The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-06
Only man has


learned that trick.
Next. give the COW plenty OF salt.
Treat her kindly Treat her as II
she were your friend. Any man who
will kick a COW or strike her with
a pitchfork should be taken by the
back Of the neck and kicked out OF
odors.
The COW house should be kept clean
and sweet and well ventilated. 1t is
impossible to get good milk from a
COW kept in a stable that Is not clean.
would like you to seq the stable in
connection with our college, and |
think you would agree with me that
the air In that stable is probably as
pure as 1t is In this room. Such
condition can be got at small ex.
pense. Bulletin 143 gives instruction
as how to ventilate a COW stable at
small cost. No man should keep his
cows in a small, damp. filthy house
and expect good milk ft for human
use. The cows must be kept clean.
IL you suggest currying the cows. farm
ers will laugh at you, but nevertheless
cows need to be regularly brushed ald
curried. They need to be kept Gle IN
as much as horses, II not more so. II
is impossible to get clean milk from
dirty cows. You have only to notice
the sediment in milk bottle to know
that this Is fact. The people OF
this country should rise and demand
clean, sweet milk.
Next, cows should be MIXED in q
kindly manner. The person doing the
milking should have on clean clothes.
Men do the milking as a rule. Wom-
en- should not be asked to go in the
barn to milk cows, and especially OF
through dirty barn, to milk dirty
cows. As rule. the milking should
be done by a man. He should have
on clean clothes and should wash his
hands before milking. The average
man will think nothing OF sitting down
to milk with dirty hands. Milk in a
quick manner into a clean pail. The
milk, Immediately after It is drawn
from the cow, should be strained, and
cooled TO temperature OF so or 60
degrees.
If you get milk cooled to so or 60
degrees, It can be kept for a long
time and will be fit for human con-
sumption. Milk which is not cooled at
once forms a medium for the develop
ment Of bacteria, and very often con-
tagious diseases are spread through
an impure milk supply. Milk which
is sold in towns and cities ought to be
hA OF nt %
nicipality, and the people of the mu.
nicirality should see to 1t that the
milk Is above reproach. In Glasgow
and Copenhagen the milk is inspected,
and the people of those cities get milk
OF a much higher standard than IL
sold In this country, and at no greater
cost
see no reason why skim milk
should not be sold II is OF special
value to growing children. A great
many cities have bylaws prohibiting
the sale of skim milk. hold that
skim milk should be sold. that the
poor of our towns and cities ought
to have II, But It is hard to get
anyone to buy skim milk, because It
gives one the appearance of being
poor Buttermilk is a most healthful
drink II people would drink but.
termilk instead OF whisky 1t would
probably be better for all concerned.
Scientists tell us that there are germs
In sour milk which fight against the
germs causing death to the human
body. II is also said that buttermilk
has tendency to lengthen life. Peo-
pie in some parts OF Europe drink
largely OF sour milk, and these people
live to very great old age.