State Dairy Association. 401 



When through milking the vessels are rinsed in coid water, so 

 that the milk will not dry on them, and then they are scrubbed 

 thoroughly with brush and warm water, into which has been put 

 some good washing powder. They are then sterilized with steam 

 for one hour. The strainer cloths and wash rags are taken through 

 the same process, and in addition they are boiled for one hour. We 

 discard them after being used for a short time and get new ones. 

 We use every precaution to keep down dust in the barn, knowing 

 that every particle of it is heavily laden with bacteria, and that if 

 impurities get into the milk in solution it is impossible to remove 

 them without heating the milk, which injures it as an article of 

 food. 



I think there is a bright future for any dairyman who will 

 make a uniformly clean milk, and, furthermore, I am sure he is 

 engaged in a very laudable undertaking. The watchwords at Spring 

 Hill are ''clean and cold." 



If I have attained any degree of success in the dairy busi- 

 ness (and I think I am now losing money slower than I ever did in 

 my life), it is due very largely to the sound teaching of Hoard's 

 Dairyman and Coleman's Rural World, both of which I regard as 

 without a peer in their chosen field of labor. While there has been 

 considerable labor in developing one little dairy plant, I have been 

 amply repaid for it all by the fidelity of my family and friends, who 

 have assisted me in every possible way. 



This development has had its humorous side also. 



While I was building my barn and first silo, an old friend of 

 mine came here to see me, and, after looking around, I asked him 

 what he thought of the barn. He said he thought it was a fine 

 barn. I asked him what he thought of the silo, and he replied that 

 he didn't know anything about a silo, but that it was a good job of 

 work. Then I told him I hadn't asked him the main question yet; 

 what do you think of me? He looked me straight in the eye and 

 said, "Crazy, by gum," and I think he voiced the sentiment of a 

 large per cent, of the community. 



A-26 



