Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
FIFTY DAIRY RULES.
These Will, II Observed Insure
Clean Milk
THE OWNER AND HIS HELPERS.


Observe and enforce the utmost clean
illness about the cattle, their attendants,
the stable, the dairy. and all utensils
person suffering from any disease,
or who has been exposed to contagious
disease must remain away from the
cows and the milk.
THE STABLE.
Keep dairy cattle in room or building
by themselves. 1t is preferable to have
no cellar below and no storage loft
above.
Stables should be well ventilated
lighted and drained; should have tight
floors and walls, and be plainly con-
structed.
Never use musty or dirty litter.
Allow no strong smelling material in
the stable for any length of time Store
the manure under cover outside the COW
stable, and remove it to a distance as
often as practicable.
Whitewash the stable once or twice
year. Use land plaster in the manure
cutters daily.
Use no dry, dusty feed just previous
to milking; if fodder is dusty, sprinkle
it before it is fed.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking. In hot weather sprinkle
the floor.
Keep the stable and dairy room in
good condition, and then insist that the
dairy, factory, or place where the milk
goes be kept equally well
THE COWS.
Have the herd examined at least twice
a year by 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 it is free
from disease, especially tuberculosis.
Do not move cows faster than a 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 expose
them to cold or storm.
Do not change the feed suddenly.
Feed literally, and use only fresh,
palatable feed-stutfs; in no case should
decomposed or mouldy 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 milk
ing.
Clean the entire body of the COW daily.
If the hair in the region of the udder
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 afterward.
MILKING.
IL lie lnllheT suOulu ne CLEAN III all re-
spects; he should not use tobacco; he
should wash and dry his hands Just be-
fore milking.
The mixer should wear clean outer
garment; used only when milking. and
kept in a clean place at other times.
Brush the udder and surrounding parts
just before milking, and wipe them with
a clean, damp cloth or sponge.
Milk quietly, quickly, clearly, and
thoroughly. Cows do not like unneces-
sary 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 floor, better
in the gutter the first few streams from
each teat; this milk is very watery and
of little value, and it may injure the
rest
If in any milking part of the milk
is bloody or stringy or unnatural in APP.
pearance. the whole mess should be re-
jected.
Milk with dry hands, never allow the
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 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 a sample morning
and night, at least once a week, for
testing by the fat test.
CARE OF MILK.
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 metal gauze
and flannel cloth or layer of cotton as
soon as it is drawn.
Aerate and cool the milk as soon as