Milk In a New Form.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 179, 2 August 1904, Page 2

Milk In a New Form.

Fowderod milk seems to be making its wny into popularity. The new process removes all the water from tho milk by an application of heat, and converts it into a light yellow flaky powder, which can instantly be reconverted into something' almost indistinguishable from fresh milk by tho/addition of water. "' All bacteria aro killed in the process. The bacteria of disease have been purposely added to the milk, and aftor the process was complete, not a trace of them could be found. After 4UO separate examinations it was possible to say that the powder is absolutely sterile when it comes from tho drying machine. Being sterile and dry it will, of course, keep indefinitely, provided no germs aro allowed acces to it. Samples properly packed in air-tight boxen have been sent round the world, and have been found to be perfectly sterile-germ free—on their return. Assuming that the milk proves to be an efficient food, remarkable predictions are being made regarding it. What, for instance, will be the role of the town dairy if factories aro sol, up on farms, and cam send you, perhaps, a year's supply of milk by rail at a moment's notice? The whole problem of milk transmission threatens to he solved at a single stroke Most 'interesting of all is the declaration that this powdered form of sterilized milk solves the problem furnish*! by the dreadful mortality among babies in large cities during the «mn»r months. Statistics in France and England show that about one m ten of all tire deaths that ocmilk. The majority of these deaths are of children under one year old, —Hgm» paper,