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AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS 



In dairying the most important item is cleanliness. There 

 is probably no article of food more difficult to keep clean and 

 fit for food than milk. Every one means to be particular 

 about what he eats, but the dirt which he eats in milk 

 and butter would astonish him if he were to see it sep- 



67. A PROFITABLE HERD OF DAIRY COWS 



This herd made an average yearly record of 259.6 pounds of butter-fat per cow 



By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station 



arated from the milk. To produce milk and butter of high 

 quality and to succeed in a high degree, several things are 

 essential. 



1. Necessary Equipment. — The equipment necessary is 

 not large, but it should be suitable and of good quality. 

 The vessels in which milk is to stand should be glazed earth- 

 enware or heavy tin plate. The buckets into which the milk 

 is drawn from the cow should be heavy tin and thoroughly 



