the tax is
required to be paid by stamps, without the use of the proper stamps, it.
shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, within a
period of not more than two years atter such’sale or removal, upon
satisfactory proof, to estimate the amount of tax which has been
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omitted to be paid, and to make an assessment therefor and certify the
same to the collector. The tax so assesed shall be in addition to the
penalties imposed by law for such sale or removal.
Sec. 10, Act of August .2, 1886:
That all oleomargarine imported from foreign countries shall, in
addition to any import duty imposed on the same, pay an internal
revenue tax of fifteen cents per pound, such tax to be represented by
coupon stamps as in the case of oleomargarine manufactured in the
United States. The stamps shall be affixed and canceled by the owner
or importer of the oleomargarine while it is in the custody of the proper
custom-house officers; and the oleomargarine shall not pass out of the
custody of said officers until the stamps have been so affixed and can-
celed, but shall be put up in wooden packages, each containing not
less than ten pounds, as prescribed in this act for oleomargarine manufac-
tured in the United States, before the stamps are affixed; and the owner
or importer of such oleomargarine shall be liable to all the penal pro-
visions of this act prescribed for manufacturers of oleomargarine manu-
factured in the United States. Whenever it is necessary to take any
oleomargarine so imported to any place other than the public stores of
the United States for the purpose of affixing and canceling such stamps,
the collector of customs, of the port where such oleomargarine is entered
shall designate a bonded warehouse to which it shall be taken, under
the control of such customs officer as such collector may direct; and
every officer of customs who permits any such oleomargarine to pass
out of his custody or control without compliance by the owner or
importer thereof with the provisions of this section relating thereto,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one
thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned
not iess than six months nor more than three years. Every person who
sells or offers for sale any imported oleomargarine, or oleomargarine
purporting or claimed to have been imported, not put up in packages
and stamped as provided by this act, shali be fined not less than five
hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
not less than six months nor more than two years.
Src. 11, Act of August 2, 1886:
That every person who knowingly purchases or receives for sale
any oleomargarine which has not been branded or stamped according
to law shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each such offense.
Src. 12, Act of August 2, 1886:
That every person who knowingly purchases or receives for sale
any oleomargarine from any manufacturer who has not paid the special
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tax shall be liable for each offense to a penalty of one hundred dollars,
and to a forfeiture of all articles so purchased or received, or of the full
value thereof.
Src. 13, Act of August 2, 1886:
That whenever any stamped package containing oleomargarine is
emptied, it shall be the duty of the person in whose hands the same is
to destroy utterly the stamps thereon; and any person who willfully
neglects or refuses so to do shall for each such offense be fined not exceed-
ing fifty dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than
six months. And any person who fraudulently gives away or accepts
from another, or who sells, buys, or uses for packing oleomargarine,
any such stamped package, shall for each such offense be fined not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not more than one year.
Any revenue officer may destroy any emptied oleomargarine package
upon which the tax-paid stamp is found.
Src. 14, Act of August 2, 1886:
That there shall be in the office of the CanprsgPeses of Internal
Revenue an analytical chemist and a microscopist, who shall each be
appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall each receive a
salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue may, whenever in his judgment the
necessities of the service so require, employ chemists and microscopists,
to be paid such compensation as he may deem proper, not exceeding
in the aggregate any appropriation made for that purpose. And such
Commissioner is authorized to decide what substances, extracts, mix-
tures, or compounds which may be submitted for his inspection in
contested cases are to be taxed under this act; and his decision in mat-
ters of taxation under this act shall be final. The Commissioner may
also decide whether any substance made in imitation or semblance of
butter, and intended for human consumption, contains ingredients
deleterious to the public health; but in case of doubt or contest his
decision in this class of cases may be appealed from to a board hereby
constituted for the purpose, and composed of the Surgeon-General of
the Army, the Surgeon-General of the Navy, and the Commissioner
(now Secretary) of Agriculture; and the decisions of this board shall be
final in the premises.
Stc. 15, Act of August Z, 1886:
That all packages of oleomargarine subject to tax under this act
that shall be found without stamps or marks as herein provided, and
all oleomargarine intended for human consumption which contains
ingredients adjudged, as hereinbefore provided, to be deleterious to
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the public health, shall be forfeited to the United States. Any person
who shall willfully remove or deface the stamps, marks, or brands on
a package containing oleomargarine taxed as provided herein shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, and by
imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
Src. 16, Act of August 2, 1886:
That oleomargarine may be removed from the place of manu-
facture for export to a foreign country without payment of tax or affix-
ing stamps thereto, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds
and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe. Every per-
son who shall export oleomargarine shall brand upon every tub, firkin,
or other package containing such article the word: ‘‘Oleomargarine,”’
in plain Roman letters not less than one-half inch square.
Src. 17, Act of August 2, 1886:
That whenever any person engaged in carrying on the hidiwess a
manufacturing oleomargarine defrauds, or attempts to defraud, the
United States of the tax on the oleomargarine produced by him, or any
part thereof, he shall forfeit the factory and manufacturing apparatus
used by him, and all oleomargarine and all raw material for the pro-
duction of oleomargarine found in the factory and on the factory prem-
ises, and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
_ five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor
more than three years.
Src. 18, Act of August 2, 1886:
That if any manufacturer of oleomargarine, any dealer therein, or
any importer or exporter thereof shall knowingly or willfully omit,
neglect, or refuse to do, or cause to be done, any of the things required
by law in the carrying on or conducting of his business, or shall do any-
thing by this act prohibited, if there be no specific penalty or punish-
ment imposed by any other section of this act for the neglecting, omit-
ting, or refusing to do, or for the doing or causing to be done, the thing
required or prohibited, he shall pay a penalty of one thousand dollars;
and if the person so offending be the manufacturer of or a whole-
sale dealer in oleomargarine, all the oleomargarine owned by him, or
in which he has any interest as owner, shall be forfeited to the
United States.
Src. 19, Act of August 2, 1886:
That all fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed by this act may be
recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Src. 20, Act of August 2, 1886:
That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Treasury, may make all needful regulations for
the carrying into effect of this act.
Src. 21, Act of August 2, 1886:
That this act shall go into effect on the ninetieth day after its pas-
sage; and all- wooden packages containing ten or more pounds of oleo-
margarine found on the premises of any dealer on or after the ninetieth
day succeeding the date of the passage of this act shall be deemed to be
taxable under section eight of this act, and shall be taxed, and shall
have affixed thereto the stamps, marks, and brands required by this act
or by regulations made pursuant to this act; and for the purpose of
securing the affixing of the stamps, marks and brands required by this
act, the oleomargarine shall be regarded as having been manufactured
and sold, or removed from the manufactory for consumption or use, on
or after the day this act takes effect; and such stock on hand at the time ~
of the taking effect of this act may be stamped, marked, and branded
under special regulations of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue may authorize the holder of such packages to mark
and brand the same and to affix thereto the proper tax-paid stamps.
Src. 4, Act of May 9, 1902:
That for the purpose of this act ‘“‘butter’’ is hereby defined to mean
an article of food as defined in ‘“‘An Act defining butter, also imposing
a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and
exportation of oleomargarine,’’ approved August second, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-six; that ‘‘adulterated butter’? is hereby defined to
mean a grade of butter produced by mixing, reworking, rechurning in
milk or cream, refining, or in any way producing a uniform, purified,
or improved product from different lots or parcels of melted or unmelted
butter or butter fat, in which any acid, alkali, chemical, or any sub-
stance whatever is introduced or used for the purpose or with the effect
of deodorizing or removing therefrom rancidity, or any butter or butter
fat with which there is mixed any substance foreign to butter as herein
defined, with intent or effect of cheapening in cost the product or any
butter in the manufacture or manipulation of which any process or
material is used with intent or effect of causing the absorption of abnor-
mal quantities of water, milk, or cream; that ‘‘process butter’ or ‘‘reno-
vated butter’ is hereby defined to mean butter which has been sub-
jected to any process by which it is melted, clarified or refined and
made to resemble genuine butter, always excepting ‘‘adulterated. but-
ter’ as defined by this Act.
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That special taxes are imposed as follows:
Manufacturers of process or renovated butter shall pay fifty dol-
lars per year and manufacturers of adulterated butter shall pay six
hundred dollars per year. Every person who engages in the production
of process or renovated butter or adulterated butter as a business shall
be considered to be a manufacturer thereof. .
Wholesale dealers in adulterated butter shall pay a tax of four hun-
dred and eighty dollars per annum, and retail dealers in adulterated
butter shall pay a tax of forty-eight dollars per annum. Every person
who sells adulterated butter in less quantities than ten pounds at one
time shall be regarded as a retail dealer in adulterated butter.
Every person who sells adulterated butter shall be regarded as a
dealer in adulterated butter. And sections thirty-two hundred and
thirty-two, thirty-two hundred and thirty-three, thirty-two hundred
and thirty-four, thirty-two hundred and thirty-five, thirty-two hundred
and thirty-six, thirty-two hundred and thirty-seven, thirty-two hun-
dred and thirty-eight, thirty-two hundred and thirty-nine, thirty-two
hundred and forty, thirty-two hundred and forty-one, and thirty-two
hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States
are, so far as applicable, made to extend to and include and apply to
the special taxes imposed by this section and: to the person upon whom
they are imposed.
That every person who carries on the business of a manufacturer
of process or renovated butter or adulterated butter without having
paid the special tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being
liable to the payment of the tax, be fined not less than one thousand
and not more than five thousand dollars; and every person who carries
on the business of a dealer in adulterated butter without having paid
the special tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being liable
to the payment of the tax, be fined not less than fifty nor more than five
hundred dollars for each offense.
That every manufacturer of process or renovated butter or adul-
terated butter shall file with the collector of internal revenue of the
district in which his manufactory is located such notices, inventories,
and bonds, shall keep such books and render such returns of material
and products, shall put up such signs and affix such number of his
factory, and conduct his business under such surveillance of officers
and agents as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Treasury, may by regulation require. But the
bond required of such manufacturer ‘shall be with sureties satisfactory
to the collector of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than
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five hundred dollars; and the sum of said bond may be increased from
time to time and additional sureties required at the discretion of the
collector or under instructions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
That all adulterated butter shall be packed by the manufacturer
thereof in firkins, tubs, or other wooden packages not before used for
that purpose, each containing not less than ten pounds, and marked,
stamped, and branded as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with
the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe; and all
sales made by manufacturers of adulterated butter shall be in original
stamped packages.
Dealers in adulterated butter must sell only original or from original
stamped packages, and when such original stamped packages are
broken the adulterated butter sold from same shall be placed in suitable
wooden or paper packages, which shall be marked and branded as the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury, shall prescribe. Every person who knowingly sells
or offers for sale, or delivers or offers to deliver, any adulterated butter
in any other form than in new wooden or paper packages as above
described, or who packs in any package any adulterated butter in any
manner contrary to law, or who falsely brands any package or affixes
a stamp on any package denoting a less amount of tax than that
required by law, shall be fined for each offense not more than one thous-
and dollars and be imprisoned not more than two years.
That every manufacturer of adulterated butter shall securely affix,
by pasting, on each package containing adulterated butter manufac-
tured by him a label on which shall be printed, besides the number of
the manufactory and the district and State in which it is situated, these
words: ‘‘Notice.—That the manufacturer of the adulterated butter
herein contained has complied with all the requirements of law. Every
person is cautioned not to use either this package again or the stamp
thereon, nor to remove the contents of this package without destroying
said stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such cases.’’ Every
manufacturer of adulterated butter who neglects to affix such label
to any package containing adulterated butter made by him, or sold or
offered for sale for or by him, and every person who removes any such
label so affixed from any such package shall be fined fifty dollars for
each package in respect to which such offense is committed.
That upon adulterated butter, when manufactured or sold or
removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected
a tax of ten cents per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof,
and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a pound, and that
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upon process or renovated butter, when manufactured or sold or
removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected
a tax of one-fourth of one.cent per pound to be paid by the manufac-
turer thereof, and any fractional part of a pound shall be taxed as a
pound. The tax to be levied by this section, shall be represented by
coupon stamps, and the provisions of existing laws governing engrav-
ing, issuing, sale, accountability, effacement, and destruction of stamps
relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as applicable, are hereby made to
apply to the stamps provided by this section.
That the provisions of sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and
twenty-one of ‘‘An Act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and
regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of
oleomargarine,”’ approved August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-
six, shall apply to manufacturers of ‘‘adulterated butter’’ to an extent
necessary to enforce the marking, branding, identification, and regu-
lation of the exportation and importation of adulterated butter.
Src. 5, Act of May 9, 1902: |
All parts of an act providing for an inspection of meats for exporta-
tion, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and of
an act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the car-
casses and products thereof which are the subjects on interstate com-
merce, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and
of amendment thereto approved March second, eighteen hundred and
‘ninety-five, which are applicable to the subjects and purposes described
in this section shall apply to process or renovated butter. And the
Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a
rigid sanitary inspection to be made, at such times as he may deem
proper or necessary, of all factories and storehouses where process or
renovated butter is manufactured, packed, or prepared for market, and
of the products thereof and materials going into the manufacture of
same. All process or renovated butter and the packages containing
the same shall be marked with the words ‘‘Renovated Butter’’ or ‘‘Pro-
cess Butter’? and by such. other marks, labels, or brands and in such
manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no.
process or renovated butter shall be shipped or transported from its
place of manufacture into any other State or Territory or the District
of Columbia, or to any foreign country, until it has been marked as
provided in this section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make all
needful regulations for carrying this section into effect, and shall cause
to be ascertained and reported from time to time the quantity and
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quality of process or renovated butter manufactured, and the charac-
ter and the condition of the material from which it is made. And he
shall also have power to ascertain whether or not materials used in the
manufacture of said process or renovated butter are deleterious to
health or unwholesome in the finished product, and in case such delete-
rious or unwholesome materials are found to be used in product intended
for exportation or shipment into other States or in course of exporta-
tion or shipment he shall have power to confiscate the same. Any per-
son, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not less than one month nor
more than six months, or by both said punishments, in the discretion
of the court.
Src. 6, Act of May 9, 1902:
That wholesale dealers in oleomargarine, process, renovated, or
adulterated butter shall keep such books and render such returns in
relation thereto as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may, by regulation, require;
and such books shall be open at all times to the inspection of any inter-
nal revenue officer or agent. And any person who willfully violates any
of the provisions of this section shall for each such offense be fined not
less than fifty dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, and
imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
Src. 7, Act of May 9, 1902:
This act shall take effect on the first day of July, nineteen hun-
dred and two.
Oleomargarine law constitutional.—Supreme Court decision in McCray vs. United
States. Decided May 31, 1904.
The law, act May 9, 1902, imposing a tax of 10 cents a pound on
oleomargarine artificially colored in imitation of butter and one-fourth
of 1 cent per pound on uncolored oleomargarine is constitutional. The
courts can not hold a tax void because it is deemed too high. Although
the effect of the tax in question may be to repress the manufacture of
artificially colored oleomargarine, it is not on that account a violation
of fundamental rights. An act of Congress exerting the taxing power
can not be avoided on the ground that it is an abuse of power. Whilst
the statute recognized the right of a manufacturer to use any or all of
the authorized ingredients so as to make oleomargarine, and also author-
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ized as one of the ingredients butter artificially colored, if the manu-
facturer elected to use such ingredient last mentioned, and thereby
gave to his manufactured product artificial coloration, such product so
colored, although being oleomargarine, was not within the exception
created by the proviso, and therefore came under the general rule sub-
jecting oleomargarine to the tax of ten cents a pound. (Vol. 7, Treas.
Dec. (1904), Decision No. 795. Supreme Court of the United States.
No. 301. October Term, 1903. Leo W. McCray, plaintiff in error, vs.
United States.)
Oleomargarine.—Opinion of Supreme Court in the palm-oil case.—Supreme
Court of the United States—No. 19—October term. 1904.—August Cliff,
plaintiff in error, vs. United States, October 24, 1904.
One of the purposes of the oleomargarine legislation was to prevent
the sale of oleomargarine as and for butter. When any substance,
although named as a possible ingredient of oleomargarine, serves only
the function of coloring the mass so as to cause it to “look like butter
of any shade of yellow,” it is an artificial coloration, and the product
is subject to a tax of 10 cents per pound. (Treas. Dec. Nos. 615, 839.)
Regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to marks
and brands on packages of oleomargarine, are authorized by law. They
are matters of detail confided to the Executive branch, the authority
to make which is within the competency of the legislative branch to
confer. Courts will take judicial notice of them. (Joseph Wilkins vs.
United States (1899), 96 Fed. Rep., 837; Vol. 2, Treas. Dec., No. 21623.)
Such power delegated to the Commissioner, with approval of the
Secretary, involves no unconstitutional delegation of power (1897).
(In re Kollock, 165 U. S., 526, 43 Int. Rev. Rec., 170; Prather vs. United
States, 9 Appeal Cases, D. C., 82.)
Taxes imposed by the oleomargarine law as amended.
SPECIAL TAXES
Manutacturersiomoleomanrcarine =.) hi) oe cee oe ee ela role os os See os $600
Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine colored artificially to look like butter.... 480
Wholesale dealers in oleomargarine not artificially colored only............. 200
Retail dealers in oleomargarine colored artificially to look like butter....... 48
Retail dealers in oleomargarine not artificially colored only................ 6
Manutacturers of adulterated buttena sacs. cs coe 4! ec sei 2 le see ie oe cee 600
Wiholesale dealersiin adulterated butter. tics a: + 5 oe ts ccs ota cee oes 480
Retalidealers msadulterated butter: . oc bcc oe celscts eo faveieisieis Rw al- arellcmys one 48
Manufacturers of process or renovated butter........2+000eeercecerseoces 50
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TAXES ON PRODUCT
Oleomargarine (artificially colored), 10 cents per pound.
Oleomargarine (not artificially colored), + cent per pound.
Adulterated butter, 10 cents per pound.
Process or renovated butter, } cent per pound.
THE FILLED CHEESE LAW
AN ACT defining cheese, and also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manu-
facture, sale, importation and exportation of ‘“‘filled cheese.”
Be ut enacted by the Sen te and House of Representatives of the Winsted
States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this
act, the word ‘‘cheese’’ shall be understood to mean the food product
known as cheese, and which is made from milk or cream, and without
the addition of butter, or any animal, vegetable, or other oils or fats
foreign to such milk or cream, with or without additional coloring
matter.
Section 2. That for the purposes of this act certain substances
and compounds shail be known and designated as ‘“‘filled cheese,”’
namely: All substances made of milk or skimmed milk, with the admix-
ture of butter, animal oils or fats, vegetable or any other oils, or com-
pounds foreign to such milk, and made in imitation or semblance of
cheese. ;
Sec. 3. That special taxes are imposed as follows:
Manufacturers of filled cheese shall pay four hundred dollars for
each and every factory per annum. Every person, firm, or corpora-
tion who manufactures filled cheese for sale shall be deemed a manu-
facturer of filled cheese. Wholesale dealers in filled cheese shall pay
two hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Every person, firm, or cor-
poration who sells, or offers for sale filled cheese in the original manu-
- facturer’s packages for resale, or to retail dealers as hereinafter defined,
shall be deemed a wholesale dealer in filled cheese. But any manu-
facturer of filled cheese who has given the required bond and paid
the required special tax, and who sells only filled cheese of his own pro-
duction, at the place of manufacture, in the original packages, to which
the tax-paid stamps are affixed, shall not be required to pay the special
tax of a wholesale dealer in filled cheese on account of such sales.
Retail dealers in filled cheese shall pay twelve dollars per annum.
Every person who sells filled cheese at retail, not for resale, and for
actual consumption, shall be regarded as a retail dealer in filled cheese,
and sections thirty-two hundred and thirty-two, thirty-two hun-
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dred and thirty-three, thirty-two hundred and thirty-four, thirty-
two hundred and thirty-five, thirty-two hundred and thirty-six, thirty-
two hundred and thirty-seven, thirty-two hundred and thirty-eight,
thirty-two hundred and thirty-nine, thirty-two hundred and forty,
thirty-two hundred and forty-one, thirty-two hundred and forty-three
of the Revised Statutes-of the United States are, so far as applicable,
made to extend to and include and apply to the special taxes imposed
by this section and to the persons, firms, or corporations upon whom
they are imposed: Provided, That all special taxes under this act shall
become due on the first day of July in every year, or on commencing
any manufacture, trade, or business on which said tax is imposed.
In the latter case the tax shall be reckoned proportionately from the
first day of the month in which the pabiiey to the special tax com-
mences to the first day of July following.
Src. 4. That every person, firm, or corporation who carries on the
business of a manufacturer of filled cheese without having paid the
special tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being liable to
the payment of the tax, be fined not less than four hundred dollars
and not more than three thousand dollars; and every person, *firm, or
corporation who carries on the business of a wholesale dealer in filled
cheese without having paid the special tax therefor, as required by
law, shall, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be fined not
less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand
_dollars; and every person, firm, or corporation, who carries on the
business of a retail dealer in filled cheese without having paid the spe-
cial tax therefor, as required by law, shall, besides being liable for the
payment of the tax, be fined not less than forty nor moré than five
hundred dollars for each and every offense.
Sec. 5. That every manufacturer of filled cheese shall file with
the collector of internal revenue of the district in which his manu-
factory is located such notices, inventories, and bonds, shall keep
such books and render such returns of materials and products, shall
put up such signs and affix such number to his factory, and conduct
his business under such surveillance of officers and agents as the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury, may by regulation require. But the bond required of
such manufacturer shall be with sureties satisfactory to the collector
of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than five thousand
dollars; and the amount of said bond may be increased from time to
time, and additional sureties required, at the discretion of the collector
or under instructions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Any
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manufacturer of filled cheese who fails to comply with the provisions
of this section, or with the regulations herein authorized, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
Src. 6. That filled cheese shall be packed by the manufacturers
in wooden packages only, not before used for that purpose, and
marked, stamped, and branded with the words “filled cheese,” in
black-faced letters not less than two inches in length, in a circle in
the center of the top and bottom of the cheese; and in black-faced
letters of not less than two inches in length in line from the top to the
bottom of the cheese, on the side in four places equidistant from each
other; and the package containing such cheese shall be marked in the
same manner and in the same number of places, and in the same
description of letters as above provided for the marking of the cheese;
and all sales or consignments made by manufacturers of filled cheese
to wholesale dealers in filled cheese or to exporters of filled cheese
shall be in original stamped packages. KRetail dealers in filled cheese
shall sell only from original stamped packages, and shall pack the filled
cheese, when sold, in suitable wooden or paper packages which shall
be marked and branded in accordance with the rules and regulations
to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Every person who know-
ingly sells or offers to sell, or delivers or offers to deliver, filled cheese
in any other form than in new wooden or paper packages, marked and
branded as hereinbefore provided and as above described, or who packs
in any package or packages filled cheese in any manner contrary to law,
or who falsely brands any package or affixes a stamp on any package
denoting a less amount of tax than that required by law, shall upon
conviction thereof be fined for each and every offense not less than
fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
not less than thirty days nor more than one year.
