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with at least 5 lbs. (Danish) of corn and bran. Cows 

 supplying milk for infants may not have cake. 



u (c) All refuse from distilleries, &c, is forbidden. 



a Before stabling the cows in the autumn, the tails, 

 hind-quarters, and uddefs must be shorn. 



"The calving periods must be so regulated that the 

 quantity of milk delivered to the Society during the 

 months of September and October is not less than the 

 average quantity supplied during the first four months of 

 the year. 



11 A farmer wishing to supply more milk than he 

 usually does, must come to an arrangement with the 

 Society beforehand. 



il Milk from recently calved cows may not be supplied 

 during the first fortnight after they come into milk. The 

 Society also refuses to take the milk of sick (walade) cows, 

 or of cows which do not give more than a maximum of 

 6 litres a day." 



The Treatment of the Milk 



11 The milking must be carried out with the greatest 

 care and the greatest cleanliness. Speaking generally, it 

 must be done under the following conditions : 



11 (a) The milkers during the milking must wear a 

 special dress; and be provided with a towel to use when 

 they need to wash their hands. 



11 (b) The byre must be well lighted, especially behind 

 the cow, in such a fashion that the milker can do his 

 work properly. 



il (c) Immediately after the milking, the milk must be 

 passed through a metal sieve covered with a cloth of clean 

 and fine linen. 



" (d) Thereafter, the milk must at every season of the 

 year be passed through a refrigerating apparatus, which 

 lowers its temperature to 4 Reaumur(4i F.). It must be 

 kept at this temperature until it leaves the farm. 



