1864. } Vortoxer on Milk, and Dairy Arrangements. 279 
The injudicious and wasteful employment of water must be depre- 
cated. However convenient a good supply undoubtedly is, it must 
not be forgotten that a damp floor and moist atmosphere are to the 
last degree injurious. Whatever water is used should be scalding hot, 
and its evaporation assisted by a current of air. All the utensils 
should be washed without delay, instead of being set aside until 
wanted. The dairy-maid should not show her zeal for keeping the 
dairy clean by splashing water about. Above all, she should prevent 
men or women entering her domain with dirty shoes, or in any way 
bringing dirt into the dairy. 
In wet weather the introduction of dirt may be unavoidable, but it 
may be reduced to a minimum by having a good scraper and rough door- 
mat at the entrance, as well as a pair of wooden shoes, which may be 
easily slipped on and off, for each man who brings in the milk. 
Anyone who doubts the efficacy of these simple means should 
visit North Brabant, which is justly celebrated for its excellent butter. 
Dairies, which are models for cleanliness, can be seen, not here and 
there, but almost universally throughout the district. It is, we are 
quite aware, difficult to ensure the proper conduct of a dairy with all 
the requisite exactitude, but the trouble is well bestowed, and cleanli- 
ness, like any other virtue, is its own reward. 
