Evening star., 1909-04-18
ducers of one Of the most vital Of human
food products.

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The ideal stable should be built on lines
as minute as those Of any city mansion.
The ideal home for the COW should con-
tain no hayloft. The ceiling should be
lathed and plastered or the rafters should
be few and cleaned frequently
The walls ought to be OF cement and
glass-plenty of light being important
and the floor of cement
This kind OF construction makes It pos
sible to turn the hose on the walls and
floor daily, thus washing away every par
ticle Of dirt into q drain which carries
1t into a distant part of the premises.
Neither Is there manger; an accumu-
lation of hay Dust laden with bacilli
would endanger the cows health and
contaminate the milk. Back of the long
metar wided stalls eught to be a groove
into which dirt is continually swept and
taken away. In front of the stall is
another groove in the cement floor,
through which at regular intervals runs
stream of pure well water, till each
cow has had enough. and then it is shut
off.
The food ought to be weighed out to
each COW. and not one ounce more given
than the attendant decides is needful, for
looking, and this is not likely to be the
case II overfeeding is permitted.
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The right kind of material for food
Will also be explained in detail by this
itinerant course Of lectures on COW
knowledge. Grains, corn silage. clover
ana alfalfa hay are the stuffs that insure
a good flavor to the milk. The proper
portions will be explained in detail.
Sometimes 1t may become necessary to
decrease a cows allowance of one OF the
ingredients few ounces to reduce the
production of butter fat or to add some-
thing to increase the supply of milk
In such manner as this virtually every
thing connected with the COW and its
production Of milk can be regulated along
lines which the instructors will Law down
VI course the COW has to be allowed
a certain amount Of exercise in the open
nelds, perhaps an average Of three or
four hours day. but here again the
good advice, for he will tell the dairymaid
now to be sure there Is no deleterious
substance growing there, such as garlic.
Only one cow needs to eat garlic to af-
feet the entire milking. and they are SO
partial to 1t that only eternal vigilance
can prevent the indulgence.
In the ideal dairy shavings will be used
as bedding. They do not fill the air with
germ-laden dust. For the same reason
all hay before being fed to the cow Is
wet down with hose. thus preventing
the dissemination Of the hay bacilli.
which In dry hay fills the atmosphere and
is either inhaled by the cow or flies di-
rectly into the milk.
Grains are kept In a compartment sep
arate from the barn, thus preventing the
dangers Of their f1avors from getting into
the milk, and all crevices which might
become lurking places for dust. thus aid
ing in the infection of the herd from
tuberculosis COW, are eliminated.
The mixer, man or woman, wears a
jumper, and is scrupulously clean; more
over each cow is rubbed down and cur
ried as carefully as a horse on exhibition
at a show in competition for blue rib
bon, for such grooming keeps the cows
hide free from loose nairs and foreign
matter.
In fact the hide Of the cow is even kept
clipped toward the side Of the mixer SO
as to be absolutely certain that nothing
from it can fall into the milk.
Twice a day the cow is also sponged.
especial attention being given to the I'D
der
The fair milkmaid will be taught that
her hands can never be kept too clean
while taking the milk from its cow giver
She must wash them in warm water be-
fore beginning. and repeat the operation
after emptying each bucket of milk.
These are some Of the high spots in the
remarkable program by which an effort
is being made to educate the farmer as to
his vital duty to safeguard his milk sup
ply.
OF course large part of the result will
depend on the amount of moral suasion
that can be brought to bear. for many
of the suggestions made are expensive
and can hardly be put into execution
without loss by those who depend on
the popular priced market for the re-
turns.
But one Of the points adopted is sure
to result in gain.
Ten thousand dollars yearly to be in
vested by the state In guarding the milk
supply ought to yield its profits In an
improved public health.