To Preserve Milk

Ingredients

• clean, sweet, and dry bottles
• milk from the cow
• straw
• cold water

Directions

1. Ensure bottles are perfectly clean, sweet, and dry.

2. Fill the bottles with milk and cork them tightly.

3. Fasten the corks with pack thread or wire.

4. Place a layer of straw in a boiler and arrange the bottles with straw between them.

5. Fill the boiler with cold water and heat until it begins to boil.

6. Remove from heat and let the water cool completely.

7. Once cold, remove the bottles and pack them with straw or sawdust in hampers.

8. Store the hampers in the coolest part of the house.