Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-21

The whole art of successful dairy
ing may he summed up in one word
cleanliness. The cows must be clean,
the mixers must be clean, the Yes
sells must BE- clean ana all the sur
rOundin%H free from impurities. AhoV"
all the stables must be kept "lOpf from
filth, well ventilated ana managed in
accordance with the laws III sanitation
How many stables fill this require
ment? In most stables the conditions
of lie are uhfaNnrabc in the extreme
ana radically different from what they
are in the Clcn air. They nave no pro-
vision Glr ventilation. Either there
are drafts Of air upon the cows, favor
ing TN. IrDIEation Of colds and catarrh,
or there is insufficient supply Of oXy-
gen. This has an important bearing on
the spread OF tuberculosis in cattle, Tor
unless there is ventilation disease
germs carried into q stable are likely
to remain there until they infect the
animals. II is just as desirable that
there should BE- ample provision to let
light into the stable, for the direct rays
Of the sun are Of especial value for
DESTROYING the :-t riRS Of consumption
ana for incr, asiu.y The r. Sisting power
OF tie 1niIl;ils. IN addition to this the
suns rays aid in drying and di#infect-
ing the stable. Light is also necessary
to enable those who care fur stables to
see the dust ana filth and to nut tncm
into proper sanitary conditions DARK
stables are almost universally dirty,
damp ana unhealthy.
1t should he unGer.'t0od that an TN
healthy COW cannot give Wholesome
milk and diseased milk will Of course
produce. til" same Kind Of hHttCr. Eut
cows will nnt remain hcaltny IS kept
in dirty ana ill-vcntilatcd stables. The
floor Of Il tDN stable should ~ Rent ;ts
clean as Il rarlrr. the air &lydld
always. lie l.Ui:.c, thur" should BE- free
dom from drafts. ana the sanitation
should hc like H,t Of Il frat-clIs, hos
pital. Then, if The cows Themselves
are kept thoroughly washed and cur
ricd, and tn" attendants milk only with
clean hands in clCanSrl vessels. tn.
best results may be expected. 1t is
the dairy of this kind that finds
ready market for its product and gets
the highest prices. bccaus" customers
b., actual trial l;ni out its superiority.
Therefore FIR selfish REASONS, ~ &aH
nothing of good IGurllS and honesty 81
purpu>.., tn. Gairymrn will keep every
thin@ around him in applo-pir order.
This ~ the way the poop" Of il"!i"nd
keep their dairios, the stables hrin%
80 clean ana cnmfortai,lr ti::;t tn"
family use them as sittinE-rnoms, the
woHI, Il going there to do their sewing
and knitting. while the cows are Kept
as comfortable as the children Of the
family.
1t is hardly necessary 10 say thAt 2
stable must j., kept clean To- J." :"'n;-
tary. Cleanliness II TIL" principle un-
DERIVING sanitation and it must he
Kept constantly in view. Not only
must the filth on the surface Of the
floors be removed, Int there mast Nc u"
channels by which if can gather be-
tween or beneath the flooring Ia fer
ment, putrefy and pollut" the atmos-
phere With unhcafthful gases. The
dust which gathers upon the walks Of
many COW stable; is often more Oh
jectionable than the filth upon tho
floors. In infected stables the dust is
certain To contain tubercle liacilli, and
these are in q condition To bc easily
flnatcd into the atmosphere. hrcathed
into the animals lungs to disease il
and absorbed into the milk to ruin it.
In the Ola Grccilu fable. one Of the
lahors of Hercules was t. cleanse tn"
Augcan stables, piled high with
manure and other filth that had been
accommodating for centuries. The giants
method Of removing the mountain Of
filth was to turn 4 river into it. 1t is
not necessary for Il modern dairyman
To turn a river in. but he should turn
on common sense and the results Of
from mpuritics.-Amcrican Farmer.