Src. 7. That all retail and wholesale dealers in filled cheese shall
display in a conspicuous place in his or their salesroom a sign bear-
ing the words, ‘‘Filled cheese sold here’’ in black-faced letters not less
than six inches in length, upon a white ground, with the name and
number of the revenue district in which his or their business is con-
ducted; and any wholesale or retail dealer in filled cheese who fails
or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be fined for
each and every offense not less than fifty dollars and not more than
two hundred dollars.
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Src. 8. That every manufacturer of filled cheese shall securely
affix, by pasting on each package containing filled cheese manufac-
tured by him, a label on which shall be printed, besides the number
of the manufactory and the district and state in which it is situated,
these words: ‘‘Notice-—The manufacturer of the filled cheese herein
contained has complied with all the requirements of the law. Every
person is cautioned not to use either this package again or the stamp
thereon again, nor to remove the contents of this package without
destroying said stamp, under the penalty provided by law in such
cases.”’ Every manufacturer of filled cheese who neglects to affix such
label to any package containing filled cheese made by him or sold or
offered for sale by or for him, and every person who removes any such
_label so affixed from any such package, shall be fined fifty dollars for
each package in respect to which such offense is committed.
- Sec. 9. That upon all filled cheese which shall be manufactured
there shall be assessed and collected a tax of one cent per pound, to
be paid by the manufacturer thereof; and any fractional part of a pound
in a package shall be taxed as a pound. The tax levied by this sec-
tion shall be represented by coupon stamps; and the provisions of
existing laws governing the engraving, issue, sale, accountability,
effacement, and destruction of stamps relating to tobacco and snuff,
as far as applicable, are hereby made to apply to stamps provided
for by this section.
Sec. 10. That whenever any manufacturer of filled cheese sells
or removes for sale or consumption any filled cheese upon which the
tax is required to be paid by stamps, without paying such tax, it shall
be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, within a period
of not more than two years after such sale or removal, upon satis-
factory proof, to estimate the amount of tax which has,been omitted
to be paid and to make an assessment therefor and certify the same to
the collector. The tax so assessed shall be in addition to the penalties
imposed by law for such sale or removal.
Sec. 11. That all filled cheese, as herein defined, imported from
foreign countries shall, in addition to any import duty imposed on the
same, pay an internal revenue tax of eight cents per pound, such tax
to be represented by coupon stamps; and such imported filled cheese
and the packages containing the same shall be stamped, marked, and
branded, as in the case of filled cheese manufactured in the United
States.
Src. 12. That any person who knowingly purchases or receives
for sale any filled cheese which has not been branded or stamped
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according to law, jor which is contained in packages not branded
or marked according to law, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty
dollars for each such offense.
Sec. 13. That every person who EAD uele: purchases or receives
for sale any filled cheese from any manufacturer or importer who has
not paid the special tax herein provided for shall be liable, for each
offense, to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and to a forfeiture of all
articles so purchased or received, or of the full value thereof.
Src. 14. That whenever any stamped package containing filled
cheese is emptied it shall be the duty of the person in whose hands
the same is to destroy the stamps thereon; and any person who will-
fully neglects or refuses so to do shall, for each such offense, be fined
not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not less than ten days nor
more than six months.
Sec. 15. That the Commissioner of Internal Revciaee is author-
ized to have applied scientific tests, and to decide whether any sub-
stances used in the manufacture of filled cheese contain ingredients
deleterious to health. But in case of doubt or contest, his decision in
this class of cases may be appealed from to a board hereby constituted
for the purpose, and composed of the Surgeon-General of the Army,
the Surgeon-General of the Navy, and the Secretary of Agriculture,
and the decision of this board shall be final in the premises.
Sec. 16. That all packages of filled cheese subject to tax under
this act that shall be found without stamps or marks as herein pro-
vided, and all filled cheese intended for human consumption which
contains ingredients adjudged as hereinbefore provided to be delete-
rious to the public health, shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 17. That all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
act may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Src. 18. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make all needful regu-
lations for the carrying into effect the provisions of this act.
Src. 19. That this act shall go into effect on the ninetieth day
after its passage, and all wooden packages containing ten or more
pounds of filled cheese found on the premises of any dealer on
and after the ninetieth day succeeding the date of the passage of this
act, shall be deemed to be taxable under section nine of this act, and
shall be taxed, and shall have affixed thereto the stamps, marks, and
brands required by this act or by regulations made pursuant to this
act; and for the purpose of securing the affixing of the stamps, marks,
and brands required by this act, the filled cheese shall be regarded as
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having been manufactured and sold or removed from the manufac-
tory for consumption or use on or after the day this act takes effect;
and such stock on hand at the time of the taking effect of this act may
be stamped, marked, and branded under special regulations of the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue, ‘approved by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may authorize the
holder of such packages to mark and brand the same and to affix thereto
the proper tax-paid stamps.
Approved June 6, 1896.
THE NEW YORK LAW
The law of the state of New York is typical of the state laws gov-
erning the manufacture, sale, and adulteration of dairy products. It
forms Chapter I. of the Consolidated Laws; the latter being Chapter
IX. of the Laws of 1909, passed February 17, 1909, and is as follows:
ArtTicLe III
Dairy Products.
Src. 30. Definitions—The term ‘‘butter’’ when used in this article
means the product of the dairy, usually known by that term, which
is manufactured exclusively from pure, unadulterated milk or cream
or both with or without salt or coloring matter; and the term ‘‘cheese”’
when used in this article, means the product of the dairy usually known
by that term, which is manufactured exclusively from pure, unadul-
terated milk or cream, or both, and with or without coloring matter,
salt, rennet, sage, olives, pimentos, walnuts, peanuts, tomatoes, celery
salt or onions added thereto as a flavor. And provided further, that
when manufactured by adding to the elemental product of the dairy,
usually known by the term ‘“‘cheese,’’ and manufactured exclusively
from pure unadulterated milk or cream or both, any pimentos, olives,
walnuts, peanuts, celery salt, tomatoes, or onions, that the percentage
of all such substances so added shall not exceed twenty-five per centum
in bulk of the manufactured product.
The terms “oleomargarine,” “‘butterine,”’ “imitation of butter’
or “imitation cheese’”’ shall be construed to mean any article or sub-
stance in the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of
the dairy and not made exclusively of pure or unadulterated milk or _
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cream, or any such article or substance into which any oil, lard or fat
not produced from milk or cream enters as a component part, or into
which melted butter or butter in any condition or state, or any oil
thereof has been introduced to take the place of cream. The term
“adulterated milk’’ when so used means:
1. Milk containing more than eighty- eight and suena per
centum of water or fluids.
2. Milk containing less than eleven and one-half per centum of
milk solids.
3. Milk containing less than three per centum of fats.
4. Milk drawn from cows within fifteen days before and five days
after parturition.
5. Milk drawn from animals fed on distillery waste or any sub-
stance in a state of fermentation or putrefaction or on any unhealthy
food.
6. Milk drawn from cows kept in a crowded or unhealthy con-
dition.
7. Milk from which any part of the cream has been removed.
8. Milk which has been diluted with water or any other fluid, or
to which has been added or into which has been intreduced any foreign
substance whatever.
All adulterated milk shall be deemed unclean, unhealthy, impure
and unwholesome. The terms ‘pure milk’’ or ‘“‘unadulterated milk,’
when used singly or together, mean sweet milk not adulterated, and the
terms “pure cream’’ or ‘“‘unadulterated cream,’’ when used singly or
together, mean cream taken from pure and unadulterated milk. The
term ‘‘adulterated cream’’ when used shall mean cream containing less
than eighteen per centum of milk fat or cream to which any substance
whatsoever has been added.
Src. 31. Care and feed of cows, and care and keeping of the produce
from. such cows.—No person shall keep cows, for the production of
milk for market or for sale or exchange, or for manufacturing the milk
or cream from the same into any article of food, in a crowded or
unhealthy condition or in unhealthful or unsanitary surroundings and
no person shall keep such cows or the product therefrom in such con-
dition or surroundings or in such places as shall cause or tend to cause
the produce from such cows to be in an unclean, unhealthful or dis-
eased condition, if the produce from such cows is to be sold, offered or
exposed for sale upon the markets for consumption or to be manu-
factured into any food product, nor shall such cows or the produce
therefrom be handled or cared for by any person suffering with or
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affected by an infectious or contagious disease, nor shall any such cows
be fed on any substance that is in a state of putrefaction or fermenta-
tion, or upon any food that is unhealthful or that produces or may
produce impure, unhealthful, diseased or unwholesome milk. But
this section shall not be construed to prohibit the feeding of ensilage.
The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby empowered to give such
instruction and impart such information as in his judgment may be
deemed best to produce a full observance of the provisions of this sec-
tion.
Src. 32. Prohibiting the sale of adulterated milk, imitation cream and
regulating the sale of certified milk——No person shall sell or exchange
or offer or expose for sale or exchange, any unclean, impure, unhealthy,
adulterated or unwholesome milk or any cream from the same, or any
unclean, impure, unhealthy, adulterated, colored, or unwholesome
cream, or sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, any
substance in imitation or semblance of cream, which is not cream, nor
shall he sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange any
such substance as and for cream, or sell or exchange, or offer or expose
for sale or exchange any article of food made from such milk or cream
or manufacture from any such milk or cream any article of food. No
person shall sell or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, as
and for certified milk, any milk which does not conform to the regu-
lations prescribed by and bear the certification of a milk commission
appointed by a county medical society organized under and chartered
by the medical society of the state of New York and which has not
been pronounced by such authority to be free from antiseptics, added
preservatives, and pathogenic bacteria, or bacteria in excessive numbers.
All milk sold as certified milk shall be conspicuously marked with the
name of the commission certifying it. Any person delivering milk to
any butter or cheese factory, condensary, milk-gathering station or
railway station to be shipped to any city, town or village shall be
deemed to expose or offer the same for sale whether the said milk is
delivered or consigned to himself or another. Each and every can
thus delivered, shipped or consigned, if it be not pure milk, must bear
a label or card upon which shall be stated the constituents or ingredi-
ents of the contents of the can.
Sec. 33. Regulations in regard to butter and cheese factories.—No
person shall sell, supply or bring to be manufactured to any butter
or cheese factory any milk diluted with water, or any unclean, impure,
unhealthy, adulterated or unwholesome milk, or milk from which any
of the cream has been taken, except pure skim milk to skim-cheese
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factories. No person shall sell, supply or bring to be manufactured to
any butter or cheese factory any milk from which there has been kept
back any part of the milk commonly known as strippings, or any milk
that is sour, except pure skim milk to skim-cheese factories. The owner
or proprietor or the person having charge of any butter or cheese fac-
tory, not buying all the milk used by him, shall not use for his own
benefit, or allow any of his employees or any other person to use for
his own benefit, any milk, cream, butter or cheese or any other prod-
uct thereof, brought to such factory, without the consent of the owners
of such milk or the products thereof. Every butter or cheese manufac-
turer not buying all the milk he uses, shall keep a correct account of
all the milk daily received, of the number of packages of butter and
cheese made each day, and the number of packages and aggregate
weight of cheese and butter disposed of each day; which account shall
be open to inspection to any person who delivers milk to such factory.
Whenever manufacturers of butter or cheese purchase milk upon the
basis of the amount of fat contained therein and use for ascertaining
the amount of such fat what is known as the Babcock: test, or when-
‘ever the proceeds of co-operative creameries and cheese factories are
allotted on the basis of determinations of milk fat by the Babcock test,
the bottles and pipettes used in such test shall before use be examined
by the director of the New York agricultural experiment station. If
such bottles are found to be properly constructed and graded so as to
accurately show the amount of fat contained in milk, each of them shall
be legibly and indelibly marked ‘“‘S. B.’’ No bottle shall be so marked
except as herein provided or used in any such test by such manufac-
turers, unless so examined and marked. The acid used in making such
test by such manufacturers shall be examined from time to time by
competent chemists employed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and
if found not to be of sufficient strength the use of such acid shall be
prohibited. No person or persons receiving or purchasing milk or cream
upon the basis of the amount of fat contained therein shall credit any
patron or patrons delivering milk or cream thereto with a greater or
less percentage or average percentage of fat than is actually contained
in the milk or cream so delivered. The Commissioner. of Agriculture or
persons employed by him for that purpose may at any time assist in
making tests of milk received at a butter or cheese factory for the
purpose of determining the efficiency of tests usually made at such
factory. All persons using other than standard bottles or acid which is
not of the required strength to accurately determine the amount of fats
in milk or crediting any patron or patrons delivering milk or cream
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with a greater or less percentage or average percentage of fat than is
actually. contained in the milk or cream so delivered, shall be subject
to the penalties prescribed by Section fifty-two of this article, and
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Src. 34. Penalty for delivery of adulterated milk. Lies person, firm,
association or corporation delivering any milk to any butter or cheese
factory in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit
and pay to the patrons, firm, association or corporation owning the
milk delivered to such factory the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered
in a civil action by the person, firm, association or corporation entitled
thereto.
Src. 35. Inspection; how conducted—When the Commissioner of
Agriculture, an assistant commissioner, or any person or officer author-
ized by the commissioner, or by this chapter, to examine or inspect
any product manufactured or offered for sale shall in discharge of his
duties take samples of such product, he shall, before taking a sample,
request the person delivering the milk or who has charge of it at the
time of inspection, to thoroughly stir or mix the said milk before the
sample is taken. If the person so in charge refuses to stir or mix:the milk
as requested, then the person so requesting shall himself so stir and
mix the milk before taking the sample, and the defendant shall there-
after be precluded from introducing evidence to show that the milk
so taken was not a fair sample of the milk delivered, sold, offered or
exposed for sale by him. The person taking the sample of milk for
analysis shall take duplicate samples thereof in the presence of at least
one witness, and he shall in the presence of such witness seal both of
such samples, and shall tender, and, if accepted, deliver at the time of
taking one sample to the manufacturer or vender of such product, or
to the person having custody of the same, with a statement in writing
of the cause of the taking of the sample. In taking samples of milk
for analysis at a creamery, factory, platform or other place where the
same is delivered by the producer for manufacture, sale or shipment,
or from a milk vender who produces the milk which he sells, with a view
of prosecuting the producer of such milk for delivering, selling or offer-
ing for sale adulterated milk, the said Commissioner of Agriculture or
assistant or his agent or agents shall within ten days thereafter, with
the consent of the said producer, take a sample in a like manner of the
mixed milk of the herd of cows from which the milk first sampled was
drawn and shall deliver the duplicate sample to the said producer and
shall cause the sample taken by himself or his agent to be analyzed.: If
the sample of milk last taken by the Commissioner of Agriculture or
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his agent or agents shall upon analysis prove to contain no higher per-
centage of milk solids, or no higher percentage of fat than the sample
taken at the creamery, factory, platform or other place, then no action
shall lie against the said producer for violation of subdivisions one, two,
three, seven and eight of section thirty of this chapter. In taking a
second sample as above set forth from the mixed milk of the herd, it
shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to have an assist-
ant, agent or agents present during the entire time in which the said
cattle are being milked to observe closely so as to be sure that the milk
thus to be sampled is not adulterated and to see that it is thoroughly
mixed so that the sample taken shall be a fair sample of the average
quality of the mixed milk of the entire dairy or herd of cows of said
producer. If, however, the said producer refuses to allow such examin-
ation of the milk produced by his dairy, then he shall be precluded from
offering any evidence whatever tending to show that the milk delivered
by him at the said creamery, factory, platform or other place was just
as it came from the cow. If the said producer does permit such exam-
ination, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall, upon receiving appli-
cation therefor, send to said producer a copy of the analysis of each
of the samples of milk so taken and analyzed as above provided. If
a sample of milk shall have been taken by the Commissioner of Agri-
culture or by his orders or directions from any dairy within this state
and an analysis thereof has been made by the Commissioner or by his
authority, any person who is or was buying milk from the said dairy
at or subsequent to the time of such taking, may apply to the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture for a copy of the analysis of the said sample of
milk so taken and the Commissioner shall thereafter furnish the said
applicant with such copy.
Src. 36. Branded cans, jars or bottles not to be sold, re-marked or used
without consent of owner.—No person shall hereafter without the con-
sent of the owner or shipper, use, sell, dispose of, buy or traffic in any
milk can, jar or bottle, or cream can, jar or bottle, belonging to any
dealer or shipper of milk or cream residing in the state of New York
or elsewhere, who may ship milk or cream to any city, town or place
within this state, having the name or initials of the owner, dealer or
shipper, stamped, marked or fastened on such can, jar or bottle, or
wilfully mar, erase or change by re-marking or otherwise said name or
initials of any such owner, dealer or shipper, so stamped, marked or
fastened upon said can, jar or bottle. Nor shall any person without the
consent of the owner use such can, jar or bottle, for any other purpose
than for milk or cream: nor shall any person without the consent of
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the owner place in any such can,.jar or bottle, any substance or product
other than milk or cream,
Src. 37. Regulations in regard to condensed milk.—No condensed
milk shall be made or offered or exposed for sale or exchange unless
manufactured from pure, clean, healthy, fresh, unadulterated and
wholesome milk from which the cream has not been removed either
wholly or in part, or unless the proportion of milk solids shall be in
quantity the equivalent of eleven and one-half per centum of milk
solids in crude milk, and of which solids twenty-five per centum shall
be fats. No person shall manufacture, sell or offer for sale or exchange
in hermetically sealed cans, any condensed milk unless put up in pack-
ages upon which shall be distinctly labeled or stamped the name of the
person or corporation by whom made and the brand by which or under
which it is made. When condensed milk shall be sold from cans or
packages not hermetically sealed, the producer shall brand or label the
original cans or packages with the name of the manufacturer of the
milk contained therein. .
Sec. 38. Manufacture and sale of imitation butter prohibited.—No
person by himself, his agents or employees, shall produce or manufac-
ture out of or from any animal fats or animal or vegetable oils not pro-
duced from unadulterated milk or cream from the same, the article
known as oleomargarine or any article or product in imitation or sem-
blanece of natural butter produced from pure, unadulterated milk or
cream of the same; or mix, compound with or add to milk, cream or
butter any acids or other deleterious substance or any animal fats or
animal or vegetable oils not produced from milk or cream, so as to pro-
duce any article or substance or any human food in imitation or in
semblance of natural butter, nor sell, keep for sale or offer for sale any
article, substance or compound, made, manufactured or produced in
violation of the provisions of this section, whether such article, sub-
stance or compound shall be made or produced in this state or else-
where. Any person manufacturing, selling, offering or exposing for
sale any commodity or substance in imitation or semblance of butter,
the product of the dairy, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this
chapter, whether he sells such commodity or substance as butter, oleo-
margarine or under any other name or designation whatsoever and
irrespective of any representations he may make relative to such com-
modity or substance. Any dealer in any article or product, the manu-
facture or sale of which is prohibited by this section, who shall keep,
store or display such article or product, with other merchandise or stock
in his place of business, shall be deemed to have the same in his pos-
session for sale.
