OF INTEREST TO MILKMEN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 8

OF INTEREST TO MILKMEN.

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'^.Q l^?: suggestive;ofjthVilVorouglmess of• ;tlio;'washtub' : ;is; XondonV new ; ''mode.:6f i cle'aning; i its;.milb- : seems ap-: ;plicable of!:Mana- v ,watu.• and;-t?hirarapaV ; who ; are endeayourc'atgrsfor; ; the?:Wellington trade/ ; for:;it ; ;HasJ peculiar,; ad.yan'tagesi .'>■ :.;}:'.,.:>•

''. In -the' .p'i'o'cessj'.Hvliich ,is. carried ori' ; "by; the -White. Cross :Milk Company at Kneb- ! :;WortK;:Hert«,'.tho'milkris .first" divested. J o{.:itsj.cre'ami- and..thei;;tte';sHmmed niilk-' ,is'-heated to Ho*degrees'i]?!?'>in:'- a, tank: .Avithjan'jouter. jneUet'.of.:hot.water. :- : ; : k : .':onTwnt^ , 6fvflltere'd':air'>at'"ti'B':sam6'':teni-. 'perature :.is : .it-to agitate >the;;milk:and .'cause evaporation.■-. :In;ffdm. twjd .to thj'ee hours :tlie-:6Hmnied,'-milk is' iretluqe'd'.tb. aUout ? bne-fif th, of '.the .original; .bult.v.illie, separated'e'ream is then takenand;>wa£niedrii .'a.j'smaller.i;'tahki.:at•: the' ;Same',temp'e'rature,\for the.same.lengthibf; '.tinte, ;and':is'kept. : :moying'.by';_a paddle to . prevent.;.thg.:-;formatioja;;9f Ja, ;^ciim.T . The: ;pastedrised)qr6ani',is^^rtfien l poured .into.the: condensed; pasteurised milk, : and.'the,misr j a special brino' tank tbiP-.degrees is : ,then':one-. -,"The: product is how: White.Cro'ss', niilk;-.: --:-;, :.-_ .'> •;. - ; /. !:';ln-;this: concentrated; 1 form tie ."milk' is •■'dispja^ed'[. : fr6'Bi-v-tU6';ycreamery''.'-ih'-' ; ..:the Kndon.-•.'■;It::will ■keep ' : gbod/,for; i :anves:tended;-'time, :'diid,' with, much favour.; from' ."steamship/companies;' VPor;the milk".trade jin'jLbndori; thfl/,igilk;ii: r dii,-o;fed: wiih'i'steri' t-ile.>'and-\'cbbled':;<fater; : whi "ftissing; '.:'6f /watej:;,'' Tlie ; niilk iis: theh/sb '■■ it;is : said,- indistin'guish-• aTC:from, ;? .Tlie 'fat present in' ithei/fipished iarticleii'.is.iyalwa'ys:'-3:25'-"per all' .'about .:tne,.pßcess:..is: that »tbe saving 'in': freight;; owing /to'; the: rednction' in.' bulk,:is; sufficient;to '.'pay/allvthe' expenses Mbfs preparation;^.:' : >Jlt'.';-represents;l .what, ■'. in butter-making, - would be called :: the : over-" 'yi'; : :.-/,,/: ■.%■: ■-■'.'■■.-••. -,■-■:■!■..-.■/.■■■

: ;~ Two -points -.in' "the "process '.appear, 'to fwTOers;;:;of.'::L«nn;;Kath6rstdh,'': Upper,' -Hutt,-and- other'; distant suburbs, of ..Wei-, lingtoh;';:; One. is ihe saving m- freight; ■ the" ;other is the'keeping quality"of the uu- ; :qilntod'-.; article; v'kJliV sufficiently, 'skilled. specialiste>can-te:-got;. to ; . r .'prepare . the ; ■_hvhitei :cross:,miJk'' levin:; and : Featherstoh', .-■ to - begin.: with,: there.wouldsse'emvto -be ; an.:.end: ; of ;the:' difficulties:; hitherto'?;.. excluding;!;distant; 'gjlk farmers.,.fromCparticipatuig: in the Wellington,trade.?-.Vi'tv *.v'i'.,'.-■;■• /''"; v»' : i|£Whetßer;)pr;iiot; the'''law- would regard :the._jieaddiKoni ofj. the., evaporated''water : ss,5 s , 'i "legal .watering, of; milt,.- arid 'the : re--: .duetion of:ffie«.fat .to;-:a-, : pei'cen-' tagepofr.our. minimum'- 3.25' as ran illegali manipnlaaon/Wriuld/^io'-'doub't,-be "soon 'a6certamed." ( ;y=;y/y:::"\' f ::";.V/;v^.;^!- ; ;i .--,:;\