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cellar below it, being ventilated through the cupolas on 

 the roof. 



Three wide passage-ways run the entire length of tho 

 room, one on either side back of the cows, and one in the 

 center, toward which they face, and from which they are 

 fed. There are also three passage ways crossing the 

 room, one at each end and one in the center. 



The wash-room (a) or as the men call it, the "parlor," 

 communicates with this room, and every man is required 

 to wash his face and hands, and brush his hair before 

 milking. 



Too many persons give a well kept dairy all the credit 

 for clean, pure milk. Cleanliness and purity begin at the 



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OF OSE OF THE BAKNS. 



barn. When milk is taken to the dairy in proper con- 

 dition, it may by good management in that department, 

 be kept pure, but no dairy, however magnificently kept, 

 can transform an impure article Into that which is fit for 

 use. Some ladies who were visiting the barn, passed out 

 of the "parlor" on one occasion, as I was making my 

 customary tour of inspection, and commented upon what 

 they were pleased to call "exquisite neatness." Eeferring 

 to the regulation that the milkers must wash, etc., before 

 milking, one playfully asked if they wore kid gloves 

 while milking. As they were all strangers to me, I 

 did not like to say, " No, but my cows are frequently 

 milked with calf -skin gloves." 