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Sec. 39. Manufacture or mixing of animal fats with milk, cream or
butter prohibited—No person shall manufacture, mix or compound with
or add to natural milk, cream or butter any animal fats or animal or
vegetable oils, nor make or manufacture any oleaginous substance not
produced from milk or cream, with intent to sell the same as butter
or cheese madé from unadulterated milk or cream or have-the same in
his possession with such intent; nor shall any person solicit or take
orders for the same or offer the same for sale, nor shall any such article
or substance or compound so made or produced, be sold as and for
butter or cheese, the product of the dairy. No person shall coat, powder
or color with annatto or any coloring matter whatever, butterine or
' oleomargarine or any compound of the same or any product or manu-
facture made in whole or in part from animal fats or animal or vege-
table oils not produced from unadulterated milk or cream by means of
which such product, manufacture or compound shall resemble butter
or cheese, the product of the dairy; nor shall he have the same in his
possession with intent to sell the same nor shall he sell or offer to sell
the same. No person by himself, his agents or employees, shall manu-
facture, sell, offer or expose for sale, butter that is produced by taking
original packing stock or other butter or both and melting the same, so
that the butter fat can be drawn off, then mixing the said butter fat
with skimmed milk or milk or cream or other milk product and rechurn-
ing the said mixture, or that is produced by any similar process and is
commonly known as boiled or process butter, unless he shall plainly brand
or mark the package or tub or wrapper in which the same is put up
in a conspicuous place with the words ‘‘renovated butter’’ or ‘“‘process
butter.’’ If the same shall be put up, sold, offered or exposed for sale
in prints or rolls, then the said prints or rolls shall be labeled plainly
with printed letters in a conspicuous place on the wrapper with the
words “‘renovated butter’’ or ‘“‘process butter.’’ If the same is packed
in tubs or boxes or pails or other kind of a case or package the words
“renovated butter’ or “‘process butter’’ shall be printed on the top and
side of the same in letters, at least, one inch in length, so as to be plainly
seen by the purchaser. If such butter is exposed for sale, uncovered,
not in a package or case, a placard containing the label so printed shall
be attached to the mass of butter in such manner as to easily be seen
and read by the purchaser. Every person selling, offering or exposing
for sale at retail, ‘‘renovated butter’’ or ‘‘process butter,’’ shall cause
each parcel or package of such butter delivered to or for a customer
to be wrapped in a light-colored paper on which shall be printed in black
letters, not less than three-eighths inch square and in Gothic type, the
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words ‘‘renovated butter’ or ‘‘process butter.’’ No person shall sell,
offer or expose for sale, any butter or other dairy products containing
a preservative, but this shall not be construed to prohibit the use of
salt in butter or cheese, or spirituous liquors in club or other fancy cheese
or sugar in condensed milk. No person, firm, association or corpo-
ration shall induce or attempt to induce any person to violate any of
the provisions of this chapter. Any person, firm, association or cor-
poration selling, offering or advertising for sale any substance, prepara-
tion or matter for use in violation of the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
Sec. 40. Prohibited articles not to be furnished for use-—No keeper
or proprietor of any bakery, hotel, boarding-house, restaurant, saloon,
lunch-counter or place of public entertainment, nor any person having
charge thereof or employed thereat, nor any person furnishing board
for any others than members of his own family, or for any employees
where such board is furnished for a compensation or as part of the com-
' pensation of any such employee, shall keep, use er serve therein either
as food for his guests, boarders, patrons, customers or employees or for
cooking purposes any article or substance made in violation of the pro-
visions of this article. Any keeper or proprietor of any hotel, boarding-
house, restaurant, saloon, lunch-counter or place of public entertain-
ment who uses or serves therein for his guests any oleaginous substance
as.a substitute for butter, the manufacture or sale of which is not pro-
hibited by the agricultural law, shall print plainly and conspicuously
on the bill-of-fare, if there is one, the words, ‘‘Oleomargarine Used
Here’”’ and shall post up conspicuously in different parts of each room
where such meals are served, signs in places where they can be easily
seen and read, which shall bear the words, ‘‘Oleomargarine Used Here’’
in letters at least two inches in length and so printed as to be easily
read by guests or boarders. . ;
Sec. 41. Coloring matter, dairy terms, size of package, labeling, pen-
alttes—No person manufacturing with intent to sell any substance or
article in imitation or semblance of butter or cheese not made exclu-
sively from unadulterated milk or cream or both, with salt or rennet
or both and with or withcut coloring matter or sage, but into which
any animal, intestinal or offal fats, or any oils or fats or oleaginous sub-
stance of any kind not produced from pure, unadulterated milk or
cream, or into which melted butter, or butter in any condition or state
or any modification of the same, or lard or tallow shall be introduced,
shall add thereto or combine therewith any annatto or compounds of
the same, or any other substance or substances whatever, for the pur-
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pose or with the effect of imparting thereto a color resembling yellow,
or any shade of yellow butter or cheese, nor introduce any such color-
ing matter or other substance into any of the articles of which the same
is composed. And no person selling any oleaginous substance not made
from pure milk or cream of the same as a substitute for butter shall .
sell, give away or deliver with such substance any coloring matters
nor shall any person manufacturing, selling or offering for sale any
such goods make or sell them under any brand, device or label bearing
words indicative of cows or the product of the dairy or the names of
breeds of cows or cattle, nor use terms indicative of processes in the dairy
in making or preparing butter; no such substance shall hereafter be
sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state except it be sold in pack-
ages containing not more than five pounds, such packages to be wrapped
and sealed, the original seal of which shall be unbroken and upon which
seal shall be plainly printed the name and address of the manufacturer
of said oleomargarine, and the said packages shall be plainly and con-
spicuously labeled with the word ‘‘Oleomargarine’’ in Gothie or equally
conspicuous letters at least three-eighths of an inch high. The word
“Oleomargarine’”’ in large prominent letters shall be stamped by inden-
tation on each separate brick or portion of the substance itself before
it is wrapped and sealed.
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections forty or forty-
one of the agricultural law shall forfeit and pay a penalty to the people
of the state of New York of not less than fifty dollars nor more than —
one hundred dollars for the first violation and not less than two hun-
dred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for the second and
each subsequent violation. Whoever by himself or another violates
any of the provisions of sections forty or forty-one of the agricultural
law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than one month
nor more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment for the
first offense and by not less than six months nor more than one year
for the second offense.
Src. 42. Coloring matter in food products; analysis by state board
of health—No person or persons shall manufacture, sell or expose for
sale any poisonous coloring matter for the coloring of food products
of any kind, nor shall any person or persons use any poisonous coloring
matter manufactured, sold, offered or exposed for sale within this state;
nor shall any person or persons sell, offer or expose for sale any food
product containing such poisonous coloring matter. The state com-
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missioner of health shall cause samples of coloring matter that are
exposed for sale upon the market for use in food products to be analyzed
and report the results of such analysis to the legislature at the next
session. :
Src. 43. Manufacture and sale of imitation cheese prohibited.mNo
person shall manufacture, deal in, sell, offer or expose for sale
or exchange any article or substance, in the semblance of or in imita-
tion of cheese made exclusively of unadulterated milk or cream, or both,
into which any animal, intestinal or offal fats or oils, or melted butter
or butter in any condition or state or modification of the same, or
oleaginous substances of any kind not produced from unadulterated
milk or cream, shall be introduced.
Src. 44. When prohibitions do not apply to skim milk or skim cheese.
—Except in the counties of New York and Kings, the prohibitions con-
tained in this article against the sale of adulterated milk shall not
apply to skim milk, which is clean, pure, healthy, wholesome and
unadulterated, except by skimming, sold for use in the county in which
it is produced or an adjoining county, if it is sold for and as skimmed
milk. The prohibitions in this article against the sale of cheese made
from unadulterated* milk or cream, shall not apply to pure skim-
cheese made from milk which is clean, pure, healthy, wholesome and
unadulterated, except by skimming.
Src. 45. Unclean receptacles and places for keeping milk; notice to
violators of provisions—No person, firm, association or corporation,
producing, buying or receiving milk for the purpose of selling the same
for consumption as such, or for manufacturing the same into butter,
cheese, condensed milk, or other human food, shall keep the same in
utensils, cans, vessels, rooms, or buildings that are unclean or have
unsanitary surroundings or drainage or in any condition whatsoever
that would tend to produce or promote conditions favorable to unhealth-
fulness or disease. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall notify all
persons, firms, associations or corporations, violating this section, to
clean said utensils, cans, vessels, rooms or buildings, or to so improve
the sanitary conditions that the law will not be violated, and if such
notice is complied within ten days’ time, Sundays excepted, then no
action shall lie for a violation of this section. Any person having charge
of any milk-gathering station where milk is bought or received from
the dairymen for the purpose of selling the same for consumption or
shipping the same to market for consumption as human food before
*So in the original.
398 . Milk and Its Products
taking such charge or operating or working as such agent or person in
charge shall apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture for a license to so
work or operate or have charge, and shall at the time of making such
application, file with the Commissioner a statement under oath, setting
forth the fact that he will not while having charge of or operating any
such milk-gathering establishment or while employed therein adulter-
ate or suffer or permit the adulteration of any such milk or any prod-
uct thereof during the term for which he may be licensed. After the ©
applicant shall have complied with the foregoing provisions of this
section, the Commissioner of Agriculture upon being satisfied that the
applicant is a person of good moral character and a qualified and proper
person to so have charge.of or operate any such milk-gathering station
or establishment shall issue to said applicant a license, which shall
qualify him to have charge of any such milk-gathering station or estab-
lishment for the period of two years from the date of such license. The
person regularly doing the work of receiving, caring for and shipping
the milk at any station or establishment, or in case more than one
person is so employed then the foreman in charge of such works shall
be deemed to be a person in charge of such station or establishment
within the meaning and purposes of this section. Such a license certifi-
cate shall be kept at such station or establishment where the licensee
is so employed and shall be open to the inspection of the representa-
tives of the Department of Agriculture and the public. Any person
having charge of any milk-gathering station or establishment as afore-
said shall keep a true and correct monthly record of the receipts of milk
or other dairy products received at such station or establishment, and
also a true and correct monthly record of all sales or shipments of milk,
cream or other dairy products shipped or sold from such station or
establishment, and shall also keep a true and correct monthly record
of the amount of skim milk produced in such station or establishment
and of the disposition of said skim milk. Such record shall be preserved
at such station or establishment for at least two years after the same
shall have been made and such records shall at all times be open to
the inspection of the Commissioner of Agriculture, his assistants or
agents. When cream is sold or shipped from any such station or estab-
lishment so selling or shipping milk for consumption as aforesaid, each
original bottle or package of one quart or less of cream so shipped or
sold shall bear a label securely attached to the side of such bottle or
package on which shall be conspicuously printed the word ‘‘cream”’
in black letters of at least one-fourth of an inch in length or else the word
“‘“cream”’ shall be blown in the side of such bottle in plain raised letters
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of at least one-half an inch in length, and the top and side of each and
every other original package or can containing cream or original crate
or case containing bottles of cream so shipped or sold shall bear a label
securely attached on which shall be conspicuously printed the word
“cream’’ in black letters of at least one inch in length and also a plainly
written or printed statement on the label stating from whom and what
station the same is shipped and the name of the consignee and point
of destination and the date on which the cream therein was produced
by such separation or skimming. The shipment of each and every
such original package of cream so shipped and not so labeled as herein
required shall constitute a separate violation. When cream is so sepa-
rated or skimmed from milk at any such station or establishment and the
supply of milk on hand thereat at the time of the next regular daily
shipment of milk therefrom, consisting of the total amount of milk in
such shipment, together with that remaning on hand immediately
after such shipment, is not thereby decreased or correspondingly less
than the total quantity received during any period extending from some
point of time before such skimming was done until the time of such
shipment, together with the amount of milk on hand at the commence-
ment of such period, and such decrease is not equal in amount to the
quantity of milk that must have been used in so separating such cream
in addition to the quantity otherwise there used or disposed of during
such period, such fact is conclusive that skim milk or other foreign
substance was added to such milk supply within such period and shall
be presumptive evidence within the meaning of this section that the
same was added to each can or vessel of milk in such shipment. When
cream or skim milk is found to have been on the premises of any such
station or establishment or is sold or shipped therefrom, such cream
or skim milk so found or so sold or shipped therefrom shall be presumed
to have been produced by separating or skimming at such station or
establishment. In any action or proceeding relative to the adulte-
ration of milk by removing cream therefrom or adding skim milk or
other foreign substance thereto, it shall be presumed that when cream
has been produced by so skimming or separating or butter has been
manufactured, there was made at least five quarts of milk in the pro-
duction of each quart of cream so produced and there was necessarily
so produced thereby at least four quarts of skim milk to each quart of
cream so produced, and that there was used at least nine quarts of milk
in the production of each pound of butter so manufactured. If any
‘such person so duly licensed shall thereafter refuse or neglect to keep
and preserve full and complete records as herein required or shall refuse
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to exhibit such records to the Commissioner of Agriculture, his assistants
or agents or shall violate any of the provisions of this section or any of
the provisions of this chapter relative to milk or the products thereof
he shall forfeit his license and shall be disqualified for a period of
five years from being again licensed by the Commissioner of Agri-
culture. :
Src. 46. Unsanitary cans and receptacles condemned.—All cans, or
receptacles used in the sale of milk, cream or curd for consumption,
or in transporting or shipping the same to market or the delivery thereof
to purchasers for consumption as human food, when found by the Com-
missioner of Agriculture or his assistants or agents to be in unfit con-
dition to be so used by reason of being worn out, badly rusted, or with
rusted inside surface, or unclean or unsanitary or in such condition
that they can not be rendered clean and sanitary by washing, and will
tend to produce or promote in milk, cream or curd when contained
therein, bad flavors, unclean or unwholesome conditions favorable to
unhealthfulness or disease, shall be condemned by the Commissioner
of Agriculture or his assistants or agents. Every such can or receptacle
when so condemned shall be marked by a stamp, impression or device,
_ designed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, showing that it has been
so condemned, and when so condemned shall not thereafter be used by
any person for the purpose of so selling, transporting or shipping milk,
cream or curd.
Src. 47. Receptacles to be cleansed before returning; receptacles may
be seized; evidence; violation; milk can inspectors.—Whenever any can
or receptacle is used for transporting or conveying milk, cream or curd
to market for the purpose of selling or furnishing the same for con-
sumption as human food, which can or receptacle, when emptied, is
returned or intended to be returned to the person so selling, furnish-
ing or shipping such substance to be again thus used, or which is liable
to continued use in so transporting, conveying, selling or shipping such
substance as aforesaid, the consumer, dealer or consignee using, selling
or receiving the milk, cream or curd from such can or receptacle, shall,
before so returning such can or receptacle remove all substances for-
eign to milk therefrom, by rinsing with water or otherwise. When any
such milk, cream or curd is sold within any city of this State or shipped
into any such city, the fact of such shipment or sale shall be prima
facie evidence that the same was so shipped or sold for consumption
as human food. When any such can or receptacle is returned or deliv-
ered or shipped to any person or creamery so selling such substance
within, or shipping the same into such city, it is deemed that such can
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or receptacle is liable to such continued use in so selling or shipping
such substance therein for consumption as human food within the
meaning and purposes of this section and section forty-six. No person
shall place or suffer to be placed in any such can or receptacle any
sweepings, refuse, dirt, litter, garbage, filth or any other animal or vege-
table substance, nor shall any such consignee or other person through
himself, his agent or employee, bring or deliver to any person or rail-
road or other conveyance any such can or receptacle for the purpose
of such return, or any milk, cream or curd can or receptacle for the
purpose of delivery or shipment to any person or creamery engaged in
so selling or shipping such substances for consumption as human food,
which can or receptacle contains such foreign substance or which has
not been rinsed as herein provided. The word ‘‘curd’’ as used in this
section and section forty-six applies to the substance otherwise known
as “‘pot cheese’’ or ‘‘cottage cheese.’’ Whenever any such can or recep-
tacle is used, returned, delivered or shipped in violation of this section,
or of section forty-six of this chapter, every such use, return, delivery
or shipment of each such can or receptacle shall be deemed a separate
violation thereof. Such cans or receptacles so used, returned, deliv-
ered or shipped in violation of this section or of section forty-six may be
seized by the Commissioner of Agriculture, his assistants or agents and
held as evidence of such violation. For the proper enforcement of this
section and section forty-six, the Commissioner of Agriculture may
appoint two milk can inspectors to be stationed chiefly in the city of
New York who shall receive the usual compensation of other agents
of the Department of Agriculture.
Src. 48. Manufacturer's brand of cheese.-—Every manufacturer of
whole-milk cheese may put a brand or label upon such cheese indi-
cating ‘“‘whole-milk cheese’”’ and the date of the month and year when
made; and no person shall use such a brand or label upon any cheese
made from milk from which any of the cream has been taken. The
Commissioner of Agriculture shall procure and issue to the cheese manu-
facturers of the State, on proper application therefor, and under such
regulations as to the custody and use thereof as he may prescribe, a
uniform stencil brand or labels bearing a suitable device or motto,
and the words, ““New York State whole-milk cheese.’’ Every such
brand or label shall be used upon the outside of the cheese and shall
bear a different number for each separate factory. The Commissioner
shall keep a book, in which shall be registered the name, location and
number of each manufactory using the brands or labels, and the name
or names of the persons at each manufactory authorized to use the
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same. No such brand or labels shall be used upon any other than whole-
milk cheese or packages containing the same.
Src. 49. Use of false brand prohibited.—No person shall offer, sell,
or expose for sale, in any package, butter or cheese which is falsely
branded or labeled.
Sec. 50. County trade marks.—At a regular or special meeting of
a county dairymen’s association in any county of the State there may
be adopted a county trade mark, by a majority of the members present
and voting, to be used as a trade mark by a person manufacturing
pure unadulterated butter or full-cream cheese in such county. The
secretary of the association shall forthwith send to the Commissioner of
Agriculture a copy of such trade mark, which copy he shall place on file
in his office, noting thereupon the day and hour he received the same.
But one county trade mark for butter and for cheese shall be placed
on file for the same county. No association shall adopt any trade
mark of any county already on file, or use that of any other county in
the formation of a trade mark.
Src. 51. Object and intent of this article-—This article and each sec-
tion thereof are declared to be enacted to prevent deception in the sale
of dairy products, and to preserve the public health, which is endangered
by the manufacture, sale and use of the articles or substances herein
regulated or prohibited.
Src. 52. Penalties——Every person violating any of the provisions
of this chapter, shall forfeit to the people of the State of New York the
sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars
for the first violation and not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than two hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent violation.
When such violation consists of the manufacture or production of any
prohibited article, each day during which or any part of which such
manufacture or production is carried on or continued, shall be deemed
a separate violation. When the violation consists of the sale, or the
offering or exposing for sale or exchange of any prohibited article or
substance, the sale of each one of several packages shall constitute a
separate violation, and each day on which any such article or substance
is offered or exposed for Sale or exchange shall constitute a separate
violation. When the use of,any such article or substance is prohibited,
each day during which or®any part of which said article or substance
is so used or furnished for use, shall constitute a separate violation,
and the furnishing of the same for use to each person to whom the same
may be furnished shail constitute a separate violation. Whoever by
himself or another violates any of the provisions of articles three, four,
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six, eight and nine or sections three hundred fourteen and three hun-
dred fifteen of this chapter or of sections one hundred six, one hundred
seven and one hundred eight of this chapter shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less
than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprison-
ment of not less than one month nor more than six months or by beth
such fine and imprisonment, for the first offense; and by six months’
imprisonment for the second offense.
Src. 53. Butterine and similar products not to be purchased by cer-
tain instituttons.—No money appropriated by law for maintenance and
support in whole or in part of a State institution; nor money received
by a charitable, benevolent, penal or reformatory institution from the
State or from a county, city or town thereof appropriated by such
county, city or town, for the maintenance or support in whole or in
part of such institution; nor money belonging to or used for-the main-
tenance or support of such institution, Shall be expended for the pur-
chase of, or in payment for, butterine, oleomargarine, lard, cheese, or
articles or products in imitation or semblance of natural butter or cheese
produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream from the same, which
articles or products have been rendered or manufactured in whole or
in part from animal fats, or animal or vegetable oils not produced from
unadulterated milk or cream from the same.
Sec. 54. Purchase, sale-and use of butterine and similar products
prohibited in certain institutions—No officer, manager, superintendent
-or agent of an institution mentioned in section fifty-three of this chapter,
shall purchase for the use of such institution articles or products, for
the purchase of which the money appropriated by law, or by a county,
city or town, is forbidden to be used by section fifty-three of this chap-
ter, and no person shall sell to, or for the use of such institution, such
articles or products. Nor shall such articles or products be used as
articles of food or for cooking purposes in such institutions within this
State.
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D. REFERENCES TO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION REPORTS AND BULLETINS
The following references will aid the student who desires to make
a more thorough study of the subjects discussed. They are taken
wholly from the literature of American agricultural investigations,
and include only some of the more important articles. The Experi-
ment Station Record and the Handbook of Experiment Station Work,
both issued by the U. 8S. Department of Agriculture, contain many
condensed results of dairy investigation.
CHAPTER I
Studies in Milk Secretion. Indiana Bull. No. 24, pp. 13-16.
How is Milk Formed? Nevada Bull. No. 16, pp. 4-5.
Elaboration of Milk. Ontario Rept. for 1893, pp. 165-166.
Dividing Milkings. Indiana Bull. No. 24, pp. 10-13.
Milking Two and Three Times per Day. Vermont Rept. for 1890,
pp. 90-96.
CHAPTER II
The Composition of Milk. Ontario Bull. No. 39.
The Mineral Ingredients of Milk. Maine Rept. for 1890, Part
II., pp. 52—57.
The Constitution of Milk, and Some of the Conditions Which Affect
the Separation of Cream. Wisconsin Bull. No. 18.
Conditions Affecting the Consistency of Milk. Wisconsin Rept.
for 1896, pp. 73-80.
Chemistry of Dairy Products. Ontario Rept. for 1890, pp. 237-241.
Milk Analysis. Connecticut Rept. for 1886, pp. 119-130.
Investigations Relating to the Composition of Milk. Wisconsin
Rept. for 1890, pp. 114-119.
Fibrin in Milk. Wisconsin Rept. for 1893, pp. 143-145.
Relation of Fat and Casein in Milk. Vermont Rept. for 1890, pp.
97-100. ;
The Composition, Creaming and Churning of Colostrum. Vermont
Rept. for 1891, pp. 104-108.
The Fat Globules of Milk. New York Rept. for 1885, pp. 266—
275; Wisconsin Rept. for 1894, pp. 223-239; Ontario Rept. for 1885,
pp. 127-1380.
References 405
The Effects of Feed Upon the Quality of Milk. Iowa Bull. No. 14,
pp. 123-142; New Hampshire Rept. for 1893, pp. 138-155. and Bull.
No. 9; Bull. No. 16; Bull. No. 18; Bull. No. 20.
Tests of Several Breeds of Dairy Cows. A Study of Dairy Prod-
ucts. Maine Rept. for 1889, pp. 106-134. The test is continued in
Rept. for 1890, Part II., pp. 17-42.
Corn Silage for Milch Cows. New York (State) Bull. No. 97, New
Series.
Investigations of the Several Breeds of Dairy Cattle. New York
(State) Reports for 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894.
On the Effects of Feeding Fat to Cows. New York (Cornell) Bull.
No. 92.
Variations in Milk. Illinois Bull. No. 17, pp. 9-16, and Bull. No. 24.
The Influence of Advancing Lactation upon the Production of But-
ter and Cheese. New York (State) Rept. for 1891, pp. 369-389.
Effects of Drouth upon Milk Production. New York (State) Bull.
No. 105. New Series.
Variations in Milk. Vermont Rept. for 1891, pp. 61-74.
Variations in Quantity and Quality of Milk. Vermont Rept. for
1892, pp. 90-119, and Bull. No. 38.
The Composition of Milk as Affected by Methods of Milking.
Wisconsin Rept. for 1889, pp. 44, 51, 61.
CHAPTER IV
Milk Tests. (Short, Lactoscope). Illinois Bull. No. 9, pp. 293-302.
Investigation of Milk Tests. (Short, Parsons, Failyer and Willard,
Cochran, Patrick), Illinois Bull. No. 10.
Milk Tests: Methods of Testing Milk. (Patrick, Babcock, Beim-
ling, Gravimetric.) Illinois Bull. No. 14, pp. 462-467.
Methods of Testing Milk. (Short, Patrick, Cochran, Babcock,
Beimling.) West Virginia Bull. No. 13, pp. 41-63.
Testing Milk. (Short, Patrick, Cochran, Babcock, Soxhlet, Beim-
ling.) West Virginia Report for 1890, pp. 68-88.
