DAIRY MEETING. 121 



just a little over 5 per cent. For that milk we received, until a 

 year ago, 8 cents a quart, while all other milk in that city was 

 sold at 6 and 7 cents. When the cost of feed went up, the 

 retailers in Newton agreed that they could not supply milk at 

 the old prices, and all agreed to go up one cent; so that since 

 a year ago the first of November we have been receiving nine 

 cents a quart for this milk, delivered in glass jars, and almost 

 immediately from the milking. The secret of keeping milk 

 wholesome, keeping it sweet, as I see it, is the instantaneous 

 cooling. First have good, clean, pure milk, then cool it just 

 as soon as it is drawn from the cow, bringing it down to as near 

 40 degrees as possible. Then if the milk is fairly well handled, 

 there will be no souring. Of course this cooling will not affect 

 the germ of tuberculosis, or any other disease germs, except as 

 the cold may hold them in subjection for a time. 



I think I will say a word on the matter of tuberculosis and 

 the tuberculin test at this time. I found that I had tuberculosis 

 in my herd, and I was among the earliest of those who tested 

 with tuberculin. \Mth our first test we took out 25 per cent of 

 the cattle. We made subsequent tests at times, varying from six 

 months to a year, until with the last test we took out only 25-^ per 

 cent, and of that 2^ per cent only one did the inspector of beef 

 object to passing for beef. That is to say, the tuberculosis in 

 all the other animals was so light, that while it might have pro- 

 gressed and injured those cattle later, none of us would object 

 to using the meat at that time. To my mind that is the way to 

 take care of tuberculosis. 



One of the things to which we first turned our attention was 

 the question of barns. I do not at all believe in the old-fash- 

 ioned barn. So far as we have found it possible to do so we 

 have built our cattle barn entirely independent from our hay 

 barn. We built with the monitor roof, giving us an abundance 

 of sunlight and ventilation, which are important factors, I 

 think, in doing away with tuberculosis. I am firmly convinced, 

 in these days when we are running sanitariums for the cure of 

 tuberculosis in the individual simply by the fresh air treatment, 

 that the same treatment is just as good for the cow as for the 

 man, and what we want is fewer close stables and better air. 

 The stables need not necessarily be cold, but they should be well 

 ventilated. In our own case, the temperature sometimes goes 



