128 GUIDE TO DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



made to believe these things and who will conse- 

 quently take no precautions. But all scientists and 

 medical men are agreed that these things are so. 

 There is conclusive evidence before any one who 

 doubts these things if he will pay a visit to the. 

 nearest creamery and see some of the milk and 

 cream which has to be rejected on account of these 

 proved dangers. 



The dirty clothes of the milker are a great 

 source of infection to the milk. A native wears 

 the same clothes day and night, working, eating, 

 and sleeping in them. The farmer changes his own 

 clothes often because he knows they become filthy. 

 The same farmer would not allow this boy inside 

 his house because of the visible and invisible dirt 

 on him. Yet this same boy is to be permitted to 

 milk the cows, dip his fingers in the milk to 

 moisten the teats, hold the bucket between the 

 knees of his dirty garments, lean over the bucket, 

 sweat into it probably, blow his nose with his 

 hands, pick up a cake of dry dung to throw at 

 a refractory calf, and then go on milking. Thus 

 he inoculates it with millions of all kinds of germs. 

 Then the farmer allows his children to get this 

 milk or sends it to a creamery and wonders why he 

 gets a poor price ! 



We who work in the creameries are forced to 

 see the results produced in the milk, butter, or 

 cheese we wish to place before the public. Bad 



