Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-21
SUCCESSFUL OAlRYlNG.
Some Rules tho Dairymnn and III
Helpers Should Observe.

some Hules tho Da1rymnn and His
Helpers Should Observe.
Keep dairy cattle in room or build.
ing 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 distance
as often as practicable.
Whitewash the stable once or twice p
gear. Use land plaster In the manure
cutters daily.
Use no dry, dusty feed just previous
to milking. II fodder is dusty. sprin-
kle IT before 1t is fed.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking: in hot weather sprinkle
the floor.
Keep the stable anu dairy room in
good condition. and then insist that the
dairy. factory or place where the milk
goes be kept equally well.
Care of the Cows.
Have the herd examined at least
twice 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 il Is
free from disease. especially tubercu
losis.
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 ex
pose them to cold or storms.
DO not change the feed suddenly.
Feed literally and use only fresh
palatable feed stuffs; in no case shoulC
decomposed or mouldy material be
used.
Provide water In abundance, easy o.
access and always pure; fresh, but not
too cold.
Salt should always be accessible.
Do not allow any strong navoreC
food. like garlic. cabbage and turnips
to be eaten except Immediately afte.
milking.
Clean the entire body OF the COW
daily. If hair in the region of the ud
der is not easily kept clean II Shout
be clipped.
Do not use the milk within twenty
days before calving, nor for three I
FIVE days afterward.
Points on Milking.
The mixer should be clean in all re
spects; he should not use tobacco; be
should wash and dry his hands before
milking
The mixer should wear a clean cute
garment used only when milking and
kept In clean place at other times.
Brush the udder and surroundlnq
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with clean. damp cloth o.
sponge.
MIX quietly. quickly. clearly and
thoroughly Cows do not like unneces
sary noise or delay. Commence milk
Ing at exactly the same hour every
morning and evening, and milk the
cows in the same order.
Throw sway but not on tire foor
better In the gutter the first few
streams from each teat. This milk s.
very watery and OF little value. but IL
may injure the rest
If In any milking part of the milk
rs bloody or stringy or unnatural On
appearance. the whole mass should be
rejected
Milk with dry hands. Never ALLOW
the hands to come In contact with the
milk
DO not allow dogs. cats or loafers e.
be around at milking time.
II any accident occurs by which n
pail full or partly full OF milk becomes
dirty do not try to remedy this by
strainlng. but reject all this milk md
rinse the pail
Weigh and record the milk given b.
each COW, and take a sample morninr
and night at least once n week for test
ing by the fat tests. G. Thompson
Maine State Dairy Inspector.