A New Volumetric Method for the Estimation of Fat in Milk,
Skimmed Milk, Buttermilk and Cream. (Parsons.) New Hampshire
Report for 1888, pp. 69- 83.
Babcock and Beimling Tests. Ontario Report for 1891, pp. 183-
184.
Simple Methods of Determining Milk Fat. (Short, Cochran, Gravi-
metric.) Pennsylvania Bull. No. 12.
406 . Milk and Its Products
Comparative Test of Machines and Methods for the Determination
of Fat in Milk. (Short, Beimling, Patrick, Babcock, Gravimetric.)
Mississippi Bull. No. 15, pp. 5-16.
A Description of Cochran’s Method for the De teeeneaa a of Fat
in Milk, for the Use of Dairymen. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 17.
Iowa Station Milk Test. (Patrick.) Iowa Bull. No. 8, pp. 295—
316; No. 9, p. 355; No. 11, pp. 484-487.
A Néw Method for Determining the Amount of Butter Fat in
Milk. Mississippi Bull. No. 21, pp. 17-19.
A New Milk Test. (Beimling.) Vermont Bull. No. 21.
The Lactanalyt, A New Milk Tester. Vermont Report for 1894,
pp. 161-162.
A New Method of Milk Analysis (Short) for the Use of Dairy-
men, and a Comparison of Its Results with Those Obtained by the
Churn. Kansas Report for 1888, pp. 149-164.
A Method for the Determination of Fat in Milk and Cream. (Par-
sons.) New York (State) Bull. No. 19. New Series.
Feser’s Lactoscope and Fyjord’s Centrifugal Controller, described
in Ontario Report for 1885, pp. 207-208.
Testing Milk at Creameries. (Short.) Vermont Bull. No. 16.
The Schoch and Bolender Test Churn. Wisconsin Report for 1884,
pp. 23-25.
Description of the Test Churn. Ontario Report for 1885, p. 201.
The Oil Test for Cream. Wisconsin Bull. No. 12.
A New Method for Determining Fat in Milk. (Short.) Wisconsin
Bull. No. 16 and Report for 1888, pp. 124-136.
The Babcock Milk Test was first described in Wisconsin Bull.
No. 24 and Report for 1890, pp. 98-113. Improvements and modifi-
cations are discussed in Bull. No. 31, pp. 3-16; Bull. No. 36, pp. 3-20;
Bull. No. 52, Report for 1892, pp. 219-244; Report for 1893, pp. 116—
121. Compared with the Gravimetric Method in Report for 1896,
pp. 138-1438.
Elsewhere, the method has been described in Pennsylvania Bull.
No. 33; Washington Bull. No. 18; New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 29,
pp. 77-80; Colorado Bull. No. 20, pp. 3-10; North Carolina Bull. No.
113, pp. 101-111; West Virginia Bull. No. 13, pp. 52-57; Ontario Bull.
No. 61; Bull. No. 93, pp. 5-6; Connecticut Bull. No. 106, pp. 2-9;
Bull. No. 108, pp. 5-11; Bull. No. 117, Report for 1894, pp. 209-244;
Maine Bull. No. 3, Second Series; Bull. No. 4, Report for 1891, Part
II., pp. 71-80; Michigan Bull. No. 127; Illinois Bull. No. 27; North
Dakota Bull. No. 22; Pennsylvania Report for 1895, Part II., pp
References 407
90-100; Nevada Bull. No. 16, pp. 41-51; Mississippi Bull. No. 15,
pp. 7-14.
Milk Sampling. Delaware Bull. No. 31.
Composite Milk Samples Tested for Butter Fat. Illinois Bull.
No. 16, pp. 504-515. Continued in Bull. No. 18, pp. 27-28.
The Composite Sample. Preservatives for Keeping Milk—Samples
for Testing. Iowa Bull. No. 11, pp. 482-484.
Composite Samples at the Creamery—Chromate Preservatives.
Iowa Bull. No. 22, pp. 836-844.
Detection of Adulterations in Milk. Wisconsin Bull. No. 31, pp.
17-27; Bull. No. 36, pp. 21-31, and Report for 1892, pp. 245-257.
Ontario Bull. No. 93, pp. 3-5; Vermont Newspaper Bull. No. 4.
Lactometer and Milk Test for Examining Milk. Minnesota Bull.
No. 27, pp. 55-56.
The Relation between Specific Gravity and Solids of Milk. Wis-
consin Report for 1895, pp. 120-126.
The Estimation of the Total Solids in Milk from the Per Cent
of Fat, and the Specific Gravity of the Milk. Wisconsin Report for
1891, pp. 292-307, and Report for 1893, p. 142.
The Lactometer and Fat Test for Cheese and Condensed Milk
Factories. Maine Bull, No. 4, New Series, pp. 6-10.
CHAPTER V.
Dairy Bacteriology, U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Expt. Stations.
Bull. No. 25.
The Fermentations of Milk. U. 8. Dept. Agr. Expt. Stations.
Bull, No. 9.
Sitine of Milk. U.S. Dept. Agr. Farmers’ Bull. No. 29.
Milk Fermentations and Their Relations to Dairying. U. 8S. Dept.
Agr. Farmers’ Bull. No.9. .
The Isolation of Rennet from Bacteria Cultures. Connecticut
(Storrs) Report for 1892, pp. 106-126.
The Sources of Bacterial Infection, and the Relation of the Same
to the Keeping Quality of Milk. Wisconsin Report for 1894, pp. 150-165.
Cleanliness in Handling Milk; Bacteriological Considerations.
North Dakota Bull. No. 21.
A Milicroccus of Bitter Milk. Connecticut (Storrs) Report for
1891, pp. 158-162.
Pasteurization of Milk and Cream for Direct Consumption. Wis-
consin Bull. No. 44.
408 | Milk-and Its Products
Ropiness in Milk and Cream. Cornell Univ. Expt. Sta. Bull. No. 165.
Bacteriology of Cheese. Wisconsin Report for 1903, pp. 226-230.
Action of Acid Producing Bacteria on Casein. Wisconsin Rept. for
1904, pp. 169-171.
Notes on Pasteurization of Milk and Cream. Wisconsin Rept.
for 1895, pp. 158-173.
On the Restoration of the Consistency of Pasteurized Milk and
Cream. Wisconsin Rept. for 1896, pp. 81—94, and Bull. No. 54.
A Preliminary Bulletin on Pasteurization of Milk. Michigan Bull.
No. 134.
Preservation of Cream for Market. Maine Bull. No. 23, New
Series.
CHAPTER VII
Aération and Aérators. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 39, pp.
90-94.
Aération of Milk. Vermont Rept. for 1892, pp. 123-128.
Concerning the Aération of Milk. Indiana Bull. No. 44, pp. 37-39.
Town and City Milk Supply. U. 8S. Dept. Agr. Farmers’ Bull.
No. 42, pp. 23-28.
Variations in Fat of Milk Served to Customers in Dipping from
Cans. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 20, pp. 68-71.
Variations in the Fat of Milk. Ontario Bull. No. 46.
Relative Absorption of Odors in Warm and Cold Milk. Wisconsin
Rept. for 1898, pp. 104-109.
The Efficiency of a Continuous Pasteurizer. New York (State)
Bull. No. 172.
The Detection of Taints in Pasteurized Milk. Wisconsin Rept. for
1905, pp. 222-226.
Standardization of Milk and Cream. Illinois Bull. Nos. 74 and 75.
CHAPTER IX
Cream Raising by Dilution. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 20,
pp. 61-67; Bull. No. 29, pp. 65-71; Bull. No. 39, pp. 77—85; Illinois
Bull. No. 12, pp. 376-377; Bull. No. 18, pp. 30-32; Vermont Rept. for
1890, pp. 100—-107.; Vermont Rept. for: 1898, pp. 365-366.
Other Methods of Setting Milk. Minnesota Bull. No. 19, pp. 11-
19; Iowa Bull. No. 25, pp. 39-40; Indiana Bull. No. 44, pp. 23-37; Wis-
consin Rept. for 1884, pp. 17-22; Rept. for 1893, pp. 147-150; Bull.
No. 7, pp. 9-13; Bull. No. 29; Canada, Central Experimental Farm
References 409
Rept. for 1891, pp. 89-104; Rept. for 1892, pp. 71-74; Ontario Rept.
for 1894, pp. 142-144; Vermont Rept. for 1891, pp. 100-101; Maine
Bull. No. 5, Second Series; Utah Bull. No. 42.
The Viscosity of Milk. New York (State) Rept. for 1886, pp. 323-330.
The Constitution of Milk and Some of the Conditions Which Affect
the Separation of Cream. Wisconsin Bull. No. 18.
The Centrifugal Separation of Casein and Insoluble Phosphates from
Milk. Wisconsin Rept. for 1895, pp. 93-99.
Tests of Cream Separators. Delaware Bull. No. 17, and Rept. for
1892; pp. 110-122; Iowa Bull. No. 25, pp. 32-38; New Hampshire Rept.
for 1893, pp. 36—45, and Bull. No. 70; New York (Cornell), Bull. No. 66
and 105; North Carolina Bull. No. 114; Pennsylvania Rept. for 1892,
Part II., pp. 51-79, and Bull. No. 20; Bull. No. 27; Rept. for 1894,
pp. 13-35; South Dakota Bull. No. 39; Vermont Bull. No. 27 and
Rept. for 1892, pp. 136-143; Rept. for 1893, pp. 92-100; Rept. for
1894, pp. 151-160; Wisconsin Rept. for 1895, pp. 151-157, and Bull.
No. 46.
CHAPTERS X, XI, XII
Experiments with Boyd’s Vat and Starter. Ontario Rept. for 1891,
pp. 178-179.
Bacteria in the Dairy. Connecticut (Storrs) Rept. for 1895, pp.
14-41.
The Use of Bacterial Culture Starters in Butter Making, with
Especial Reference to the Conn Culture (B. 41). Wisconsin Rept. for
1895, pp. 174-231; published, in part, in Bull. No. 48.
An Acid Test of Cream. Illinois Bull. No. 32, and Bull. No. 33,
pp. 399-400.
The Alkaline Tablet Test of Acidity in Milk or Cream. Wisconsin
Bull. No. 52, pp. 8-16.
Sweet versus Sour Cream Butter. Iowa Bull. No. 8, pp. 317-320;
Bull. No. 11, pp. 481-482; Bull. No. 18, pp. 478-487; Bull. No. 21, pp.
788-791; Illinois Bull. No. 9, pp. 301-302; Texas Bull. No. 11, pp.
15-16; Ontario Rept. for 1891, pp. 179-181; West Virginia Rept. for
1890, pp. 48-66.
Creamery Studies of Methods and Machinery. A Comparison
of the Sour Cream, Sweet Cream and Butter Extractor Processes.
Delaware Rept. for 1890, pp. 17-23, and pp. 129-149; also Bull.
No. 9.
Our Experience with Extractor Butter. Ontario Rept. for 1893,
pp. 170-171.
Bit
410 Milk and Its Products.
A Study in Churning. Iowa Bull. No. 22, pp. 819-832.
Churning Experiments. Vermont Rept. for 1893, pp. 100—106.
Butter Tests. New York (State) Rept. for 1884, pp. 334-347, and
Rept. for 1885, pp. 275-292.
The Effect of Succulent Food upon the Churnability of the Fat in
Milk. Vermont Rept. for 1890, pp. 70—74.
Butter Making. Ontario Rept. for 1889, pp. 161-163; Bull. No.
48.
Canada Central Experimental Farm Dairy. Bull. No. 3.
Washing and Salting Butter. Minnesota Bull. No. 7, pp. 34-42.
Influence of Conditions in Churning on Water in Butter. Iowa
Bull. No. 52.
Estimating Water in Butter by Overrun in Churning. Wisconsin
Rept. for 1905, pp. 186-189.
The Relation of Acid Fermentation to Butter Flavor and Agen
Iowa Bull. No. 40.
Commercial Butter Cultures. Pennsylvania Bull. No. 44.
Heated Milk for Butter Making. Pennsylvania Bull. No. 45.
Ripening Cream. Connecticut (Storrs) Bull. No. 21.
Pasteurization of Milk for Butter Making. Ontario Bull. No. 117.
Pasteurization as Applied to Butter Making. Wisconsin Rept. for
1903, pp. 167-176.
Perpetuation of Pure Cultures for Butter Starters. Oregon Bull.
No. 83.
Use of Starters in Butter Making. Iowa Bull. No. 103.
Influence of Acidity of Cream in Flavor of Butter. U. S. Dept.
Agr., Bureau Animal Industry, Bull. No. 114.
The Cause of Mottled Butter. Maryland Bull. No. 64.
Effect of Salt on Water in Butter. Wisconsin Rept. for 1899, pp.
97-107.
White Spots in Butter. Wisconsin Rept. for 1899, pp. 118-120.
Effect of Feed on Quality of Butter. Vermont Rept. for 1901, pp.
375-377. ‘
Water in Butter. Ontario Rept. for 1902, pp. 38-39.
Keeping Quality of Butter. Iowa Bull. No. 71.
Moisture Content of Butter. Iowa Bull. No. 76.
Keeping Quality of Butter. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Pos In-
dustry, Bull. No. 57.
Relation of Proteids to Mottled Butter. New York (State) Buil.
No. 263.
Butter Preservatives. Ontario Bull. No. 145.
References 3 411
Manufacture and Storage of Butter. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau Animal
Industry, Bull. Nos. 84 and 89.
Comparison of Aniline-and Annatto Butter Colors. Wisconsin Bull.
No. 152.
A Study of Moisture in Butter. Iowa Bull. No. 101. a
Paraffining Butter Tubs. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau Animal Industry,
Bull. No. 130. |
Factors Influencing the Composition of Butter. Illinois Bulls. Nos.
137, 138 and 139.
Keeping Quality of Butter. Michigan Tech. Bulls. Nos. 1 and 2.
CuHaptTers XIII, XIV
For references to aération, see Chapter VII. .
Points of Attention for the Patrons of Cheese Factories and Cream-
eries. Ontario Bull. No. 2.
Milk for Cheese Making. Ontario Bull. No. 49; Bull. No. 28; Bull.
No. 94; Canada Central Experimental Farm Dairy. Bull. No. 1.
Pure Lactic Culture of Bacteria in Cheese Making. Wisconsin Rept.
--for 1896, pp. 112-126.
Rennet Extracts of Commerce. Iowa Bull. No. 22, pp. 845-851.
Losses in Cheese Making. Vermont Rept. for 1891, pp. 95-100.
The Effect of Salt upon Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for 1894, pp.
220-222.
The Effect of Aération on the Flavor of Tainted Curds in Cheese
Making. The Influence of Acid on the Texture of Cheese. The Hot
Iron Test. Experiments in Ripening the Milk before Setting. Wis-
consin Rept. for 1895, pp. 127-138.
Experiments in the Manufacture of Cheese. New York (State)
Repts. for 1891, p. 216; 1892, p. 295; 1893, p. 239; 1894, p. 263.
Hints to Cheese Makers. Iowa Bull. No. 19, -pp. 627-631.
Investigations in Cheese Making. Iowa Bull. No. 21, pp. 735-767.
Experiments in Cheese Making. Minnesota Bull. No. 19, pp. 20-25.
Experiments in the Manufacture of Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for
1894, pp. 131-149.
The Relation between Milk Solids and the Yield of Cheese. Wis-
consin Rept. for 1895, pp. 100-119.
Notes for Cheese Makers for May. Ontario Bull. No. 40; for July,
Bull. No. 48; for August, Bull. No. 44; for October, Gree No. 47. Rept.
for 1889, pp. 163-179.
Notes for Cheese Makers for May. Canada Central Experimental
412 Milk and Its Products
Farm, Dairy Bull. No. 2; Special Dairy Bulletins for July, August,
October and June.
Articles on Spring, Summer and Fall Cheese in Ontario Rept. for
1893, pp. 167-170.
Gas-producing Bacteria, and the Relation of the Same to Cheese.
Wisconsin Rept. for 1895.
The Rise and Fall of Bacteria in Cheddar Cheese. Wisconsin Rept.
for 1896, pp. 95-111.
An Aromatic Bacillus of Cheese. Iowa Bull. No. 21, pp. 792-796.
Changes During Cheese Ripening. Iowa Bull. No. 24, pp. 969-984.
Rusty Cans and Effect on Milk for Cheese Making. Wisconsin Bull.
No. 162.
Propagation of Pure Starters in Cheese Making. Wisconsin Bull.
No. 181. :
Moisture Supply in Cheese Curing Rooms. Wisconsin Rept. for
1896, pp. 156-163. .
Experiments upon the Curing of Cheese. Cornell University Agr.
Exp. Sta. Rept. for 1880, pp. 9-27.
Effect of Rennet Extract in Curdling Milk. Wisconsin Rept. for
1898, pp. 31-34.
The Action of Rennet in Watered Milk. Wisconsin Rept. for 1898,
pp. 35-36.
The Effect of Salt on Rennet Action. Wisconsin Rept. for 1898, pp.
37-41.
Action of Ferments in Ripening Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for 1899,
pp. 57-174.
Effect of Digesting Bacteria on Cheese Solids. Wisconsin Rept. for
1899.
Coating Cheese with Paraffin. Wisconsin Rept. for 1899, pp. 153-154.
Infiuence of Cold Curing on Quality of Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for
1901, pp. 136-161.
A Study of Enzymes in Cheese. New York (State) Bull. No. 203.
Conditions Affecting Weight Lost in Cheese Curing. New York
(State) Bull. No. 207.
Salts Formed by Casein and Paracasein in Cheddar Cheese Making.
New York (State) Bull. No. 214-219.
Ripening Cheese in Cold Storage. Ontario Bull. No. 121.
Influence of Temperature of 60° on Flavor in Cold Cured Cheese.
Wisconsin Rept. for 1902, pp. 165-183.
Cold Curing of Cheese. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau Animal Industry,
Bull. No. 49.
References 413
Ripening Cheese. New York (State) Bulls. Nos. 233, 234, 236 and
Zone
Shrinkage of Cold Cured Cheese. Wisconsin Bull. No. 101.
Experimental Work in Cheese Making. Wisconsin Rept. for 1903,
pp. 188-192.
. Investigations in Curing Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for 1903, pp.
193-219.
Canning Cheese. Oregon Bull. No. 78.
Relations of Bacteria to Flavor of Cheddar Cheese. U.S. Dept. Agr.,
Bureau Animal Industry, Bull No. 62; Wisconsin Report for 1904.
Relation of Casein and Paracasein to Cheddar Cheese. New York
(State) Bull. No. 261.
Cold Storage of Cheese. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau Animal Industry,
Bull. No. 83.
Influence of Metals on Action of Rennet. Wisconsin Rept. for 1907,
pp. 134-159.
An Automatic Cheese Press. Wisconsin Rept. for 1907.
Defects in Cheddar Cheese. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 257.
The First Chemical Changes in Cheddar Cheese. New York (State)
Tech. Bull. No. 4.
The Bacterial Flora of Cheddar Cheese. New York (State) Tech.
Bull. No. 8.
CHAPTER XV
The Manufacture of Sweet Curd Cheese (Edam and Gouda). Min-
. nesota Rept. for 1894, pp. 104-128, and Bull. No. 35.
Experiment Kelating to the Manufacture of Edam and Gouda Cheese.
New York (State) Rept. for 1893, pp. 244-269, and Bull. No. 56.
Albumin Cheese. Wisconsin Rept. for 1895, pp. 134-136.
Chemical Changes in Souring Milk in Relation to Cottage Cheese.
New York (State) Bull. No. 245.
Soft Cheese Studies in Europe. U.S. Dept. Agr. Rept. for 1905, pp.
TSNOD
Varieties of Cheese. U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bureau Animal Industry,
Bull. No. 105.
Care and Testing of Camembert Cheese. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau
Animal Industry, Rept. for 1907, pp. 339-343.
Camembert Cheese Problems in United States. Connecticut
(Storrs) Bull. No. 58.
Fancy Cheese for Farm and Factory. New York (Cornell) Bull. No.
270.
414 Milk and Its Products
CHAPTER XVI
The Manufacture of Ice Cream. Iowa Bull.-No. 123; Vermont Bull.
No. 155.
CHAPTER XVII
The Manufacture of Milk Sugar (Report of Chemist). Delaware
Report for 1891, pp. 104-108.
The Hog as an Adjunct to the Dairy. Ontario Rept. for 1889, pp.
184-189.
Whey Butter. New York (Cornell) Bull. No. 85.
Sweet Skim Milk; Its Value as Food for Pigs and Calves. Wis-
consin Bull. No. 1.
The Feeding Value of Whey. Wisconsin Bull. No. 27; Report
for 1891, pp. 38-48.
Feeding Waste Products of the Dairy. Wisconsin Report for 1886,
pp. 21—25.
The Value of Creamery Separator Skim Milk for Swine Feeding.
Wisconsin Report for 1895, pp. 7-23.
Whey Butter of Swiss Cheese. Wisconsin Bull. No. 132.
Pasteurization and Inspection of Creamery By-products. Wisconsin |
Bull. No. 148.
CHAPTER XVIII
Building Creameries and Organization of Codperative Creamery
Companies. South Dakota Bull. No. 46.
Creameries for Texas; Plans and Specifications in Full for Creamery
Outfit. Texas Bull. No. 3.
Co6perative Creameries. Minnesota Report for 1894, pp. 93-103,
and Bull. No. 35.
The Establishment of Cheese Factories and Creameries. Special
Bull. of the Central Canada Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations for Cheese Factories. Canada
Central Experimental Farm Dairy Bull. No. 9.
Construction of Cheese Curing Rooms. Wisconsin Bull. No. 70.
Improvement of Cheese Curing Rooms. Ontario Dairy Div. Bull.
No. 1.
Plans for a Cool Cheese Curing Room. Ontario Dairy Div. Bull.
No. 7.
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations for Creameries on the Cream-
Gathering Plan. Central Experimental Farm, Dairy Bull. No. 10. °
References 415
CHAPTER XIX
Statistics of the Dairy: U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal In-
dustry. Bull.’No. 11.
Returns from the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Censuses, Relating
‘to the Production of Milk, Butter and Cheese on the Farm? U. S.
Dept. Agr., Report of the Statistician, No. 113, pp. 115-118.
GENERAL
Facts About Milk. U.S. Dept. of Agr., Farmers’ Bull. No. 42.
