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Viability of B. Tuberculosis in Oleomargarine Viability of Tuberculosis in 

 Cheese Need of a Comprehensive Tuberculosis Policy Foot-and-mouth 

 Disease Anthrax Cowpox Rabies Milk-sickness Malta Fever Con- 

 tagious Abortion Sore Teats Gastro-enteritis Caused by Udder Infection 

 Gastro-enteritis Caused by Fecal Contamination Unclean Milk at the U. S. 

 Naval Academy Diseases of Class II Typhoid Fever Effect of Lactic 

 Acid on Disease Germs Possible Infection of Butter in Wrapping Para- 

 typhoid Fever Asiatic Cholera Diphtheria Scarlet Fever Septic Sore 

 Throat Study of Smith and Brown Study of Krumwiede and Valentine 

 Studies of Smillie Summary of Epidemics Mode of Transmission of In- 

 fectious Disease Transmission by Milk Infection of Milk on the Farm 

 Infection of Milk en Route to the Creamery or City Infection of Milk in the 

 City Milk Plant Infection of Milk by Cans and Bottles Infection of Milk in 

 Delivery Infection of Milk after Delivery Impossibility of Protecting the 

 Milk from Infection Characteristics of Milk-borne Epidemics Injury Done 

 by Milk-borne Epidemics Control of Milk-borne Diseases. 



CHAPTER III 



DAIKY CATTLE AND THE DAIRY FARM 94 



Origin of Domesticated Cattle Introduction of Cattle into America 

 The Dairy Type Holstein-Friesian Ayrshire Brown Swiss The Chan- 

 nel Islands Cattle Guernsey Jersey French-Canadian Dual-purpose 

 Cattle Shorthorn Choice of Breed Importance of a Purebred Bull Im- 

 portance of Testing Cows Cow-testing Associations Sheltering Cattle 

 Types of Barns Basement Barns Loft Barns Shed Barns Double 

 Stabling Barns Combination Barns Round Barns Barn Construction 

 Necessity of Good Planning Plan of Round Barn Plan of Rectangular 

 Barn Barn Floor Platforms Alignment of the Animals Stall Partitions 

 Gutters Alleys Walls Stanchions Mangers Milk Room Office 

 Dressing Room Ceiling Lighting Ventilation Ventilation by Windows 

 The King System Canadian Experiments Rutherford System Ven- 

 tilation by Pierced Walls Ventilation by Curtains Watering Cows 

 Care of the Manure Litter Vermin and Flies Mosquitos Milk Houses 

 Ice Houses. 



CHAPTER IV 



SANITARY MILK PRODUCTION. . . ., . ; . _^' t '..'>. -'^^ -. . ..".. > . . .. . . ... 142 



Milk Must Satisfy the Purchaser Dirty Milk Milk of Extra Quality More 

 Expensive to Produce Sources of Contamination Bacteria Derived from 

 the Udder Fecal Contamination of Milk Contamination of Milk by Dis- 

 charges from the Nose and Mouth Contamination of Milk from the Coat 

 of the Cow Small-top Milk Pails Milking Machines Contamination of 

 Milk in Straining Influence of the Cream Separator on the Bacterial Count 

 of Cream and Skim-milk Cooling of Milk Aeration of Milk Barn Prac- 

 tices in Relation to Milk Quality Sterilizing and Protecting the Pails Plas- 

 tering Painting and Whitewashing Clipping the Cows' Udders and 

 Flanks Hand- vs. Machine-cleaning of Cows Interpretation of the New 

 York Station Experiments The Open Stable and the Germ Content of 

 Milk Air-borne Contamination Contamination from Feeds Contamina- 

 tion from Bedding Contamination from Dairy Utensils The Water 

 Supply of the Dairy Farm Contamination of Milk by Ice Human Con- 



