CLEANING MILK UTENSILS

Shannon News, 3 July 1928, Page 4

CLEANING MILK UTENSILS

On some dairy farms there still exist somewhat hazy notions as to the best way to clean milking utensils. Many people begin washing the dirty vessels in hot water. This, we are told by Mr J. C. W. Sims, B. Sc, Instructor in Dairying for West Sussex, is wrong, and results in a thin film of dried milk being deposited on the surface of the utensils, which is very difficult to remove. The correct way, according to this authority, is to rinse first in cold water, and this preliminary operation should be done as soon as possible after milking, otherwise the milk-will again dry on the surface. When the morning's milk is completed the rinsing in cold water should be done before the milkers leave for breakfast, and the washing-up proper can then be safely left until later. The second operation should bo done thoroughly scrubbing in hot water, to wnich some cleansing agent has been added. Then ri ikj in clean, hot water Tho utensils are now ready for final treatment —that of scalding in boiling water or steaming.