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to a numerical basis a dairy was credited as perfect in each par- 

 ticular unless some objectionable condition or practice was found. 

 Cuts or deductions from the perfect score were made in accordance 

 with the following schedule, the aim being to make identical cuts 

 for similar conditions: 



Score Card Cuts Used.* 

 HEALTH OF HERD AND ITS PROTECTION. 



Ncf tuberculin test, 12. 



Old tuberculin test (over one year), 12. 



Rigid stanchions (not cut when cows were confined only during milking, as in 

 summer), 3. 



Light, 1 to 5, according to conditions. 



No special system of ventilation, 2. 



Ventilation,. 1 to 5. 



No comfortable provision for isolation or calving outside of stable containing milk- 

 ing cows, 5. 



Stable poorly built to protect from the weather, 1 to 5. 



CLEANLINESS OF COWS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. 



Manure or dust on cows, 1 to 10. 



Hair about udders not clipped, 1. 



Damp cloth not used on udders before milking, 2. 



Litter or roughage on stable floor, 1 to 5. 



Ceiling not tight, 1 to 5. 



Cobwebs and dust in stable, 1 to 5. 



Stable not whitewashed within one year, 5. 



Horse in cow stable, 5. 



Manure not removed once per day, 1 to 10. 



Manure or mud in barnyard to which cows have access, 1 to 10. 



Feeding dry feed just before milking, 1 to 10. 



Objectionable odors in stable, 1 to 5. 



CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF UTENSILS. 



Insufficient cleaning, 1 to 5. 



No special sterilization (no steam), 5. 



No small-topped pail, 15. 



HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AND MANNER OF MILKING. 



No special clean milking suits, 5. 

 Dirty suits, 1 to 5. 

 Milking with wet hands, 10. 

 Unclean hands, 1 to 6. 



HANDLING THE MILK. 

 Not efficiently cooled (50° F. or below). 



50° to 60°, cut 5. 



61° to 70°, 10. 



above 71°, 15. 

 Not held at 50° F. or below, 5. 

 Milk strained in stable, 5. 

 Milk room not clean, 1 to 5. 

 No milk room, 3. 



* These were the cuts as applied to actual conditions. More unsanitary surround- 

 ings would merit greater cuts than those indicated. 