The Dairy Industry in Denmark. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of
Animal Industry, Bull. No. 5.
The Creamery Industry. Nevada Bull. No. 16.
Dairying. South Carolina Bull. No. 19. <
_ Dairying in California. U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal In-
dustry, Bull. No. 14.
Dairy Farming in Washington. Washington Bull. No. 2, pp. 23-27.
The Dairy Industry in Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
U.S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry, Bull. No. 16.
INDEX
PAGE
Abnormal fermentations........... 113
ACEI ALOne eee ck eee fae see oe LOI
Accuracy of Babcock test glassware. 99
NCI DORACTOR au.cem cies Ett store. cele sts 121
== ||) Tinie Coane Ceca eae eee pace are 20, 23
CATE ee ois Sele) Sic, ete © oeis 23
= BC ANIL OUCH sara He tis ek cere erS lens areas 23
= CAPE VICE. cele eis oles sis ss apaisse e 23
SSS GUSTO Perak Sess eee ines ee ee 26
——— IOXKYSUCATIC? 5c :< ccs 23 ss Sees ss 23
— formation of lactic............. 198
— hydrochloric in ripening cream. . 197
— lactic........ 25, 116, 196, 208, 241
— lactic, determination of....205, 351
Set eDUNT Chara is ai arevesa oa 3 Sigs Sees aie 23
— myristic...... ned ate Maher hs Ede 22
GO LCT CM acts crerainfe Siais © Seis bese es 22
Ma DAUIMAN TG Gornecter baie ia) oo ce See ei austen eee 22
ae eA CVT faecal eoes ovecaeaa: aytie aces 121
SM SHE ATIC cise a oteyer el eee arercvens oot 22
SSSI MLIELO eters cet heacie Ss titeje uate Gees 104
SeUC SUS Meters. sy seaielaieleta lorie chose Rai Stee 204
INGOTS Fat Se Sie ps ee ea eet ae ENA 3
Act, Filled Cheese............ 345, 382
— oleomargarine............ 344, 369
Adams paper-coil method......... 78
Adjustable, separator............. 191
Advanced registry of cows......... 45
Aeration of milk. 2% <0... 2S. 138, 242
PNET AG OES se foeereace Suc Gate Bate sales eas 139
Aérometer, Soxhlet’s.............. 87
NEG ES APS ER ATA ed op at C27 28. tr
SAC HOSCE Ve a ct tsa ecretacnhe daca nae Dteeie 129
Agricultural Experiment Station
Bulletin sion, meee cee et Roe 404
ADOT AINATE: 2.2 eee carotene 327
Air space necessary in stables...... 153
PAD UTMOT Aes oot inet orn oer 23, 24
Albuminoid fermentations......... 117
PAN SURTINETNO TGS Po 28th nee eich 23
Alcoholic fermentation............ 25
PAIGerneyaca bile’: b.cocecoe cede Soe 66
PAGE
Alexandra Jumbo separator. ..191, 192
Aliquot milk samples, Scovell...... 103
Alkali, decinormal............204, 351
n
a Ee Sade Be otshcmeten -4 204, 351
— use of in cleaning.............. 136
Alkaline tablets, Farrington’s......
124, 205, 351
Alpha separator: cccess 2.2. ote re 191
— Baby separator............... 191
= CUSCH Aer eee horas Sei ce es oe 187
— No. 1 separator........... eG?
== SE PALAGOL Grasso le shetoreke oreo eel ie 187
WAN VEO later cate a ettorcis ol ic tue es atsaee 3
American cheddar process......... 249
— home-trade cheese............. 270
— Neufchatel cheese............. Zhe
Amphoteric reaction.............. 108
Analysis, gravimetric............. THE
Analyses of milkesyc 2 tu tee ase ee 17
Angularity, relation of to capacity. . 42
Angus, J. J., mentioned ...........323
Aniline butter color...............2381
Animal, effect of, on milk secretion. 14
— excrement, relation of bacteria
UO sealers aetente ts a Eee oe 119
SOCOM. tots eic lchave siete nee ae 138
AMATO. Wessels stale etey Sel eS 231
IAMMISEDUICS® Sacto cic cia casket oe 120
Apparatus bacteriological.......... 126
— Fjord’s control............... 88
== PASteUTIZING. ; sacecces seca: 123
ATnoldssh.2B., Quotedins ss sae one 170
Arnold's separator. ...... 2.2.2... 191
Aromatics and stimulants......... 50
Aniiieralebuttens...o. oc eae oe 344
— starter, preparation of......... 354
Asbestos method, Babcock........ 78
DNS] SUR Re RRM enon ER eas “AS PRE AL 25
Asses rattles. 228 ge nent Oe le 16, 36
Associated dairying............... 340
Associations, cow-testing.......... 47
AA (417)
418
PAGE
Naa E ANG ieee orate eisietecelotecsrsfelate see amet 301
AatOClave ne ioe Oysrseie sus srne eh eralereraanee 134
Avoiding flavors due to fcod....... 2A
/NNiagsh aDUKEL (CEN IH (Spey COR ERIE ee eee 69
Sra TNT Kee crater a al cbave eisuserelaten cmat ee w ee 33
BAe ies ee hee eines ec eide taiees 199
Babcock asbestos method.......... 78
— centrifugal.. Bro AYE hae EEE
— formula for total scinte Ses ier pice 350
— glassware, calibration of........ 359
Babcock, S. M., mentioned ..... 89, 91
—— Solio quetedie nee seen.
: TA A el Oe eo
SESH ceo Uracs loses aids n enansteneee cre pera 91
Fee ACT LOL tree hci ee ae 104
— — black specks in............. 105
oe | OY OLN Leyte Ae aR ae er Me Ie A 95
— — calibration of glassware..... 99
= GetAllS OL weeieia sehen teks 94
= OT MO ULC ern Seer ters eee 99, 359
— — for cheese.............. 99, 359
= OT CLEAN is s.ayeue lore Soyeuse eis 97
Sas TOTES KAMAN. sseneiec evento ete 98
2S = CLASS WATE orc seas oe alae 95
— — — accuracy Of............. 99
—— ==) = Cleaning) Joss cics ee 2 107
— — reading the fat............. 106
— — sampling milk.............. 101
— — temperature of reading fat
95, 106
IB AbyASCDArAbODe es eee pees We Sele 191
— — De Laval... .193
BAGHIUB se ace inse eee oe ee eee 109
== TA cidizlacticiene se tees ere 115
== ING Ae. pay Sod en beret hit yap 199
re TOGI OA OSU Sh Sea pee a ee eet ee 113
= GUND OL EL Gr oro srajnes seve cake so eae 122
IBACLENIAL eS eee ee ee eee 109
— determination of in milk....... 125
— presence of in milk............ 111
— relation of to animal excrement.119
— — — dust to.. i ferme LO
— — to hay and dried forage ae 119
Bacteriological apparatus. . = 126
= A DORAtORY,. see tinite.s cae oem ae 126
= / TCI AN eset hed rasp rise Mee ceLe 127
IBac avons iil keg uses ae tes ee 143
Balanced ratlonee maser tekken 51
B. and W. test bottle...... Be ae EY Bes 96
Barberquotede. ss. ce oa aoe eee)
Batch freezers 525. ss2s.< ae: aye 307
Beimling, H. F., mentioned........- 92
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Beimling. tests. s/s: 2 eo oe eee 92
Belted cattle, Dutch.............. 74
Bernstein, Alexander, mentioned... .324
Bichromate of potash. .2) 2 -eeeee 102
Biscuit icecream: 9 pee eee 300
Bisque ice éream 4.2 oe eee 301
Bitter: milk? eae eee 113, 143
Bixa-orellana ; 7.25 205.-c os pee 231
Black specks in Babcock test...... 105
Blended milk, Federal standard for.365
Blood, relation of to milk secretion.. 11
“Bloody bread”. = 23.52 =e 113
Board of Health lactometer....80, 349
Boracicsacidiica...4 522 aa eee 121
Borden, Gail, Jr., mentioned ...... 316
Bottle, Babock test............... 95
Bottling: male a ee 142, 162
Bouillon .355).06 365 eee 131
== nutrient. ..0o4 2) eee eee l7/
Bowls; separator... .2 see Seon 179
Brands for cheese, State........... 345
““Breakine?”“of butters... eee 2: 2G
Breed, relation of to milk produc-
t1On: sine 2 eee 52
—= selection Of))....52. ose eee 52
== (ally. ui. age ee eee ee 63
Brie cheése >. 2 Seis = ee eee 295
Brine freezers.) 1.52444 st eee 307
== salting’ butter: 5-52. .5 See 227
Browne, quoted: s->. eee 22
Brown separator, medium......... 191
Brown Swiss cattle. 5.= 22 seen eee 73
Buildings: dairy.c. 340 eee 326
Bulletins, references to............ 404
Bull, management of.............. 57
= selection’ Ofe /o5.9) ake eee 55
Burette. oo... js. ae See eee 206
Butter accumulator. 2.52. 5--2e-5e- 191
— and cheese factories combined...335
= PAT elaltsn- 1 coh eee ete Vee ee 344
— Babcock test for........... 2.309
— “breaking” (ofs «2 J 2221s See 216
== brine salting. ... 222.) eee eee 220
==". color Of ssa ae eee eho
= ‘colorss so ec hu 2 eee 231
—— color, aniline... 550540024 231
== composition Of. 5.4.2 44e ae eee 229
a TACUOLY a ate eae eh eee 346
== TACtOrieS . 2 2e%.s502k tie Cee ee 326
— — arrangement of............. 327
——-/-— "CONStEUCTION OL - ee eee 330
— fat, Federal standard for..... . .366
— Federal standard for........... 366
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tthueretmMishiac tS ere). ok shall Gk ees 232
——MAVOL Ole. ess cin se), ott es en aa nr Sie 230
— granules, size-of............... pod
— imitation creamery............ 346
AMPA E KC UIIN Gs. 2) ava de Sis aos Sed LIN OAS 227
— moisture-test, Cornell ......... 359
— mottled and streaked.......... 226
PEA KROES go SP hie ae Ake te 228
TIA RAIA ier Stee cba ee ch bet hey foie 227
=) [OTHE Sh ON Se aa, ay Wve Meee 229
RD LOCESS ier. facspsn eee ne, Aa 346
nC} Mallitey: Olts 4 overs ahs: sers sats Geiss aes 229
Se eT UTD CL Ga es core svee eee Se A ata ure c 20
— relation of lactic acid to keeping
CUA Yue Se IS Ny, eee woe ines 207
— relation of wash water to flavor .223
— relation of wash water to
HERGUMOR Seba wei, Sides see NG eee
= MECH OM AUTEM iets ea is oane ake oF ee 346
SSG eneteuatiola a /serte) Se aus ache eta 224
= SCOLeNCare LOLs ...2 <7. wile s.che.cte.c.8 232
— “standing up” quality......... 196
ESWC HI CLEAN. fea ctl Hodis cleletas 207
— testing by Babcock method..... 99
TEX GUITEIOL ssi. Was ok teste 222, 230
IRV ISL AUD OTL ar te Beene Sm eis Seeaaear ater e 220
— white specks i AMER py-eee Reco 208
==> AWOL CRSA ce ene Ree te ee 223
= TOE TLE ee ae eT 223
Beartbenrintl ke sok. AS 5 67S eh ee 315
characteristic appearance of....
Federal standard for........... 366
— separation of from butter.......219
IBV EO, GXCIO LS Ae = Ogi Ratan eten a 20, 23
— fermentations............. 113, 118
ESM RIOER eH a Yae bee ed oe eon 20
Butyrometer SR Oe 3 So aa er 93
By-products of dairy.............. 315
CWalkediudderwes: =. oso, mat kkws, 38
Galemmychtonide.). . 2... ee Se 248
— oxalate.. . .248
Calibration of Babcock glassware...
omer acicce. a ee
of glassware in Babcock test.. “99
Canadian eed Mrenchh 2. ase
Club cheese. .
Capacity of cows. : eee all
— relation of eral fee fo rh. 43
CRICING BVOC (Mee Arras Sin Bea ain ns Ee EE er 23
(Wayorilener papers era tee so IN oor nays 20
@apring 9...) CARL Sia) so Mig Me Oger 20
I aEOIC ACIG yao nis eco eee) ees 23
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Caproim:: os: =. . Licishe clale ieee cine Cate 20
Capnyleclaciclane ie see tele eat ee 2B
Caramel ice cream.... .3810
Care of cows. Las
— — milk ahensile) ; .160
=== SSEADIGN auiscie une eo, a ie 156
Careno, quoted ones an ate e Aino 26
G@aseininpe nya ens aa eck nae eee BBY se
=— eOnrUl avon Ols.. as dates | ee 234
= ATICU Se Searhces eee as .320
== SOrMmatiOW Ole” fs ciedckes cies eee a
Cattle Alderney, =. -6 sate ee 66
= BAT SMITE 24a) aca aeons Age eee he 69
= STOW SWISSew ce eee Cree ene
ail DYeNiK0) ous eee Celera ten am se ni a 74
il BAD IKE) aA tree aOR Me Pee Sa seat 67
— Dutch Belted ........ Pe ae 74
——-) feeding Galry j.-. sa 4. Ses nie AT
Brencht@anadianes «. 2.8 c6 5.05 aD
(GUBENSCYz SRP a von) Rene 2 OO
FEVOLSter a 4th eee wieo.3.28. OO
= TC SRDI Pat en NN cep a eal 66
OT SEV Ieee da ee eT 64
INCE Aa tas ae RNC ee as AND
=e alkenvel detssc santien ote ees oe 74
Ws NOGINANC Artie tae Dae ee eilitn mete: om
ed EOuede cae crits: peels eons 73
—— SHOEEHOTMI 5 seule ieee ae ere 71
— Simmenthal.................. 75
CAUSE POUASI ec Ain sewer et hey oe 102
SSO bel an nea palin eed Sees Wala 102
Cellsiisecretinivessat ose ceo eae ee
Cement MOOrs senate Hs eee he ee 330
Centigrade thermometer .......... 349
Cengritugal Babcockss4.5 ose 94
— butter-worker.......:.........225
Se CLE ATIUM Oe ye ete etainen mages te rma iee Wee
— force, relation to complete
CREAM OF Pee ea eon a eee 181
= SeCDALAIOMers, a) owen bh ec hon eae rere
== UMC ORY Ofzars ates ae pee ae 179
— separator, efficiency of......... 190
tL MeOLVaA Olena a a et at eee 180
eat SY SUSI ie tects Seah shone ean heer 164
Genvised nike yy oes, eck ree 149 .
= StANGarcsis shvece aso aati oe 151
C@heddanichecses = 0- eo ee see Cae 249
ga MEANING TA oA coer ee < eRe eto 280
See TMV UTI 5 Vo a are RRR ae egrat 251
Cheddaningi 4). ee ae ee 257
ee DLOEESS ostesnie ack tes ced SO ee eD
Gheeseistticc fe seu eee teria emer 233
= ACE, Hilled oo. .a0 oo aaeeee 345, 382
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Cheese aération of milk .......... 242 Cheese making, Cheddar.......... 251
— American home-trade......... 270 — — cheddaring or matting...... 25m
— and butter factories combined...335 — — Cheddar process............ 249
— Babcock test.for......2....... 359 — — cooking the curd........... 255
== (bandage i705 s2ic) ee ae nao — — cooling milk............... 241
a BIG Pai seek e Nah ace: 295 = (CUrING\.. .. ta eee 263
==. @amembertis. 5. soiree eee 295 — — cutting curd............... 253
—— Canadian C@lubu taf. seehene .279 — — “gassy’’ curds.............. 266
= hed dan. nccet see cc oe 249 — — grinding curd.............. 259
S—N@heshire woe eke ste ee 280, 286 — => heating’... 343, 44 eee 255
—— (Clu Ouse s 5 hs ee ae 279 ——"— loss of fat Int.) oe eee 240
= NCOLOR OLN at ee eee 268 — — overripe milk.............. 266
—COMPOSIbiOls 1/58 is ahi 267 == =— pressing 2000 ae ae ee 261
=n COLLALE WS Peay a ote ee eae 322 — — quality of milk for......... 234
San CLEAN, oo gai ee te eee ences toa hy) — — removal of whey........... 249
a CUUTETN Ou Gets cere tet = ieee are pe ee 264 — — rich and poor milk in....... 238
— curing in cold storage.......... 265 — — ripening milk for........... 242
— curing-rooms, construction of.. .334 — — salting the curd............ 260
=—— DerbyShiter ce ee ee ...280, 288 == Setting. jo eas eee eee 251
Sw MO Si ray ee een iene eae ee ela 297 ==. =—_Starters:.: .)))...2 eee 246
— dividends on the fat basis...... 239 — — temperature of setting...... 251
— double Gloucester............. 280 — — undesirable fermentations in. 265
= OEESSIT Ey ere pee ee haa aie ome 263 — Meadow Sweet................ 279
=) UEC ae: Shoe nae se eT ely eta 322 = Neufchatel? i... 3.25. See 273
eae LOG Fen 0 a Seer este enemy ge cue Na iN ce Se 290 == Parmeésan® :2..205.5: 2 fee eee 298
— Emmenthaler..... SH re Ara 289 — Philadelphia Cream............ 277
—— inglishes se Wie ace Lua 280 <= PlGhiC.25.5 5... 2. eee 273
— English Cheddar.............. 280 — pineapple.) )..)2)5ee i eee 273
— estimation of fat in by Babcock == POISONOUS 24... bins eee LS
GEStRRR eikacres eat! sete ee 99 — Pont Likiveque:.... 0 eee eee 297
==) fACtORIES eek oe eee 326 = Port du Salut. 45503 eee 298
— factories, construction of....... 332 SO POb se cdl hone oe eee 322
—— faAChOLy, SVStemMp iets ne Gee ee ee 341 —— prepared)... -o25.0 ose See 279
=e MONGCY 2c oils aeeem ene See ae. 2705‘) “== “pressiicic.. os 02 5s ae eee 262
— Federal standard for........... 367 =>" PIESSIN Ps. iss oi oe ee eee 261
cari 11 Y= 0 ep MN Ree Tg ere a 345 =— quality. Of...) =e eee 267
fied laws 228 his ee cte oie ec or 382 — ratio of fat to casein........... 235
A MAVOL Oli. seo: Levee teri maher ae ok 268 — relation of fat in milk to....... 236
2) eahiimtyreake, Gl artes aie fo) 268 = TM oe eee 268
WL OOM rans eas ee Es oe 323 == Tipening ...nks eee eee 264
— formation of rind.............. 263 — Roqueforth,.-..52 22 2 eee 294
— Gloucester, single and double.. .280 = "Sagee Me eee Zhe
= AG OUCA nae ss aA oe ee tee 294 ==. Schweltzer_::.... 2k eee eee 289
= BP GOPrZONZOlacenseiay oi aewietcen tne 289 ——" SCOre Card for... =. 4.) ee eee 268
= GTUYET Es eoiary ee eee ee ae 289 — single Gloucester..............280
= EOE Ac yiics ecw ae EN Be Loa ae 269 == -Skimmedack%. csc hee 269, 345
—— enmih atl OM SWwASser ether aeere 279 == Sloppy is loo ied wts c oea ee 271
—— MUST CASHING = cathe eee eee 280, 288 =. s0ft. 2. ee ee eee 269
SER Wr tL eGe ees ee on Roa eset he 382 — solids concerned in making...... 233
a al LPI ke a ear apes eh te 2 oe Moc eer 271 ——“4SQUuare Clealm.s.\.. <2 eee 277
——) We1cestershire a4.) 2 ee 280, 288 — state brands for............... 345
——) imbunreerast shies eee see 277 == Shiltome. acs ok Lees ..280
qMaking aot os ee Ree ce eee PE == stirred: curd )o..2cs tee eee 270
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(REECSCRIS WISSUeierclens Gace Seles Gras 289
— testing by Babcock method..... 99
==" [IESS RUNES Oops oe pee ey Ee ee 268
== (RATES as cee ae eet te 273
ESEVAMICLICSIOL .\. asta ioe sels sk Sed 269 -
— Wensleydale..............280, 289
= CCL RAS eas ECO toned a ce a 271
== TWHIGo deh oGo oC boa Ua ome 322
SOV LIGSTE e cceslatepe tie chal cdsionsy sia s 280
——VOUN PY AIMETICA cc. occ s he liek Phe
Cheshire cheese ............. 280, 286
Chloride of potash................ 25
=O LESOC Asta ete errata s eee, eee 25
Chocolate ice cream.............. 310
Chromogenic fermentations........ 113
(CUI S eae ees Cans ae Rae eli ap 210
CUD et a Ways a ee ney Oa a A ee eR tl a 210
— amount of motion necessary ....215
@hurning: dimenltr: sees i/o 5 ois 217
dilution of ereaminc.25 50.5. % 5: 218
— effect of motion on............ ales
— effect of temperature on........ 211
— evolution of gasin............. 219
— kind of agitation desirable...... 213
— relation of fat globules to.......215
— relation of ripeness of cream to. .
