top-milk

After standing four or five hours the top-milk may be removed; after twelve to sixteen hours the cream may be removed.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

_On what does the percentage of fat in top-milk depend?

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

It may be avoided by taking off at first the upper 13 ounces as top-milk and using 7 ounces of this in a 20-ounce mixture, in place of Formula I; and by using for the next increase the upper 15 ounces as top-milk, taking of this 8 ounces in a 20-ounce mixture in place of Formula II.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

The cream and top-milk will seldom rise upon such milk with any satisfactory regularity.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

It may be done by using top-milk or a mixture of milk and cream.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

It should be cooled as just described, as its temperature is usually somewhat raised during transportation If it has been bottled at a dairy, the cream or the top-milk may be removed after an hour or so.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

Unless these are known it is impossible to say even approximately how strong in fat the top-milk is.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

In using modifications made from top-milk, much confusion arises from the notion that top-milk is a single definite thing, whereas its composition depends upon a great variety of conditions and, unless all these are known, it is impossible to tell how strong it is.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

If milk fresh from the cow, or before the cream has risen, is put into bottles and rapidly cooled, the top-milk may be removed in as short a time as four hours.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

If one can get milk fresh from the cows, the top-milk is to be preferred on account of freshness.

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt