216 DAIRYING. 



FIFTY DAIRY RULES. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 

 The Owner and his Helpers. — I. Read current dairy liter- 

 ature and keep posted on new ideas. 



2. Observe and enforce the utmost cleanliness about the 

 cattle, their attendants, the stable, the dairy, and all uten- 

 sils. 



3. A person suffering from any disease, or who has been 

 exposed to a contagious disease, must remain away from 

 the cows and the milk. 



The Stable. — 4. Keep dairy cattle in a room or building 

 by themselves. It is preferable to have no cellar below and 

 no storage loft above. 



5. Stables should be well ventilated, lighted, and drained; 

 should have tight floors and walls and be plainly con- 

 structed. 



6. Never use musty or dirty litter. 



7. Allow no strong-smelling material in the stable for any 

 length of time. Store the manure under cover outside the 

 cow-stable, and remove it to a distance as often as practi- 

 cable. 



8. Whitewash the stable once or twice a year ; use land 

 plaster in the manure-gutters daily. 



g. Use no dry, dusty feed just previous to milking ; if 

 fodder is dusty, sprinkle it before it is fed. 



ID. Clean and thoroughly air the stable before milking ; 

 in hot weather sprinkle the floor. 



II. Keep the stable and dairy-room in good condition, 

 and then insist that the dairy, factory, or place where the 

 milk goes be kept equally well. 



The Cows. — 12. Have the herd examined at least twice a 

 year by a skilled veterinarian. 



13. Promptly remove from the herd any animal suspected 

 of being in bad health, and reject her milk. Never add an 

 animal to the herd until certain it is free from disease, espe- 

 cially tuberculosis. 



14. Do not move cows faster than a comfortable walk 

 while on the way to place of milking or feeding. 



15. Never allow the cows to be excited by hard driving; 



