The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-06

The recommendation of the commit
| tee are as follows
THE. cows must be kept clean.
and manure must not be permitted
| to collect upon the tail sides, udder
| and belly of any mich COW.
2-No stagnant water, hog-pen.
pr1vy or uncovered cesspool or ma
nure pit should be maintained within
| 100 feet of the COW stable.
3-Windows shouI@ be Installed IN
| the COW barn to provide sU+Gtcient
| light; two square feet of window
light to each 500 cubic feet of air
| space the minimum.
4-Milch cows should be kept in
a place which is used for no other
purpose.
stable floors should be made
water-tight, and properly graded and
well-dra1ned, and be Of some non
absorbent material. Cement and
brick floors are the best. as they can
be more easily kept clean than those
of wood or earth.
6-The feeding troughs and pfat-
form should be well lighted and kept
clean at all times
THE ceiling should be thorough
| ly swept down and kept free from
hanging straw, dirt and cobwebs.
8-The ceiling must be so con-
structed that dust and dirt therefron
shall not readily fall to the floor or
into the milk. If the space over
the cows is used for storage of hay,
the ceiling should be made tight 20
prevent chaff and dust from falling
through.
9-The walls and lodges should ne
| thoroughly swept down and kept free
from dust, dirt, manure and cobwebs.
and the floors and premises be kept
free from dirt, rubbish and decayina<
animal or vegetable matter at ali
times.
1O-The cow beds should be go
graded and kept that they will be
clean and sanitary at all times.
11-Stables should be whftevasf1-
ed at least twice year unless The
walls are painted or are of smooth
cement.
12-Manure should be removed
from the stalls and cutters daily. This
| should not be done during milking.
13-Manure should be taken from
the barn, preferably drawn to fn1
field. When the weather Is such that
this cannot be done. it should be
the stable and the manure pile should
be SO located that the cows cannot
get at it.
Manure cutters should be from
| six to eight inches deep, and con-
structed of concrete, stone or some
non-absorbent material.
15-Only bedding which is clean.
dry and absorbent should be used.
preferably sawdust, shavings drfcI
leaves or straw No horse manure
16-All live stock other than cows
should be excluded from the room I'm
which the mich cows are kept. (Cajf
or bull pens may be allowed in the
same room If kept in the same clean
and sanitary manner as the COW
beds.)
IA suitable place in some sep
arate building should be provided for
the use Of the cows when sick.
18-A milk house must be provid-
ed which is separated from the sta
BILE and dwelling. It should be 1ocat-
ed on elevated ground, with no hog
pen, pr1vy or manure pile within 100
Let must be kept clean and not
used for any purpose except the
handling Of milk.
20-The milk house should be pro-
v1ded with an ample supply of clean
water for cooling the milk, and IL it
is not a running supply, the water
should be changed twice daily. Also
a supply of clean ice should be pro-
vided to be used for cooling the milk
to so degrees within two hours after
21.-Suitable means should be pro-
vided within the milk house, TO ex-
pose the milk pals, cans and utensils
to the sun or to live steam.
22-Any person having any COM
one caring for persons having such
disease, should not be allowed to
handle the milk or milk utensils.
23,-The hands and teats should be
kept dry during milking. The prac-
tice of moistening the hands with
milk is to be condemned.
24.-The pals in which the milk ~
drawn should have as small an open
ing at the top as can be used in milk
ing; top opening preferably not to ex-
coed eight inches in diameter. This
lessons the contamination by dust and
dirt during milking.
25.-Miik from diseased cows
should not be shipped from prem
ises.
26.-The milk should not be in any
way adulterated.
27.-The water supply used I'm the
dairy and for washing utensils should
ination sufficiently abundant for ali
purposes and easy of access.
28.-This supply should be protect
ed against floor or surface drainage.
29.-The creamery and premises
surrounding the same should be kept
clean and free from accumulation OF
waste, rubbish or offensive material
3O.-The walls and ceilings of all
rooms must be sheathed or ceiIed.
The walls and ceiling should be
painted at least once year.
31.-Ail steam and water pipes
within the creamery building should
be painted and kept clean
32.-Cans used for returning skim
milk, whey or feeds to- the farm must
not be used for milk, and should be
painted some distinctive color and
plainly marked with the words: Not
TO be used for mike" in letters 1T
least two inches high.
33.-All bottles and cans, after
washing, should be protected until
used, so that they will not become
contaminated with dirt and dust.
34.-Milk of q temperature above
so degrees F. should not be received
at a creamery or shipping station, IN
less it is milk delivered within two
hours from the time 1t was drawn
from the cow.
35.-Milk should not be received
which contains floating manure.
straw, flies or other fifth, as such are
sure Indications Of a. dirty and IN
wholesome milk.
36.-Milk should be prepared for
shipment with the least handling pos
sible. All unnecessary exposure To
the air should be avoided Mis-
should be protected. from dust AMI
dirt while in the cooling pools
37.-Milk should be immediately
and rapidly cooled to a temperature
BILE so kept until. shipped.
38.-The creamery should have a
running supply of. pure water. II a
public water supply is not used. suca
other supply should. he approved b-