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Copyright, 1919

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1919


TABLE OF CONTENTS

HISTORICAL

Chapter I

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Production, Composition and Characteristics of Milk[1]
Milk Ferments[1]
—Pasteurization[1]
Dairy Cattle[1]
—Milk-Breeds[1]
—Beef-Cattle[4]
—Food and Water[5]
—The Barn[9]
—Milking[10]
—Test the Cows[11]
—Healthy Cows[12]
Composition of Milk[13]
—Butter-fat[13]
—Casein and Albumen[14]
—Milk-Sugar[14]
—Mineral Matters[15]
How to Test Milk[15]
—The Babcock Test[16]
—Sampling[17]
—The Lactometer[18]
—Acidity Test[19]
Ferments[20]
Enzymes[21]
—Rennet[20]
—Pepsin[21]
Bacteria[21]
—Lactic Acid Bacilli[21]
The Control of Bacteria[22]
—Cleanliness[22]
—Heat[22]
—Cooling[22]
—Disinfectants[25]
Pasteurization[25]
Pure Cultures[30]
—Starters[32]