The Cornell Reading- Courses 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

 NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



B. T. Galloway, Dean 



COURSE FOR THE FARM, ROYAL GILKEY. Supervisor 



Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Ithaca, New York 



VOL. IV. No. 86 



APRIL 15, 1915 



DAIRYING SERIES 



No. 6 



THE PRODUCTION OF CLEAN MILK 



T. J. McInerney 



The va\\k ordinance which went into effect in New York on January i , 

 19 1 5, is of importance to all milk producers within the State, unless their 



Fig. i7j. 



An inexpensive lam hut one in which clean milk is produced by means 

 of careful attention to methods 



milk has been graded by some local regulation or ordinance established 



prior to September i, 19 14. 



The chief provisions of this ordinance may be briefly stated as follows: 



The milk is to be graded, with the exception of certified milk, according 



to the health of the cows, the sanitary conditions existing in the dairy 



barn and the milk house as determined by the dairy score, the bacteria 



content of the milk or the cream, and the fact that the milk or the cream 



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