PRODUCING GOOD MILK 



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top of the milk pail in summer when milking, so that no flies 

 can get into the milk. The fly has many bacteria on its legs 

 and feet, and these will be washed off into the milk, making 

 it unclean. We need to realize more than we do that flies 



70. WASHING THE UDDER BEFORE BEGINNING TO MILK 

 By courtesy of the Illinois Experiment Station 



are dangerous to health by reason of the dirt and disease 

 which they carry. 



5. As soon as the milk is drawn it should be removed to 

 another place, strained, and cooled at once. The place where 

 the straining is done should be perfectly clean, free from 

 odors, dust, flies, dogs, and cats. A fine wire strainer with 

 eighty meshes to the inch should be used for straining the 

 milk. 



Creaming. — By creaming we mean the separating of the 

 butter-fat from the milk. Milk as it comes from the cow is 



