CREAMERIES AND CHEESE FACTORIES. 'ol9 



Settinj::^ Milk. — All cans must be filled full of fresh milk, so 

 far as possible, and immediately placed in the tank. After cans 

 are set in water they must not be disturbed. Patrons are not 

 allowed to draw off the milk except on Sundays, or with per- 

 mission from the trustees. 



Mixing Milk. — Cans must not be partly filled at one milking 

 and after standing long enough for the cream to begin to sepa- 

 rate be filled with milk from another milking, or with anything 

 whatever. After a can has once been set it must not in any 

 way be disturbed or meddled with, nor the milk drawn off by 

 the patrons, except on Sunday. 



Night's Milk. — When milk is delivered but once each day, 

 the cans containing the night's milk must be set in cold water 

 immediately after milking and the milk thoroughly stirred by 

 using a dipper and pouring until the milk is thoroughly cooled. 

 A better plan is to use a cooler to thoroughly cool and aerate 

 the milk before it is put in the cans. The night's milk must be 

 left setting in cold water until it is hauled to the creamery. 



Cream and Milk Gatherers. — Cream and milk gatherers are 

 forbidden to take any cream or milk which is dirty, or for any 

 reason, in their judgment, is not of satisfactory quality or con- 

 dition, or which has been in any way so treated as to indicate 

 that an attempt has been made to interfere with the proper and 

 natural separation of the cream, or of its being correctly counted 

 on the gauge, or in violation of these rules. 



Any patron found neglecting or violating any of these rules 

 must at once be reported to some one of the board of trustees 

 or directors, and his cream or milk must not again be taken till 

 he has satisfied the trustees that his neglect was, for good rea- 

 sons, excusable ; and if any patron shall more than once be so 

 reported it shall be deemed a sufficient reason for refusal to 

 again receive his cream at all. 



Cream or milk gatherers are especially directed to take all 

 possible pains to discover all violations or neglect of any of 

 these rules, and strictly enforce them in every case. 



These rules and instructions are found by experience and 

 observation to be necessary for the protection of the association 

 and the best good of all its members. Copies thereof will be 

 securely posted conveniently near each tank where milk cans 

 are set, so that ignorance can be no excuse for neglect. 



