PREPARING THE FOOD
In a large preserving kettle place all the utensils needed in the preparation of the food—pitcher, spoon, fork, measuring glass, bottles, nipples, cheesecloth for straining, agate cup, wire strainer, in fact everything that is to be used in the preparation of the food. Now fill the kettle with cold water and place over the gas and allow to boil for fifteen minutes. On a well-scrubbed worktable place a clean dish towel, and on this put the utensils and the bottles right side up. The nipples on being taken out of the boiling water will dry of themselves; they should be placed in a glass-covered jar until they are needed for each individual feeding, the nipples not being placed on the bottles as they go to the ice box.
Having been given your formula by your physician, proceed in the following way. Suppose we were preparing the food for a normal two-months old baby that weighed ten pounds, with the prescription as follows:
| Rx | |
| Whole Milk | ounces 11 |
| Cane Sugar | level tablespoons 2 |
| Boiled Water | ounces 12½ |
| Lime Water | ounces 1 |
| Amount at Each Feeding | ounces 3½ |
| Number of Bottles | 7 |
| Interval Between Feedings | hours 3 |