II. Milk, from Farm to Family
“Well, what I want to know is, where the Clover Leaf Dairy gets our milk from,” said Wallace.
“It is this way. The dairy wagon meets the milk train and takes the cans of milk to the dairy. There they test the milk to see if it is pure and fresh.
“Next they empty the milk into a big white tank and heat it to kill the disease germs. After quickly cooling the milk, they put it into bottles, and it saves the babies’ lives,” said Ruth almost without stopping to take breath.
Her mother smiled and asked, “Did your teacher tell you the name of that work?”
“Yes; but it was a long word, and I have forgotten it,” answered Ruth.
“Pas-teur-i-zing.” Her mother said it for her.
“Yes, that’s it—pasteurizing. I could not think. It kills all the bad germs so that the milk is safe for even the weakest babies.