5 20% 21
— — — temperature............ 211
— — — viscosity to.............210
— rise of temperature in......... 219
@humn; ol teste 32/5 ss) oe. hea 84
Gin FESts ieee cece crocs eee ° 83
@ispenmepmiil eet cesses os iehey eae 5
(CHA G PENG C0 le ERE ihe ts Oa aetna aE 0)
Classification of ice cream......... 300
Cleaning Babcock test glassware. ..107
— dairy tinware ............... pla6
SASS WDE GM ra orci oveia tS she eos tuee noe 130
SMUT ECTISINS §. coaeore teeta) sts oi shay ee eRe 13
@leanlimnessiec ki. osoraas See 135
Clotted cream, Federal standard for. 366
CWlothystramersss ayo ess aes 137
Club-house cheese................ 279
Coagulation of albumin........... 24
a CASEIN Go otela area ecko otha 24, 234
== 5 5 Tl OVE 1 ae eR ee oR reer ne ks 24
CC CUS oe ee ee eae ae 109
Cochran, C. B., mentioned........ 91
Se 1FT( C1 GVO LA een een CNR A are. AE RE RE Ce 91
@offeence cream. .5 5.458.402 26 310
==" TORE HIN ay es oe Re epee ee a te 311
Cold storage, curing cheese in...... 265
Color fermentations.............. 113
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Golomof butters acesn acct ter 231
== == CHEESE sister Sheet ee eevee 268
Colosfrume eee one ae OLS
==" GOrpPUSCleSi a asihsyo.- <6, vor ee sys he oe 18
==. CEM ORT itis chcwteteier = ao ieee aL
Columbia separator............... 191
Combined butter and cheese fac-
HOTIES: Sen cs Leic ae, ae hain 335
Commercial ferments............. 199
pe 100 | eApap ces aa aa eetina Someone Ae ful ate 0 36
Comparison of lactometer scales .. .350
— — thermometer scales......... 349
Composite sampling.............. 102
Compositioniof butter. =.) 5-.0-4.- 229
ae CHEESE caiige: to a hia Re 267
i COLOSERMIN. Bh ner Seeks sea eae 18
— — cream.. 148
areal I epee nS OS een eae 16
Concentrated imilkee.5 sees 319
Concentrates) aes es ent 49
Concussion in churning........... 213
@ondensedoimillke; ean ee eee 316
— — Federal standard for........365
— skim milk, Federal standard for.366
Conniculturesse saa aca As a ee 200
—— JE Wie tQUOted anklet asta te acs 199
Connective tissues eee ne ee sete
Constituentslot milk. % 5. eye ee ye
Construction of creameries........ 330
Continuous freezers...............307
— pressure cheese press...........262
Control apparatus, Fjord’s........ 88
——" Ol fermMentanOnsacsascasa. ee LS
—— = MilkSupplyxi,cce se sles oa Se LED
Cookinescurds.4- ee ee eae 255
Coolers hepe cence yh ees oe 139
Cooley systemee a. see eee 169
Coolmemllk es 138, 158, 241
Coéperative cow testing .......... 47
Cornell butter moisture test....... 359
CWorne yin MOMOLeC eae tee eyes ee Lea
Corpuscles, colostrum............. 18
Correction for lactometer tempera-
CUT OR aii ones on ieee hans inetormens 350
Corrosive sublimate.............. 102
Cottage cheese... ace sacs oe 322
Counting bacteria soci nee 133
Covered lk oarlss. fea. a eee 158
Cow as commercial milk producer... 36
— effect of age on composition of
LAV Oy Cie eae EAE OP Eee iain 31
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Cows, advanced registry.......... A5
==>), WAC) OLetac eee Ren eee ap ara tage lee tas
— contraction of milking habits. Al
=) CP VAINCNT PD coe aera cmer mae oie leet 38
== feediM Gn, aere iia Bae eee 47
—— 1 StangdardswkOGs see. osc ee ee 48
= OTAGO oer kd Norah dees 53
—— noldine up milk 2345s estes. fo
——— Id ealmrahom fOGe. 28 eictareien eee AT
— individual capacity of.......... 41
Sara Na | GH a ee nei rata A agi aa ae 16
— number in United States....... 339
— official inspection of........... 143
= SPUTCTOTEG!: ot syte ne casee eae Nee 53
— relation of form to capacity..... 43
— requirements for registration.... 54
—— -SCOFEICATO OMe. noah: nen Dae 44
= ALS CLUS ayers Ameren ene 53
== Selection Of wil ey teeenen te bee 154
— testing associations............ 47
— wedge-shaped form............ 42
Cranberry mousse: 22. nee Sit
{Op Heaia le yee ig hy Oe ere set arte | we hate 163
<= CHEESES) ene is exon aoe ee ee a 270
— — Philadelphia BOT
eS CHUEAIB CR tec tetvens noe eee TUT ates eee a PARTE
———) COMPOSitMOMOLesee ie ya 163
a COMSISECNCYPOL se ee ie meee 147
= GEMMitions Ole sists cen tis cisea © 163
— degree of ripeness necessary... ..204
— dilution in churning Se Se Ra eR ee 218
. — effects of ripening........5..... 206
— estimation of fat by Babcoak
GOS Ei Saha AU ROD es ns SMA one cane a 97
— Federal standard for........... 366
FOL CONSUMpP MONE esse eee ee 146
— frothing or swelling............ 218
— gathering system........... 83, 342
AI OS eat were rine Stee Nee oe 78
= PASSES yt ewat lhe oh oe El Go 78
——\ NOMOSEMIZEG:.. Fede se eae ce 303
— hydrochloric acid in ripening ...197
SSO CS creel te RE ayes ent Nr al hye 299
SO COS tee MCI NE Phe cee IC Een She 300
— influence of oxygen in ripening, .197
=— OnSPsdi OAM SA 5s 5e 55 od oekeae 208
= WOASGCUEIZ CG bye arta ee ene eae 147
c= OAS ReND UU AR ONCE Peale Sieh ee Ice ole 202
— quality of for consumption..... 148
— — — — ice cream...........:303
— relation of ripeness to churn-
— — — temperature to ripening. .203
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Cream ripening of............... 195
— — lactic acid in............... 196
— — temperature of............. 203
= SCLEW «253. cs Pee 185
—=separation! Of 425.4523) eee 163
— standardization of ..1)./2252.5. 353
——' standardsor. 5.6.2 see 148
=— state! standards tor. eee eee 368
=~) “swelling’-of.... 3.0 eee 218
— testing by Babcock method .... 97
-—= test. bottles; {326.42 eee 96
— use of starter in ripening....... 198
== WAS CO lis ete) Wiese, Se oe ee 148
Creameries=) . ..2.)>42 422 eee 326
—— arrangements! of. 3... --eeneeee 327
= | CONStmuChHOnEGh. 12 aa 330
—— gathered cream). 22. 4 ose 342
oT avait: SySUCIN= ss oe eee Byir/
—— STOUNG plai=). oes eee 329
— location ofa... 4. a ee 326
— pumping system..........55-5- 328
—— water supply of: 552.442). 331
Creamery butter, imitation. ..346, 347
== systems) 750. Yan See 341
Creaming by dilution............. 173
=— centritugalon. 2-2 eee 177
—— deep setting: : 3. 3-2 So eee 168
— effect of delayed setting..... needa
— —— —— diluthionton! +s... ee eee 173
=== STAVALY 4). (eae eee ee 164, 165
— losses in deep setting........... 169
sina Lowe oe se a 168
== necessity for... ssc See 165
— relation of centrifugal force to
complete: 2 (anes oe eee 181
— — — centrifugal to........... 182
— — — fat globules to.......... 166
— — — inflow to complete....... 184
— — — solids not fat to......... 166
— — — viscosity of milk to...... 167
— shallow pan 2.54.8 5. 42 167
== SYStemMSs: Of sc. 25, ke eee 164
— theory of centrifugal........... 18
— theory of deep setting system . .16?
Creamometers.. 2054.2 Joe eee 78
Gulture;) Conn. 2 se ee 200
=== Starbersie. od d:5 cele Go ae eee 201
Curd: cooking te vec.n se eee
== (Cutting /ni.4. fen Soe e 2 ee oes
= fast working... 60 2 26322 eee ee oe
== floating oii Jct a eee 265
a TINA Ee Ra A SENS Seo geo eae 265
=" STINGING 4 ska eo ea ae 259
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urd CANE lowes < cia Geteie te sree sk 255
— in Babcock test....... icity des 105
OKT VCSies et es aise ales eee ca tae 254
— matting or eee SES Hee aes PAE
— membrane.. Raise ere ee.
== rraul Shee es Seeeee Dea ROMER ere Crater aaes 259
== GRIT Es Be eee cere Po an 260
== SI a ee earn aie ea te eke 257
— test, Wisconsin. . z Sie i isysRaeRo TONE
Curds, washing or soni. Spey aats WN 272
Cincdlinorsweetaas .ic alacant: 113
@urime Cheese .os.< 6 occ boos tyke 264
— cheese in cold storage..........265
— rooms, construction of......... 334
— — subearth duct..............244
uihine CUTAS Ss. ches sik le RIS as os 253
DV aITVADTECU SH Aesti sate ote ncacsccls shies ste 63
—— OMIM eS TAPMI se cis sees a le OlO.
<I OV=PLOGUCtS -"2 2h). wae sic = ss = Waele
CALL TCCGINE ss crcate oles cysts s oe 47
rT PACTOY: SVSUCII sc ass. .o cielo a ok 341
= SHerd fOLMaAvION Of. 22.5.5. 2. 53
Se OTACIMG UP. sss sa3 es sso. os 58
— — maintenance of............. 54
— law, New York 387
a TESS O84 c eae ae ae Se Rea 365
ee levislationa.een . 6. eo eee en 343
WMA KE LS arr oce eke sos tesa aks we Vlaes oe OH
— products, legal standards for... .365
eT OLCFENCES sa. sb vos euke a ates 404
FMS ADISUICS merous hia ote e ale esi eee 338
C= UD OD Sin AN cine arate RAO a, ee 42
Daimying- Associated... ces es os ee 340
Danish separator, large and small...191
— Weston separator..............191
Deant HLH quoted =... J... -. 142, 237
Decinormal alkali............ 204, 351
Deep setting creaming............ 168
Sn RNS USLEMA Blea coals rc eon lays amare:
SS SS SS NOIR OLY ee Se dei bel 169
Dwsieny cheese... 5.05... 26.3. 297
De Laval Baby separator.......... 193
— Gustav, mentioned............ 179
— lactocrite............ 87
SO PALALOES = cies. ae eae ‘185, 187, 191
— separator, Alpha No.1........ 192
— standard separator............ 193
Delayed setting, effect on cream-
TOY eee UIE Ran ee elt Meta leat
Derbyshire cheese. . ia Se SOF 28S
Detachable neck jaee bottle Aa 96
Determination of bacteria in milk. .125
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Determination of lactic acid ..205, 351
Detection of taints and fermenta-
UEOIAS eraratelw ie vel ae ls lelreter eer oc arehe 357
Devan Cattle sce alone ents ates 74
IMM K are eee See ieee te en eee 33
DGXDHOSE At isnt ie suse eee iar nee ees 20
Diameter of fat globules........... 23
Ditieulizehurnimeks pee wee eon 217
Dilutionveneaming =). sees eee 17633
Sa SCD ATALOL: oiparcce merc stare enter ed eae 177
Dioxystearic acid......... Wee tlie es 2B
Dippiuresmilike era ee SOE ne) 139
DiScsralola tance ae Pe ee 187
Disease germs... 2.222025 9.4. Wiley lee,
— relation of pasteurization to....142
Diseased herds—official inspection
ar prevention. \sta see eae | ae ee 142
DISHES A peUnIOA oe ee Sa ee De S 134
Mismiectants:: USelOk. 25 a eels See 156
Double Gloucester cheese.......... 280
— neck test bottle...) 2. Yes: 2s 96
Dramaretcar seen ephedra me Org
““Dressing’”’ cheese................ 263
Dried: casem Oo ok ee he a 320
ED ryincvoihiCOWSs: seen ele 38
Ductysulb-eartho cs sae aac ve 304
DD Wets Manatee eben ges hee Pe
Dust in stable, removal of......... 156
— relation of to bacteria.......... 119
Dutch+Beltedtcatile... 22.25 ee: 74
= —HCat blest. o dak aieeel Wat Oe te 67
=== JGHEESE its hasten ae rear erere 322
Bidam-cheeses pan se ee 290
Effect of delayed setting on cream-
ANE Se es Bane at at eo a ene alge ale Ss ok 171
— — dilution on creaming........ 173
Efficiency of centrifugal separator. .190
‘Electricity as a germicide.......... 121
Electrolysis of milk..........02.:.% PAL
Emmenthaler cheese.............. 289
MUL SIOMY Pay sbists ses ae 23, 163
English Cheddar cheese........... 28G
— cheeses.. SA? . 280
Peers cas fe reser Me aN cat es a 56
Essential oils in milk.............. 20
Estimation of solids not fat... .107, 350
— of total solids.............107, 350
Bcher-hiketflavorse. ssc sae 197
Eureka butter worker.............223
Evaporated cream, Federal stand-
P10 Ipc Pe ea ene] Savin hee Te 366
El OC Ys ee OO PN EAA NC Po 318
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Evaporated milk, Federal standard
POLES eat Pav arte ete Meal lee 365
Kiwe Ssrmilka3.c9.)55 eet ieee re 16
Ewe’s milk cheese, Federal standard
TICOT Ror eh Osh ee AD CC es rae 367
— — Federal standard for.........366
Excrement, animal, relation of bac-
EEMIATLO Ree A. py Mantes Been eee Lee 119
Experiment Station Bulletins...... 404
Extract, renneb =e een eee 248
Factories, arrangement of cheese. . .332
— butter and cheese............. 326
— butter, arrangement of......... 327
— — construction of............. 330
— cheese, construction of......... 332
— gathered cream............... 342
Haetoryzbuttert ic tn se eee 346
— system, development of........ 341
Fahrenheit thermometer.......... 349
Failyer, Professor, mentioned...... 89
— and Willard, mentioned ........ 89
— — — method................ 89
an Cys GMeese as eee eee a een 270
Hanmdaimny, buildings) 2.2 455 9-2 55) 335
Farrington’s alkaline tablets.......
124, 305, 351
-—— HE. H., mentioned..............204
— — — quoted............. 123, 199
_Farrow cows, milk from........... 28
Fast-working curds............... 267
Fat basis in cheese dividends...... 239
— estimation in cheese by Babcock
POSTS, Co ic eset Wen il rena cero 99
—— I TOLMAtOMGOL 74ers 8
=— FIG ES sed ee ett can Seer meee 8
— globules, diameter of .......... 23
— — relation of to churning...... 215
— in milk, relation to cheese made. 236
— loss of in cheese-making........ 240
— milk or butter, Federal standard.366
— temperature of reading in Bab-
Cock testis... ee eae 95, 106
IGS Grebe eek, See Ieee Sera 20
— effect of feed on....:....4/..2.. 30
— — — period of lactation on.... 27
= TORMAMONUOls «Nate ence eee 8
— gravimetric determination of ... 77
=== FNMA OM NSd oahu ooo san eo ace 22
Pe volatileng sre, nice use, ee ERR Ree 197
Matty tissuesjas nearest ieee ee 3
Febrile condition, effect on milk.... 29
Federal standards................ 365
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Feeding dairy cattle.............. 47
— standards for cows.............. 48
Ferment, preparation of artificial.. .354
Fermentation; abnormal........... 113
Fermentations, albuminoid........ 117
=——-aleoholiey 25 528s ee eee 25
= “butyric: 3 5 3s ee ee leas
—— chromogenic...:... 222/22. sees 113
== control ot es cc sae eee 118
— detection Of... 02.0.4 8a05 aan 357
== PASeOUSs.% oo. os. eee ee Wiis
SN PASS! OW ie.lcy ied oe See ee 265
= germsOf 2. 3.) 2 Aiea eee 109
= WACO. cos ert eae 113, 115, 266
== of milk. 33.0. oS 108
=) normal’. 356 2 Poe eee 113
— peptogenic............... Vale Wi l7/
—— POISOHOUS. -s. 32) eee ee 115
— putrefactive.............. ables L1l7/
Ferments, undersirable in cheese
making? 2.) as eee 265
—<commercial -2.\5.). Se. eee 199
—-) Hansen’s lacticl. 5... ae 199
— preparation of ripening......... 354
= soluble... 2.0722 Dee eee 234
Feser’s lactoscope ................ 86
Bilbritsn i. 6225 ei ee a ee 23, Gl
Filled. cheesée sl. 2 eee 345
==. Saw vat en eee eee 345, 382
Fillers for ice cream.............. 305
Rinish Ol butberancn ee ee Dee
Birst mille 305 3. se eee 30
Pission 22.) 26. ene eee ee 109
Fjord’s control apparatus.......... 88
— Professor, mentioned........... 88
Flavors due to food............... 21
== of butters.) 3a a eee 230
— — — relation of wash water to.223
— — cheese:..............0005- 268
= bad in milk )o5 4. eee 143
—=-ether-likes .¢2. Since eee 197
=— for ice cream... 33.4) eee 304
— producing germs.............. 197
Fleischmann, quoted ............. 17
Bleshy; udder.:.3 222 eee 3
“Flinty break’’ of cheese.......... 268
Mloatine curds..5.¢ ee) hee 265
Ploors, cement-23....0- eee 330
Bollicles; ultimate... eee 3, 6
Food as a factor in milk production 47
— avoiding flavors due to......... 21
— effect of on flavor of milk....... 21
— — on composition of milk...... 30
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Food effect on quality of fat....... 30
Foods, necessity for succulent...... 50
a malatability: Ole. 2d cua cee. = 50
— relation of proteids to non-pro-
ETO S Merc capac sciele Sas Se a elas 51
Forage—relation of dry to bacteria.119
Fore milk and strippings.......... 30
Blearrad ea Ne es ees enero acre eens ae il
Formation of cheese rind.......... 263
Formule for total solids .......... 350
IPA PES a are Ares cue 300, 301
Fraser cheese press............... 262
IBIFECO ZENS fer els cases Ae eto aia, oe OUD
Freezing ice cream................ 305
==> TTOTb-q ALES Rear ne eae ie eee 306
French Canadian cattle........... 75
Fright, effect on milk secretion...... 14
Proving Of creams. (.6 os ee eke = 218
BINMTL MCC CLE AIMS f3 An koran aed 301
— Federal standard for... ..367
GABetOse= cen hoe: ree oe ele Mes 25
Gang cheese press................ 262
Gaseous fermentauions............ ililre
(GSS) aT AN ee ee ae aL Bee 138
Gas, evolution of in churning...... 219
“AG TSIEN 6 OLDER G FSeoh Sea aon ten 265
Gassy ferments in Neufchatel
CHEESE Mrerse ok he oa earns at eas 274
. Gathered cream system........... 341
(Goausees: (Creal. ects « nes bee 78
Gelatine;....... ..127; 128, 129, 131, 305
= | CTT SS 3 Ae Ream ee titer ae Aes, 129
Gerber, mentioned............... 92
Gerber’s method...... pes re eP na cath 92
Germs, destruction of in milk...... 120
=== ‘GISEGEGS. 2 Mas ee eae Serene -e ees 113
— flavor producing............... 197
MN ACHICTACI Oars picicka sa ao ee ee 115
DOM GISCASCS ch os tS tia Lar sin hs gente 122
— of fermentation............... 109
Glands, mammary +3: i-.-22 2.2.2: ‘1
Glasses mereaines x © cris Grameen ee 78
Glassware, Babcock, calibration of.. 99
== => HES AE ei eo es SS rare a 95
— — — accuracy of............. 99
— calibration of Babcock......... 359
ECE ATMA Se 25 sale, lee et een me 130
ES COCKS Mad shies Me eres 107
Globules phat ees owe one eae: 23
Gloucester cheese................. 280
Givcenides (9&5) cn cin ploeadee ae 22
Rebate eREUANKS. ap. aie! Jats eax plots 16, 36
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Goat’s milk, Federal standard for. .366
— — cheese, Federalstandardfor. 367
Gorzonzolaichecsee ic oe 289
Goudareheese? Sse s0s ce ee ok ee 294
Graded coe eat ees eee 6
Gradime ip thesherd cs osseous oe 58
Grainsofibuttersy.-- ee se eee 230
Granitesiee eréamea. 44s ee 300
Granules, size of butter........... 221
Gravametrie analysis... .4482 >.
