Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-09
DAIRY RULES.
They Are Suggested BY the U. S. AMI
NAL Bureau.

cleanliness about the cattle, their at.
Cenuants, the stable, the dairy, and all
utensils.
A person suffering from any disease.
must remain away from the cows and
the milk
Keep dairy cattle in a room or build.
ing by themselves. 1t is preferable to
nave no cellar below and no storage
loft above
Stables should be well ventilated.
lighted and drained; should have tight
hoors and walls and be plainly con.
structed.
Allow no strongly smelling material
In the stable for any length of time.
Store the manure under cover outside
the cow stable and remove it to a dis.
lance as often as practicable.
Wnitewash the stable once or twice
year. Use land plaster in the man.
ure cutters daily.
Use no dry, dusty feed Just pre-
Vious to milking; il fodder is dusty.
sprinkle it before it is fed.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking. In hot weather sprin-
kle the floor.
Have the herd examined at least
Twice year by a skilled veterinarian.
Promptly remove from the herd any
animal suspected of being in bad
health and reject her milk. Never
add an animal to the herd until certain
1t is free from disease, especially tub
erculosis.
Do not move COWS faster than q com
Portable walk while on the way to
place of milking or feeding
Never allow the COWS to be excited
by hard driving, abuse, loud talking, or
unnecessary disturbance; do not ex-
pose them to cold or storm
Feed literally and uSa Onlv Trash
palatable feed stuffs; in no case should
decomposed or moldy material be
used.
Provide water In abundance. easy
of access and always pure; fresh but
not too cold.
Salt should always be accessible.
Do not allow any strong favored
food, like garlic, cabbage and turnips.
to be eaten, except Immediately after
milking.
Clean the entire body of the COW
daily. If hair in the region of the I'D
Der is not easily kept clean it should
be clipped.
Do not use the milk within twenty
days before calving nor within three
to five days afterwards.
The mixer should be clean in all
respects he should not use tobacco;
he should wash and dry his hands Just
before milking.
Milk quietly, quickly, cleanly and
thoroughly. Cows do not like unnec-
essary noise or delay. Commence
milking at exactly the same hour
every morning and evening, and milk
the cows in the same order
Throw away (but not on the floor
better in the gutter) the first few
streams from each teat; this milk is
very watery and of little value, but it
may injure the rest.
If in any milking a part of the milk
is bloody or stringy or unnatural in
appearance, the whole mess should be
rejected.
MIX with dry hands; never allow
to hands to come in contact with the
milk
DO not allow dogs. cats or loafers
to be around at milking time,
If any accident occurs by which a
pail full or partly full of milk becomes
dirty. do not try to remedy this by
straining, but reject all this milk and
rinse the pail.
Weigh and record the milk given
by each COW, and take sample morn
ing and night. at least once a week,
for testing by the fat test
Remove the milk of every cow at
once from the stable to a clean. dry
room, where the air is pure and sweet
Do not allow cans to remain in stables
while they are being filled.
Strain the milk through a metal
gauZe and a flannel cloth or layer OF
cotton as soon as it is drawn.
Aerate and cool the milk as soon as
strained.
Never close a can containing warm
milk which has not been aerated
II cover is left off the can, piece of
cloth or mosquito netting should be
used to keep out insects
If milk is stored it should be held
in tanks of fresh, cold water (renewed
daily in clean, dry, cold room. I'm.
less it is desired to remove cream, il
should be stirred with a tin stirrer
thick cream layer.
Never mix fresh milk with that
which has been cooled.
DO not allow the milk to freeze.
Under no circumstances should any.
thing be added to milk to prevent its
souring. Cleanliness and cold are the
only preventives needed.
Milk utensils for farm use should
be made of metal and have all joints
smoothly soldered. Never allow them
to become rusty or rough inside.
Do not haul waste products back to
the farm in the same cans used for
delivering milk. When this is IN
avoidable, insist that the skim-milk
or whey tank be kept clean.
Cans used for the return of skim
milk or whey should be emptied and
cleaned as soon as they arrive at the
farm. Clean all dairy utensils by first
thoroughly rinsing them in warm wa
ter: then clean inside and out with
brush and hot water in which a clean.
ing material is dissolved; then rinse
and lastly steriliZe by boiling water
or steam. Use pure water only.
tefter cleaning, keep utensils inver.
untIr' pure air, and sun if possible
Nrted for use.
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