Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-02-02
THOUGHTS ON HANDLING MILK

proper treatment OF COWS ana MIX as
Shown by DIR. C. v. Porter in His Re
cent Institute paper.
"Good milk comes only from healthy
cows, fed on good sweet pasture or on
good sweet grain or other forage, with
pure water to drink and pure air to
BREATHE" says 9. p. Goodrich. Leeks,
wild onions, rag weed, etc, give milk
bad favor. Rotten silages, mouldy fod-
der, and musty grain make poor milk
Impure water and impure air affect
health of COW and quality of milk. The
COW stable should be kept clean; COWS
well bedded bitches bedded some to
Keep cows tails dry. A pan of land
plaster to 80 cows sprinkled on plat
forms and in bitches absorbs odors AMI
saves fertility. Dust from road or barn
yard saved in summer is good absorb
emit. The utmost cleanliness must be
bser ed in milking to have good milk.
Before milking, our cows udders are
carefully wiped with q coarse cloth.
This work must be we'll done, the udder,
fore and aft, the right side and flank
must be we'll rubbed to remove straw
loose hairs, ETC., ell of which swarm with
bacteria. Before placing the pail pr
paratory to milking, with the hand We
rub the teats and udder. We thus have
very little coarse dirt in the strainer
Remember this: NJ strainer we can use
will take out the dirt that once gets
into milk. The dirt and dust must be
be kept out of the milk. Only the sep
arator will remove the fine dirt.
In preparing milk fog the factory or
for the milk dealer cooler and aerator
is almost necessity. [ have used the
Champion for six years and it has proved
lnvaluabeto me- Aersted milk is better
milk than the same not aerated Stand
over an aerator and smell the sickening
animal oder that rises when the cooler
is filled with ice Areated milk cooled
yer ice keeps sweet much longer thar
if not so cooled and aired. 1t is cleaner,
better milk than that poured warm into
big can without first airing and cooling.
But milk must be aerated in q pure at
mosphere. Separator cream is the best
for the retail milk dealer. 1t contains
no dirt, IS that is left in the bowl along
with the fbrin. To whip well, cream
should be more than "a hours old
Separator cream and butter are Use
liable to contain the bacillia of consump-
tion than cream raised on cans, as the
hacillia are heavier and are found in the
slime in the bowl. Bacteria as they
affect the dairyman are to two kicds
the good and the bad The good kinds
give good flavor to butter and cheese
and the bad kinds give trouble to the
dairy man. "All bacterial contamination
OF milk comes from internal sources"
If cows milk be bitter when first
MIXED there is some trouble with the
COW. If it be all right at first and be-
come bitter several hours later the
trouble is due to some external cause
Much of the contamination of milk
comes from the dirt upon the COW; the
germs upon her hair and bedding; the
foul atmosphere of the stable; from the
hands OF dirty mixers aud from the
water used in washing cans and paile
A Connecticut milkman washed his cans
with cold water from well surrounded
by sewers and privies ard started a deadly
epidemic of typhoid among his patrons.
A variety of lamentations may occur in
milk. The Tactic is the most common
a germ causes the milk to become acid.
Another germ gives an alkaline reaction
and curdles it. Other germs give blue,
violet. yellow, green, or red color; Others
make the milk bitter. There is Shiny
milk. Soapy milk has been traced to
bacteria on the straw and hay. The
remedy for these lamentations in milk
is care and cleanliness; prevent the
germs from falling into the milk; keep
it in different place and boil well every
utensil used, such as pals, pans,
strainers, etc, for long time.
Tuberculose, typhoid and scarlet few
ers and dyphtheria have been conveyed
by milk. Two or three cattle 10 a hun
dred, we are told, the state over, have
tuberculosis or consumption. 1T spreads
rapidly in herd when once introduced.
Calves. like babies, are born non-tuber-
cuicse They contract it after birth by
inhaling dust or by drinking, or sucking
milk from mothers having tubercles in
their mammary glands. The disease is
said to be most prevalent among pure
bred dairy animals because of their close
confinement, Every breeder of full
blood cattle should test his herd.
Messrs. Hill and Merrell have both
tested their herds and will neither sell
nor purchase an animal which has not
been tested. l have tested abont half my
herd with tuberculin and found no trace
of disease among them. The separator
creamery may be means of spreading
consumption among calves and pigs as
the skim milk of many patrons is mixed,
but mixed milk is said to be less liable to
convey tubercle bacilli than that un-
mixed. For this reason as well SIS anoth-
er, the milk OF many cows mixed togeth-
er is better for infants than the milk of
one COW. j. Lewis Smith. our highest
authority on children's diseases, advises
feeding infants mixed milk because it is
more uniform in the amount Of fat it
contains and does not vary as much
every day as the milk of single COW
does.
If every cow owner in Vernon county
would adopt and live up to few simple
rules the annual COW product of the
county would be worth $4,000 more
than it is Rules: Have cows well
bedded SO they keep clean. Curry them
occasionally. Before milking rub cows
udders all around firmly and thoroughly
with brush or coarse cloth; also the
right flank ard side and belly of cow
Before placing pail to milk rub udder
carefully with hard. Hire mixers with |
the understanding that they are not TO |
chew tobacco while milking; that they
are to milk with dry hands; for wet.ing
the teats with milk. besides being filthy.
causes sore teats. That they are not 10