Gravity, creaming............164, 165
= BSC DALALOLS aa take a oe ee LUPOCL
= SPE CIIC ovo, sso aN ee 79, 82, 349
— system of creamery construction .327
Crndingcurdsscm noes ne oe oOo
Gruyere cheese’... 5 ee Ses 289
Guernsey Cattle sso, ete eee 65
oa STN ete eye so A nt oe oe Pana eas ee 33
Gumviracacamthw 4.95 2 See 305
Gurler, HBS) quotedis 0.4.24... 200
Half blood, definition of........... 53
Hansen’s lactic ferment........... 199
ards cheesesh ese w et a ain een 269
Haristcurdennllle ears Se 259
Hay, relation of bacteria to.........119
Heatinoreurd ssc: ies cect ee 255
Heat, sexual, effect on milk secretion 14
Heeren’s pioscope............. ... 85
Hegelund, mentioned............. 40
— method of milking............. 40
Herd, formation of dairy.......... 53
= jigtading up) athens a..0sseeie een 58
— maintenance of dairy.......... 54
— official inspection of diseased .. .143
Hill, Janet McKenzie, quoted...... 300
Moldinstupomnlkaeee fla eee ee 5
Holstein-cattlesvssets- 345 oe 66
=—- Hrnesianrcatule..2% wacko eo 66
= etl 10118 | eer ee eee ya 33
Home trade cheese............... 270
Homogenized milk and cream..... .303
Horizontal separators............. 179
@GriTrOnT testy) teaser: os Stee 358
Hueppe, mentioned...............115
Hydrochloric acid in ripening cream 197
Hydrometers. o8 cn. Sore one 79
Meeicreame anc tectee Meee 299
== "=" Caramels: .. 5.4 sara oa ee 310
== = chocolate: 25.0500 .2 2.586% 310
— — classification......-........ 300
sy | COMES ie ae Cae eS Ieee 310
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Ice cream, federal standard for ....367
—— 1 = fllersyfor. Sen Sen es ck eco ae 305
Ta MA VIOTS es cet sche tee reat, 304
a ST TILECZCLS? 21. See eee er 306
— — freezing and packing ....... 305
-—— —— gum tragacanth for........:305
Se Sa EMOMe os (See Pi aroma tne ee 310
——— MACATOON == se 310
a MAD IG satis aie eee eave 310
Sh MI oe acs oie eee ee 310
= OLA GE tar, ah 0. uiae hee bela ee 310
—— — quality of cream for.......- 304
=i STOCIDES shames, ee cleo oe 308
=—' =—- SCOre Card fOr: -2h iors eke. 312
= — strawberry... ve. be. oe 310
FT Ghd AUT BOL ese.atls Geen eee od
=p WV ELLEN bias Mean ae ee TR eee 310
TICES: A pee tays ashi Nea en eye aan ek ones ey 300
Ideal ration for cows.............. 47
Imitation creamery butter ........ 346
— Swiss cheese.................. 279
Imbrecdingty eee ake eee on 61
Imedieatoraliimusee yee eee ee 351
— phenolphthalein.......... 204, 351
Individual capacity of cows.....:.. 41
Infection, prevention of........... 118
Inflow, relation of to complete
creaming..... A enh le Gene pep eeE 182
Towa Station testen "0 nes. 90
irony cladkiimwane eee aera ee 135
iron ssphosphatesola: 2s yes eee 25
Wersey iGattleeiy ne Coreen ee ee 64
Fe ratte mA Sy ie eet ca ae 33
Jordan, Wi He, quoted... 2.2040 173
JUmMbomeparatony 4a: oe 191, 192
Keeping quality, relation of lactic
ACID HOE eed s Ge RR. OE 207
NRe 7 LENE coe erat Stare Gee arte ue 324
enV AC AU ULe ry asst eee Ae ee le 75
PIES HOUTA ate rece a eeepc ea ee 254
Koeniesiquotedis. han ee eee iL 7
FKOUMMSS/ AG 28) ne ae een oe 16, 324
— Federal standard for........... 367
Laboratory, bacteriological........ 126
Lactation period, effect on com-
POsibionvotomil kee eee ee 27
Lactic acid...... 25, 116, 196, 208, 241
— — determination of....... 205, 351
== == HOMME The odokob- se bete 198
ee LEST IMS orice shee a cse. okt coe eh se 115
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Lactic acid relation to keeping
quality of butter! .. eee 207
— fermentations........ 113; 115,5266
— ferments, Hansen’s............ 199
Lactobutyrometer, Marchand’s.... 85
Lactochrome: ..¥.2 su eee 26
Lactocrite, De Laval.............. 87
Lactometér. 30: -h)s. 20-0 eee 79
— Board of Health............ 80, 349
— comparison of scales........... 80
— correction for temperature...... 81
—— Quevenne.). 24... J eee 80, 350
— scales, comparison of........... 80
— temperature correction for..... 350
Lactoprotein......... ie ce eee 26
Lactosss32 soa eee 301
Lactoscope a8. 5128.42.00 eee 86
Lactose hela, Bie 25
== ASAT 3). c's cas Ae ee 129
== gelatine: ..:'. 2330) eee 129
Lakenvelder cattle................ 74
Lancashire cheese............ 280, 288
Large Danish separator............ 191
Laurieracid: ) 2252. ae eee 23
Bariat 05 ise ee ee 20
Law, dairy 2242 eee 365
— filled cheese. ........2.......%. 382
— New York dairy............... 387
— oleomargarine................. 369
“Teaky cheese?’.2..0)t 0 ie aaa 271
LeFeldt and Lentsch, mentioned .. .178
LeFeldt and Lentsch separator... ..178
Leffman and Beam, mentioned..... 92
Legak standards:...52.. 2 ee 365
== <— for milk, -42 3 eee 145
—— — = cream.¢e Sie See 368
Lesislation,.dainy.--.- epee eee
Leicestershire cheese.......... 280, 288
Lemon ice cream...............- 1310
== sherbets..i5) 2 te os se eee 311
Lentsch and LeFeldt, mentioned .. .178
Light in stables, minimum require-
ments 6.2.2.2 es eae eee 153
Limberger. cheese.o-2 eee 277
Lame; phosphate of; 7245-200 eeee 25
Lime ‘salts cos. 5 oe eee 247
Latmus.ch cad 20 ee ee ee 129
== fest. cael aoe ee eee 351
Loss of fat in cheese making....... 240
Lymphaties::,..\) -0)... eee 3
Macaroon ice cream............. -.310
MacPherson curd mill............ 260
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Magnesia, phosphate of........... 25
Major dairy breeds............... 63
Males, milk from.......... 10
MUMaianiriicessee pani sichc cs Giclews, syerets, sos 1
MW leprramea letter <get svete ratsyel orci ene vals se 3 8s i's i]
Mammary, glands. 6.60 sis.)e se. see 1
Eammis acid test... see 'sis.s.s12 12 = 6.043 204
— A.G., mentioned............'..204
Maple tee “Creams. oe-.iseeredle 6 es 310
Marchand’s lactobutyrometer..... 85
Miametsamillkan tye Sarc-cit cues eos ee ote a) 16
Manketin a DUtberss ccs assscaehe- os sre 227.
Market milk...... SENG, Meahih cha aR 135
WKeGs laltay?. re srsets clsnsiev oaks eae es 346
Marschall rennet test......... 244, 358
Mason butter worker.............- 224
Maternity ret on milk secretion
: SOF BD. ot.
HN Merits il OMe oate dat Fae oie Pottch sedan! kaa chante s 257
Meadow sweet cheese...........-- 279
Media, bacteriological............. od
Media, standardization............ 128
Medium Brown separator......... 191
Membrane on curd............... 255
Method Cochran's: .ic:3< +000. = 84 91
===) GETA O3ie SRC Da ne ce ee 92
— of Failyer and Willard.......... 89
— — lLeffman and Beam......... 92
‘<— Parson’s........ 90
FM STI aintetarereus Gisceusie tects Siac s 89
SS OKIN EG Se aja c.alelercarh ois es Mae 6 eee 87
INTC GTVCYSVSUCTINGS cye6 cre) cucu sp che oc ebavart 363
Mikes eration: Ofes cc. <)jalesetce on) so 138
ACT OLS same caters! shes k swiane Soe aiece 139
sal UIMINOdS' OL 52. 2. kee he 23
— analyses.. sea Bau Rege 17,
— as pflected! d by maternity preter ee 35
— ash in.. Seat ee eae LS
=| CISISERT AG one eRe eRe mer 16, 36
SPATS MIRC He vale vat tei hoek Sie, st smsiie ee 2.0 33
— bacteria in.... : Silat
— had flavors in... sigh ey W553
SMG LGE ee sicro tee scste. shen G .113, 143
= aO LUCE eerseicnc orcs his aeiccia wari 142
— hbottling...... .142, 160
— certified.....: Sot S149
eM GCEM cy ctiral cy erome routes Sse ee vitae 5
= <COMMETCIAL. aif vids; sis dws eee Be 36
— composition affected by age of
COW feats ncie Bile Se oleae ecco 31
— — — — breed............... 33
Se OOM, vise eo cy eieus (es ciepeiel'e 30
Stel IGEN aie, aie taNapsNaselicns se obs ciate 16
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Milk concentrated ..............-. 319
—VCONGET SEM sonis Aeiacinie ecleke e eiaralee 316
——| constituents Of.2s..-.. 0. 25--- 7¢
— control of animal over secretion. 14
= SR COOLENS ee Che eine ld re eat 139
=} COOMNDseaiavs wisn eseteostenee 138, 158, 241
== {COW Sia cis ers/sreis teschot es, seeesiener el aeyes saat 16
HEFCE MMIbIONVOLS sere cree Goo te 1
— destruction of germs in......... 120
— determination of bacteria in....125
ST CVOM a eet eae ae eben, 2 33
— difference in first and last drawn. 30
E——— AOI} G) ON NI Aree eure cette airy OR RS LA 139
— diurnal variation.............. 29
Se | UNICES Nec) wal ahs ets Whe ee ae ES Da sy
== (UTALION: OL HOWe saat ens o> Til
— effect of age on composition... .. 31
— — — breed on composition.... 32
— — — food on flavor of....... PM
— — — pregnancy on flow....... 39°
== €VADOLAted ins se ek An ee ae 318
Pe NOWESE crovcie oreo cledite oe os seyete smeuepe ss 16
== PASH WODKING eis see ecu cert ee 267
— fat, Federal standard for....... 366
Se E HSE OE AE ED ie als SEE 20
— Federal standard for...........365
—— fermentations... ..o:.+ 5220.22 -2L08
— first and last drawn........... 30
— for cheese making............. 233
— for pasteurization............. 352
— from farrow COWS..........--- 28
IM ALCS a che ater So cetscy sie Geen 10
— — organs other than the mam-
Mary SANG Stas see. Ge Oe ee 10
== —=spayed, COWS nse. -.cl: ae era 28
— — virgin animals.............. 10
Seg SCS ULME a Sees au ete tacts Me teus oe sates 138
SE OCItES SERA te eae Oe na SSE 16, 36
— Guernsey....... peas Seve
Soline anc eons Ree 5
— Holstein-Friesian.............-. 33
— homogenized..:...........---- 303
— influence of food on composition 30
== PT CT SEY Bon oes bo Sepa o oe ae eee 33
— legal standards for.......-..... 145
ASG een Me cucintd Bid eae ME tee 16
— market.. EE
= morning aad seep 28
= LOVETT Ce es cate tite oaks eth ed are 266
_— pails, GCOVELCU:j2 ek ape eee Sie 158
— paying for Oe to percent-
age of fat.. . 238
DOWGEISs. 2 eceiciame pines os 320
428 Ades
PAGE
Milk preservaline...............- 102
—— pT OGUCtiOnvOl, i. 205 heel aes 35
— — relation of breed to......... 52
— — — — food to.............. 47
= qQualityiot ss Je hte eho eke 144
== TECOTUs JATSeStne oh ee een.
— relation of viscosity to churn-
ATID: Foy s sak. Renee ces BO 210
= TESCEV OI. «ais Sk ek eee eee =
— rich and poor in cheese making..238
== TEV TURIN be sop ee ea en cae ae 242
== LODYAOG SUI cue sy fne en 113
— sampler, Scovell aliquot........ 103
"secretion Of2. senate one oo oe 7f
— — effect of animal on.......... 14
— == — — fright on...) 02....-: 14
— — — — maternity on........ 37
— —— —— —— presnancy; On... .. +. 12
— — — — sexual excitement on. 14
— — incentives to............... 9
— — relation of blood to......... 11
— — — of nervous organization
10) eee eRe Sick ocee BO et eee: 14
— — of parturition to......... 9
selection of for pasteurization.. .121
Sherbetstacicae tire eee ee OL
=e DINCADDIEhe. sea eee ero
— concerned in cheese making. .233
SOUTING OFS Ai.) hse ee eee ee 116
specific gravity of ............. 19
standardization Of............. 353
State standards for............ 368
SLOTS aye eo ashe cee ees 109
SUGAT Ae oie eee aia eene eho 25. a2):
——= SCLIN tes ey ae oe 92
——Butyrometers.cescs a) ee 93
=— © OCHTAN IS» = Sera epee e 91
—— Gerber so0 ah ee ie 92
——JshistoryesOl yee ae one 78
——) Towa Station .25.--0 me 2s 90
EP ADSI ves SIPS ea cal eats Tete lea ie |
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Milk tests, Short/s!s: 26 se tee 89
= thief 4.25462 33.0.5. See ee 101
— utensils, care of............... 160
— Variation ines. 5 456 sea eee 17
— — due to febrile condition..... 29
— — in quality................. 27
= Veins: 2555.02 A See 56
——- VISCosity. Of 52.65 -2 eeeeee 210
Milking iy 2.220 eee 39, 157
— frequency: Of... 5 eee 12
—— habits of cows.) -... 2 seee lee 41
— importance of complete........ 12
— — — regularity.............. 13
— limit of frequency............. 40
=— rapidity. of 33. eee 14
Mall, curd: 552 2a eee eee 259
Minor dairy breeds............... 63
Mint ice‘eream): :. 554.2 2 ee 310
Moisture test, Cornell butter...... 359
Molds). te eo 5o2 38 2 109
Monrad, J. H., quoted........ PAT BPS
Monrad rennet test........... 243, 358
Moore; quoted?....4.4-2 soe 200
Moring’s milkers eee 28
Mortensen, quoted............... 301
“Mother -startets. 2... oe eee 202
Mottled butter:.>-3)- eee 226
Mousse, cranberry .2.--5-25 455 0ooe 311
Mousses26 2.43. Gee eee 300, 301
Miyristic acid... 22. see eee ee 22
Miyristine 3... See eee eee 22
Myseost... 2h 3 oat 0 eee 322
= alkali; | ..d. ee. ee 204
Neapolitan ice cream............. 300
Nervous organization, relation to
milk secretions... 2.2) eee 15
Nesselrode pudding............... 311
Neufchatel cheese................ 273
Neumann; quoted=:. 2: 2-2 ee 102
New York dairy Law............. 387
Nicht’s milk**)7.- 26 e> oe 28
Nipple: sc. oie: oe eee 2
Nitrate of/sodas...cs.45 5 102
Non-volatile fats............... 2022
Normal sodium hydroxid..........130
—— fermentations 3... .-.-- eee 113
Normandy cattle................. 73
Niitgice.créam’) 7 ee eee 301
Nut ice cream, Federal standard. . .367
Nutrient. boutlion=).. 7 -5e0e See Oa P27
Nutritive ratio, 2 >) eee eee 51
Index
PAGE
@dorwamimale ceo, Seite ccs Shee ce ae 138
Om flavor. Starters... 2. foes os a 201
Official inspection of cows......... 143
Ohlssen’s test bottle.............. 96
Wilitestrchurn, <2 aA aes ek 84
Oils, essential in milk............. 20
WO EICRACIO ss eroon eee eater te ofenes 22
NOS trIP gS aS yo ee cin eae Shes 22
@Oleomargarines. =... 508.6668... 344
Oleomargarine law................ 369
Glivers.quoted jee De oe 17
Operation of milking.............. 39
Optimum Demaperseure. ks. e 110
Orange ice cream................. 310
Overipenmilkee te. v0 nS eee 266
Overripened cream............... 208
Oxygen in ripening cream......... 197
Packages, butter................. 228
Packinewbubberos soe: «less lee 227
SI CONCECATIN 3. oie thous 6s Suey seis abelale 305
Pails, covered milk............... 158
Palatability of foods.............. 50
Mirtle HACIGs ae ars Gan 5 ce eosken, case 22
palin altaya epee ee Ne ake 22
Paper coil method, Adams......... 78
=— ParchMent se. nee he wl es 229
iParhaits COMEE. sd: hs ooks colic ee et 311
WIAD GIS eraiarete ory oe ak cok etus a Bsl Se 310
par bation calcts «ae tead eat 300, 301
Parmesan cheese................. 298
Parsons, C. L., mentioned 90
TMC HINO pe Ais Ske okni-Rase teh gees 90
Parturition, relation of to milk
SECLEUIONM ee ews oe seen ae 9
IPaSteunizabiOMess os seh esc eos 143
=a APD ATAVUUS wrvctc cco cbececd tue atin woe 123
— of milk.. s Gecrrveteabaat force Wt
— selection oF milk oe Lele Peo 123, 352
Pasteurized cream............ 147, 202
— milk, Federal standard for..... 365
Patrick, Geo. E., mentioned....... 90
Paying for milk according to per-
CENnGtace) OL tabi ke eet ae 239
Pearson, R. A., quoted............353
Peptogenic fermentations..... 1S aile7,
Period of lactation. .¢.......5--...- 37
HBCETIECISMES rise fark ok ef eee ee ete 134
Phenolpthalem. <=. 020.2 5...055.- 204
= AVES SEG ENC Ciao RRC es Eee 351
Philadelphia cream cheese.........277
FBI CETCHEATNS v4 tae hea tain ecoean 300
PAGE
Phosphate of lime................ 25
——WOMMASNESIA ic oelarccia tie sul etierem 2D
= OLsBOCASMEY. wis cyepaveve cis nsenelene layorlots 25
IPicmicgeheeses cuss aie eharers wo!) e (acese siete 273
. Pietertje 2nd, record of........... Biff
Pineapple cheese..................273
— milk sherbet...............2.. 311
== SOUPS sa ernceareneten Siege Ae cian se 311
Pioscope, Heeren’s............... 85
Plans for cheese factories.......... 327
— — creameries................. 327
Pla GIN Peps ok ects oie Teo ee 132
Roh Weurdentlys eee een eee 260
Points, scale of for cows........... 44
Poisonous fermentations........... 115
Polled cattleyred& 30.53.2252 5 0225 73
Pont L’Eveque cheese............ 297
Port du Salut cheese..............298
Potashtacaltsticy crac cer tooo oe 102
aC OLIG CV Ok ariers orche aiecsiera ahole ee ees 25
—— phosphate Olesen eine oe 25
Potassium bichromate............ 102
——_ CHONG aac aoe Moras cee See 25
IPOt;Cheeseawanns esr Oran ae 322
Precipitation of casein............ 24
Pregnancy, effect on composition
OL anil kee ree ete Sy ee ee 27
— — on milk secretion......... 12, 39
Preparation of artificial starter..... 354
Prepared cheese.................. 279
Prepotency 3 sires. ca ie ee 59
Preservaline, milk...0.........22. 102
Preservatives in composite sampling 102
Press) Cheese iii ens ee ae OD
Pressed timware...............0.. 136
Pressing cheese. . Pe eat OL
Prevention of Sa facdiod-. Be aeeaeainn Uf Le:
ATR OSti ches hoe hehe Seen re a eee ee 322
Pring butbenjgeaceesoe eee ae 229
Processsbuttens.. s2-4 05. oe sce 346
— — Federal standard for........366
Production of cows, value of records. 45
— of milk, relation of food to...... 47
Proteids, relation of to non-pro-
teldssin foodi24.5 os ncts ees teas 51
PLOMAINES* se. ee Sram ee ee 115
Pudding ice cream................ 301
Pumping system of creamery con-
StruchlOomans 2. te. AR ere 328
PUNCHES ey her ne Gusto ee 300, 301
PUEDE Ss hte Sete ie ew oto ome 53
— — registration of.............. 54
Putrefactive fermentations... .113, 117
430 Index
PAGE
Quality of butters. oe cee fee ee 229
NOL CHEESE. setiin rao ee a 267
— of cream for consumption...... 148
— of cream for ice cream......... 303
— of milk for cheese making...... 234
— of milk for consumption........ 144
— — — legal standards for.. .145, 367
i VAT atlOMS) MMi ss: see eee Oe
Quevenne lactometer.......... 80, 350
=—MIMENCIONCE ssh ecco eee ee 80
Rancid butberor.c seu ls ae wane peter se)
Ramo snuiritiviesnc sce cosas ene 51
Ramone slbalancedis acer. ces ee 51
— for cows, the ideal.............. 47
Reaction, amphoteric............. 108
Recipes for ice cream............. 308
Records of production, value of.... 45
RedvPolledicattle:,s:t.s5 4 sae
Referens! waiecda ae nee ates .. 404
Register Ob MELFita.. 27 ie ae ee 45
Registration of pure bred animals.. 54
Renneteec jsien se DOs ag On OUD
at OXUTACKCg stnchenia acta ee ao ote 248
— relation of temperature to activ-
LUVTOL Sac ieee Ete Dai SUA RSE EY 247
——sbESUSEe Reece eae ee Nou 243
—— test, Marschall................358
aa NO MTA Ae ee eerie ds ary eek 358
Renovated sbubbe4r. anc.) aoo.e. ae a 346
Renovated butter, Federal stand-
ALGMOL See iE ee es er 366
Reports and bulletins of Agricul-
tural Experiment Stations..... 404
Reproduction by fission........... 109
Richmond formula for total solids..350
Richmond:,quoted@s secre ese oe LS
Rind) Of CHEESE a see ee et AAG ent rr 268 .
— — — formation of............ 263
Ripeness, churning cream of differ-
CNt CESTEeS sents noe he eae 207
Ripeness of cream, relation to churn-
AES aT eea EE RRR 5 Pill Ai ON eee 211
Ripenin a cheesess4- ee. eee 264
= VCFG Atay ote ee tenes | Rages tied nee 195
=) —— aMOuUnNt MCCCSSABY 4) -2 5s 204
== — effects Of oi 5.0 wc ak fae 206
— — hydrochlorie acid in........ 197
.— — influence of lactic acid...... 196
— — relation of oxygen to........ 197
1 LeMIperabUne Ole eis. mess seater: 203
— — use of starters iM...32....-. 198
— ferments preparation of........ 354
—
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Ripening milk, for cheese making. .242
Ropy milk. ..2 4.00 os a ee eee 113
Roquefort cheese................- 294
Roughave. 33.2 22 eee 49
Rules:and tests 2.) 252) Se seen 349
Rudimentary teats............... 56
Russell, H. L., quoted. .:.123, 147, 200
Russian separator Sharples........ 193
Rusty tinware..5 > 2+ 1s 136
Sage. cheese i.os.,04 0s eee
Salicylic acid .3)...5 ts eee U2
Sallie cis Ae aa tn 5 eee ep eee 226, 306
Salting butter’. 2225.2) See Eee 224
2 CUTE nos s/s Sh ee 260
Salts‘oflimes: 3) Woo oe eee 247
Sampler, Scovell aliquot milk...... 103
Sampling, composite.............. 102
Sanitary stables: < 20. / 4.2) paneer 152
Scale of points for butter.......... 232
— — — — cheese.............. 268
— — COWS. ic. se ee ee
Scales, comparison of lactometer. 80
—'— of thermometen:/. 2s -peere 349
Schmierkase...3-2.0. 65 4 eee 322
Schweitzer cheese...............- 289
Score card for butter... 2-eeeee eee 232
— — — — cheese.............. 268
— —— | ice creams ae eee 312
Scovell aliquot milk sampler....... 103
Scovell, M. A., mentioned......... 103
“Scrub” COWS. 2. a2 sc aoe eee 53
Secretion of milks 7ae2 aes See ih
Selecting milk for pasteurizing..... 123
Selection of breed......:..... ae 5)"
== of bull. 2 3 Sie eee 55
== /OL-COWS:. ic «cts ol le ee eee 154
Separation, centrifugal............ a LFS
==" Of ereain..< AG. ns eee eee 163
Separator, Accumulator........... 191
= adjustable. 22:2 eee 191
— Alexandra Jumbo......... 191, 192
==" Alpha) Be. 2.) ake ee eee 191
— Alpha Baby.22 > +o) eee 191
= Armnold’ss' 2.20 ee ere 191
= Babyiiid so. ee eee 191
= bow]s8acd..ais ie owe ee eee 179
— Columbia: 5... foe 191
— Danish Weston................ 191
——') De Laval s¢ is .5.40 03 eee 191
— —— Alpha No. tl. 27-2528 ee ee 192
== (= Baby cl 229. eee 193
———— Standard... 2222-2 ee ..193
Index
PAGE
Separator dilution ............... lez
MET CIOTICY AOL s:c) slo): saya stad a evs 190
MEV EW iewe crete se teiccs ts ectioud csnavs Sars nal WATE
SMT AO MUU Late ne coat stev tole Gre eier es See 179
— large Danish.. Sennen dc ROE
— LeFeldt and lieatceH Ear, es 178
— mechanical devices in bowl of. .185
= Mednm BOW... 265222626 es 191
== S109 0) (Si eariyee aerate ee scale car ara 191
ee UISSIAI |= ahaha Mercia ea ee as 193
=== [Siting] Key pS aNpks mance aes ee een ieee ead 186
===" STINGS Ae ES Oe are RIE el eeei eee eee uel
STV a AMIS eres.) cba s eaters ecole 191
== BVGIEID ere eee ere eee 164
— theory of centrifugal........... 180
=== TiTLOUT TORI aie Gea niet Aiecpieonerae 188
— United States........ 187, 191, 193
NA CHOI So eo Sle sols Sones muse 191
Setting, effect of delay on creaming.171
— milk for cheese making......... 251
Seven-eighths blood, definition..... 54
SITET, Cah oe ee EE ee nee 301
Sexual excitement, effect on milk
SECLCMOMERE Pere eon sneer 14
Shallow pan creaming............. 167
Pe SVSUCTIN Gs oys ha tics Sipe eee ...164
Sharples Russian separator........ 193
SCD AL ATO cscase cieis corsets ohne 191
Senbets lemon. 25%). >. ais sis chaste 311
WSRERDEUS rts oo ee eels is 300, 301
Short oh. G., mentioned.....j. 2...... - 89
Shonbormssesthles \oa5 sce bene eles 7A
Sinorrid never jon lea See ae nie 33
Shontysameuh Oe eine a2 cules sola ee. 89
Simmenthall cattle... 60. 4.06. se 75
Simplex separator..............-. 186
Single Gloucester cheese........... 280
Size of butter granules............ 221
— — fat globules................ 116
STU CUBE. ccporacpaje sn) = 3 Bra bate eset 257
{Sleatrrawicanll a ea eg eee Meee Ma 315
ae CHEESEH eos catechins . .269, 345
— — — Federal standard for..... 367
— — Federal:standard for........ 365
— — healthfulness of.:.......... 144
— — testing by anebee method. 98
— — test bottle......... ES Ste Ale 96
SMMNTeT ES eet nae ee eee aise eee 168
SSK MNTANITN oe ay sels os Fear Ak 168
Slime separator... ..0is ss - ses 2 181
SS) Teer hain aw lies, See eee Ge ede Pe Bes eee 113
“Sloppy”’ cheese.......... Ae Pred Dal
Small Danish separator........... 191
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Soakineyenrdsyyeucsee coc ics | hureene 272
Soda CAWstlel ya \seccicietel alot oe 102
easel el KOLO Ley (0) how “tea er ten ha 3 ee 25
Sodium hydroxid, normal.......... 130
eae TIT GEREN eve teh enti Ment pt oes Rel Be 102
Soli Cheeses ate. eee hence aos eee s 269
Solids concerned in cheese making . .233
— estimation of total........ 107, 350
— formule for total.............. 350
— not fat, formule for........... 350
— — — relation to creaming..... 166
— total, determination of......... 77
Solublederments: 2)... ee. 234
Soufile pineapple’. ..42 4.5228 2 311
WOMEHES Sheeler ts nee aegis 301
Sourmep of milk. — >. 2. = te sen Io}
Soxhlet/smmeshodee ta tee ae 87
Spayed cows, milk from........... 28
Specific gravity............79, 82, 349
et NOI lke Mo Me Re Re ego at 19
Speed of bowl, relation of, to com-
plete creaming. 2 2..4.400 0.5 182
Sphinetersmuscle..0. 4a oe 4,5
ee Boat arsPas any eS Nee Tee She eons 109
Spore. . ie Jc ek aeons Cee AO,
Sciace cream Theses Be ehnens tie an eae 277
Stables care ohss,.. segs es 156
— minimum light requirement.....153
— removal of dust in............. 156
Stabless Samiibatsyis cise mee eases cee 152
' — standard air space............. 153
Standardization of media.......... 128
— of milk and cream............. 353
Standard separator, De Laval...... 193
Standards, Federal. 22). .0.. 2.9) 365
raed (et 20 HD OARS eae va oe eae Santer ad Cee Baa 48
=r POT CLE ATM a pele Ey tas te a eae ee 148
= Legals mee a: reer ee tema et 365
=—wlegall amille sae. the ey abr cere: aah 145
— State for milk and cream....... 368
“Standing up”’ of butter........... 196
SbAanbeEs exes te ee eae 198, 245
Starters. + mother.) sso soe 202
MO latlayOlen waste Ie rere ee eaters 201
—— ‘preparation Of... 3. 2)22 05.32) 354
“State brands”’ for cheese......... 345
State. standards for milk and
Clea anche eee ee eee ee 368
StiaibIS GIES eel oka eae ee ee 338
DLEATICEACIO As oe ok he cesar eee 22
RS USYeH in LAD ae purer ee eon, a erga te Sy 22
Sten levmial ke Pik eg eae alae 109
Stertlizavonl see ke os 130, 143
432
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Sterilization of milk .............. 121
Sterilized milk, Federal standard
LOW TIE So Se ee ee 365
Stiltomicheeses),\s. yee eee 280
Stimulants and aromatics......... 50
Stirred curd cheese............... 270
Storch mentioned. 22.22... 2...2: 199
Strainers ek eee es eae oe ae 137
Strano erny |e ees ew eo ee oo oie 137
Strawberry ice cream............. 310
Sireaked butters. ee cee eee 226
Sirippings's oes aa eae oe 30
Subearth duct for curing rooms... .334
Succulent foods, necessity for...... 50
Sucarainemiilles £ os Bir tet. he ease ae oo te 25
Se STO ee deg: SNS Pht eyo cree tet ek 321
— — formation of............... 9
Sulphurievactd sec hae ee oe ee 104
Sunlight, effect on cleanliness......136
Surface tensions -220.)., 454.4270 23, 163
Sweet cream butter............... 207
== SG Ure ling aa. Ne a canepe een caey ae 113
Sweetened condensed milk......... 316
— — — Federal standard for..... 366
Sowellineanoleeneainer se ce eee 218
Swiss cattle, Brown............... 73
Swiss cheese? .:.:5.4.5. 56 ont 279, 289
— — imitation ................. 279
System, butter and cheese factory. .341
Aa COOLEY oe eee Se ee 169
— gathered cream................ 341
= OTIC LUT Che mamee he een aes, Ap enies 363
ablesbubteraworkers soos es 224
Tablets, Farrington’s alkaline.205, 351
Taints, detection of............... 357
Peat eB Pee yes Noes. Poa eae 2,4
Teats, rudimentary in bulls........ 56
Temperature, best for churning... .211
— correction for lactometer....81, 350
— effect of an activity of rennet. ..247
— —— — churming.o si. ae bee 211
— for deep setting creaming....... 169
— for ripening cheese............. 264
a ee OPEN Sekt 4 ae ces ioc ae 203
— — shallow pan creaming.......167
— -—— washing butter.............221
— oof reading fat in Babcock
CeSh ioe cee Selon. eos Spee 95, 106
Ra OD UII of icy to ena aero kee Bete 110
— relation of to centrifugal separa-
LOTS 2iccace tebe a aoe one 182
Index
PAGE
Temperature, rise in churning..... 219
Test, Babcock 4.22 eee ee 91, 94
— — calibration of glassware..... 359
— — for butter or cheese.......... 359
— Beimling. .. 230.5023 eee 92
— bottle Babcock...............- 96
— — B. and W....:3. 20522 ee 96
—'—! Cream <5. ..0 eee 96
— — detachable neck............ 96
— — double necked............. 96
—— — Ohlssen. . «. 2.0255 eee 96
— — skimmed milk.............. 96
— butyrometer.... 5 5.22 93
= ehurn. oth: 02.44 oor oe eee 84
— Cochran... .5...559) 2S eee
— Cornell butter moisture........ 359
— Failyer and Willard’........... 89
—— for colostrum=.. 2.4) eeeeee 18
— Gerber’s......... ee tee 92
— history of milky 22. see 36
— hot iron. 23362 eee eee 358
— lowa Station............. Z 90
—— litmus. 34).%5. 2) eee 351
— Mann’s‘acid. 444-22 oe eee 204
— Marschall rennet.............. 358
— Monrad rennet. ....2.22--- 52s 358
— Parsons’. i452. 0o eee eee 90
— phenolphthalein............... 351
—- rennet...) oe eee . .243, 358
—=. Short’s: 0.0355. 0 Se eee 89
— Wisconsin curd... 2.22%. eee 357
Testing Babcock glassware........ 359
— ¢0-operative COW... - 3/3222 -neee
== of milk: ba. soe 77
Tests; acid. 4.227 2 eee 204
—, and rules. 32. i. ee eee eee 349
Texture of butters. ee. seer 222, 230
— — — relation of wash water to 222
— of-cheesézs ini. eae eee 268
Theory of centrifugal separator... .180
Thermometer, centigrade ......... 349
— Farhenhéit-. 7.232 Soe eee 349
— scales, comparison of........... 349
Three-quarter blood, definition..... 53
— bloods, variation in............ 61
Tiemann, quoted:<:2.. 462 =eee 197
Tinware, how to clean............ 136
—= Ironclad: 3.24.3. seen eee 135
— pressed : i)... wi. Sie eee ee 136
= Tusty. 2.04. ano eee 136
Tissue, connective............---> 3
—= fatty 2226. See eee Papas 3
Titration of media. ...-2)oeee ein 128
Index
PAGE
- Total solids, determination of...... 77
— — formule for ............... 350
spruckle Cheese wi)... 35. eke eis we as 273
haberele paciluss- sisi 228 Soe fans 122
Mubular'separator,. 62. oo ons. 188
Turbine steam Babcock........... 95
Tutti frutti ice cream............. 311
A OUOXICOMM tice acres) eiec rece he 115
DiGi EES 2 Cas Se Ne ieee ee AAs
mC AIKOMMN. Grea) ataalemteess etn ce ee 38
Ultimate follicles................. 3, 6
United States separator. .187, 191, 193
LORR ESE SiS LA Aa eo 26
Useful rules and tests............. 349
Utensils care of milk........55..... 160
Van Slyke, quoted........ 31, 235, 240
Varieties of cheese................ 269
Variation in three-quarter bloods... 61
Variations in quality of milk....... 27
Woanrains WOted:..2% 2. ccs be eee 18
Wanichn quoted. iis eels wh 115
Wiens aiatl lig yee en anal aa ene a eee anaes tae 56
Vertical butter worker............ 225
Vessels cleaning................ ..119
Wactoriaisepanator. =... 22 ose. 22% 191
Virgin animals, milk from......... 10
WiSCO=CreAM: 05.80 22 on Pe ese 147
Wascomenme nen conn Bie. Saini! Nile ae re 147
— preparation of................ 352
MAS COSI Venn Hermie ee eA Ae 164
— of milk.. pia ct. ROO.
_—_— _— rélation of to churning... .210
Se hee (= Crea Ing: ee OL
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PAGE
Woalatileriatsi “crcit tas ek achewe ns 20, 197
= SOIL COCO Lisi stale acs Gores 21
Von Klenze, quoted.............. 269
Walnut ice cream................ 310
sey DATIGME wot tee = pages Caen ves 273 310
Wash water, relation of, to butter
HAVOD Re rise ee Ae Reed 223
— — — — texture of butter. .222
Washing tbutier. son eee ee 220
==) CULO Sa pear mi cL eenee ee taae eae ee 272
——= AM WATe 2. WN Sar ts Aaa le ae 136
Water feesn.. sti saraes pe agers oe Be oO
— necessity of in ration........... 50
— supply of creameries........... 331
Wedge shape form................ 42
IWiellis ites cc toe te ee oan HORI kets 331
Wensleydale cheese........... 280, 289
PW etic sCNCESE Ys acres te ieee ek bine 271
Wihey-serriceet et see ee ec ne 315
= nCMCESEE Mena sleek chelsea de seeucee et 322
— Federal standards for.......... 367
Wheyn.. Ae Bale aida ee 5 enna pf
Whey, removal of. i oe tet nner Marae 249
White specks in butter............ 208
Willard, Professor, mentioned...... 89
Williams, Jesse, mentioned........ 341
Wiltshire cheese.................. 280
Wire strainers, size of............. 137
Po Wisconsinecurd test... 22.25... 357
WiollhaWiequated=n ss. es tee 94
Wrorkanosbubtenseee eset Ae 223
IVCASES Mia Aih aan ees eaten ae 109
Young America cheese............ 273
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Entomologist of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, and -
Professor of Economic Entomology in New Hampshire College
Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo. $2.00 net.
Complete information on the characteristics, life his-
tories and means of control of the more common injurious
insects, including those infesting field crops, vegetables,
fruits, the principal pests of domestic animals, stored prod-
ucts and the household, is contained in this book. A dis-
tinctive feature of the work is the illustrations with which
the text throughout is accompanied. These have been
made especially for Dr. O’Kane. With each insect treated
he shows in an original photograph the characteristic in-
jurious stage or the typical work of the insect where that
is characteristic. By this means the author hopes that the
layman will be able to recognize an insect that threatens
.by the picture aside from any description in the text.
Principles of Fruit Growing
By Professor L.. H. BAILEY
New edition. Cloth, 12mo. $1.50 net.
Since the original publication of this book, in 1897, it
has gone through many editions. The progress of fruit
growing in the meantime has been very marked and it
has been necessary to completely rewrite the work. The
present issue of it brings the accounts of the new
practices and discoveries as they relate to fruit growing
up to date. All of the text and practically all of the
illustrations are new.
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How to Keep Hens for Profit
By C. S. VALENTINE |
Cloth, illustrated, 12mo, $1.50 net; postpaid, $1.63
“The Plymouth Rock, Java, Dominique, Wyandotte, Rhode Island
Red, and Buckeye breeds are discussed in the first few chapters. Con-
siderable attention is given to other breeds later on. Eighteen beautiful
half-tone engravings adorn the book. From the standpoint of the prac-
tical farmer and poultry-grower, we consider this book as one of the
very best of its kind. The author is evidently an experienced poultry-
man. It is a book that should be of special help to beginners in poultry,
while at the same time it contains much information for the expert.”
: —Farmers’ Tribune.
The Beginner in Poultry
By C. S. VALENTINE
Decorated Cloth, profusely illustrated, 12mo, $1.50 net; postpaid, $1.63
It has been estimated that of the five million people who are raising
poultry in this country today half have gone at it blindly. And it is
just as impossible to make a success of the poultry business without
preparation as it is impossible to succeed in any other business without
an acquaintance with the fundamentals. The difficulty which the
novice has experienced in going at the raising of chickens systematically
in the past has been that he could find no book in which the essentials—
only the essentials and all of them—of poultry-raising are given. To
write such a book has been Mr. Valentine’s purpose. In “‘The Beginner
in Poultry’’ he discusses the different breeds of fowls, the types of houses,
feeding and the kinds of food, raising chickens for the market and for
their eggs, diseases and their cures and everything else which will be of
value for the one who is starting out—and much for the seasoned poul-
try-raiser as well.
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THE RURAL OUTLOOK SET
By Professor L. H. BAILEY
Director of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University
Four Volumes. Each, cloth, 12mo..Uniform binding, attractively boxed. $5.00
net per set; carriage extra. Each volume also sold separately.
In this set are included three of Professor Bailey’s most popular books as well as a
hitherto unpublished one,—‘‘The Country-Life Movement.’’ The long and persist-
ent demand for a uniform edition of these little classics is answered with the publica-
tion of this attractive series.
The Country-Life Movement
Cloth, 12mo, 220 pages, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.34
This hitherto unpublished volume deals with the present movement for the re-
direction of rural civilization, discussing the real country-life problem as distin-
guished from the city problem, known as the back-to-the-land movement.
The Outlook to Nature (New and Revised Edition)
Cloth, 12mo, 195 pages, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.34
In this alive and bracing book, full of suggestion and encouragement, Professor
Bailey argues the importance of contact with nature, a sympathetic attitude
toward which ‘‘means greater efficiency, hopefulness, and repose.’’
The State and the Farmer new Edition)
Cloth, 12mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.34
It is the relation of the farmer to the government that Professor Bailey here discusses
in its varying aspects. He deals specifically with the change in agricultural
methods, in the shifting of the geographical centers of farming in the United
States, and in the growth of agricultural institutions.
The Nature Study Idea (new Edition)
Cloth, 12mo, $1.25 net; by mail, $1.34
“It would be well,’”’ the critic of The Tribune Farmer once wrote, ‘“‘if ‘The Nature
Study Idea’ were in the hands of every person who favors nature study in the
public schools, of every one who is opposed to it, and, most importart, of every
one who teaches it or thinks he does.”’ It has been Professor Bailey’s purpose to
interpret the new school movement to put the young into relation and sumpathy
with nature,—a purpose which he has admirably accomplished.
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RURAL SCIENCE. SERIES
Edited by L. H. BAILEY
On Selection of Land, etc. :
Isaac P. Roberts’ The Farmstead ol oil ie Renal gae 5
On Tillage, etc. 7
F. H. King’s The Soil Seis ie - 1°50
Isaac P. Roberts’ The Fertility of the Land 3 é “ 1 50
F. H. King’s Irrigation and Drainage . 5 2 - x 1 50
Edward B. Voorhees’ Fertilizers z ‘ 3 B é T 25
Edward B. Voorhees’ Forage Crops - 6 ‘i 5 : 1 50
J. A. Widtsoe’s Dry Farming . 3 A ; 2 1 50
L. H. Bailey’s Principles of Agriculture ° - 5 - 1 25
On Plant Diseases, etc.
E. C. Lodeman’s The Spraying of Plants . oer ane 1°25
On Garden-Making
L. H. Bailey’s Garden-Making : : = = ° = 1 50
L. H. Bailey’s aa Gaya E = A ~ és I-50
L. H. Bailey’s Forcing Book . - 2 - : ° 125
On Fruit-Growing, etc. :
L. H. Bailey’s Nursery Book : 4 Sion tents . 1 50
L. H. Bailey’s Fruit-Growing . ‘ 5 ; 2 1 50
L. H. Bailey’s The Pruning Book . 4 i 5 5 ‘ 1 50
F. W. Card’s Bush Fruits - : x é . ~ 1 50
On the Care of Live-stock
Nelson S. Mayo’s The Diseases of Animals . . ‘ A 1 50
W. H. Jordan’s The Feeding of Animals i F 2 1 50
I. P. Roberts’ The Horse P25
M. W. Harper’s Breaking and Training of Horses 1-50
George C. Watson’s Farm Poultry. : I 25
On Dairy Work, Farm Chemistry, etc.
Henry H. Wing’s Milk and Its Products. B ‘ : 1 50
J. G. Lipman’s Bacteria and Country Life ¢ : Z 5 150
On Economics and Organization
I. P. Roberts’ The Farmer’s Business Handbook - ° gla
George T. Fairchild’s Rural Wealth and Wale - 25
H. N. Ogden’s Rural Hygiene. E = 1 50
J. Green’s Law for the American Farmer . : 5 - A Ba)
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THE RURAL MANUALS
Edited by L. H. BAILEY
Manual of Farm Animals
A Practical Guide to the Choosing, Breeding and Keep of Horses,
Cattle, Sheep and Swine. -
By MERRITT W. HARPER
Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in the New York State College of Agri-
culture at Cornell University :
Illustrated, decorated cloth, 12mo, 545 pages, index, $2.00 net;
by mail, $2.18
“The work is invaluable as a practical guide in raising farm animals.”
—Morning Telegram.
“A book deserving of close study as well as being handy for ‘reference, and
should be in the possession of every farmer interested in stock.” —Rural World.
Manual of Gardening
A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of
Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables for Home Use.
By L. H. BAILEY
Illustrated, cloth, 12mo, 544 pages, $2.00 net; by mail, $2.17
This new work is a combination and revision of the main parts of two other
books by the same author, ‘“‘Garden Making” and ‘Practical Garden Book,”
together with much new material and the result of the experience of ten added
years. Among the persons who collaborated in the preparation of the other two
books, and whose contributions have been freely used in this one, are C. E. Hunn,
a gardener of long experience; Professor Ernest Walker, reared as a commercial
florist; Professor L. R. Taft, and Professor F. A. Waugh, well known for their
‘ studies and writings on horticultural subjects.
A STANDARD WORK REVISED AND ENLARGED
The Farm and Garden Rule Book
By LIBERTY H. BAILEY
Illustrated, cloth, 12mo0, $2.00 net
When Professor Bailey’s ‘“‘Horticulturist’s Rule Book’’ was published nearly
twenty-five years ago, the volume became a standard agricultural work running
through sixteen editions. Taking this book as a basis the author has now made a
wholly new book, extending it to cover the field of general farming, stock-raising,
dairying, poultry-rearing, horticulture, gardening, forestry, and the like. It is
essentially a small cyclopedia of ready rules and references packed full from cover
to cover of condensed, meaty information and precepts on almost every leading
subject connected with country life.
IN PREPARATION
Manual of Home-Making. Manual of Cultivated Plants
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Cyclopedia of American Agriculture
Edited by L. H. BAILEY
Director of the College of Agriculture and Professor of Rurai Economy,
Cornell University.
With 100 full-page plates and more than 2,000 illustrations
an the text; four volumes; the set, $20.00 net; half morocco,
$32. 00 net; carriage extra
‘VOLUME I_Farms - VOLUME IlI—Animals
VOLUME II—Crops VOLUME IV—The Farm and the Community
“Indispensable to public and reference libraries . . . readily
comprehensible to any person of average education.” —The Nation.
“The completest existing thesaurus of soeneiate facts and opinions
on modern agricultural methods. It is safe to say that many years
must pass before it can be surpassed in comprehensiveness, accuracy,
practical value, and mechanical excellence. It ought to be in every
library in the country.””—Record-Herald, Chicago.
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture
Edited by L. H. BAILEY
With over 2,800 original engravings; four volumes; the set,
$20.00 net; half morocco, $32.00 net; carriage extra
“This really monumental performance will take rank as a standard
in its class. Illustrations and text are admirable. . . . Our own
conviction is that while the future may bring forth amplified editions
of the work, it will probably never be superseded. Recognizing
its importance, the publishers have given it faultless form. The
typography leaves nothing to be desired, the paper is calculated to
stand wear and tear, and the work is at once handsomely and
attractively bound.”—New York Daily Tribune.
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