NECESSARY APPLIANCES 



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water is to be applied. When drying dairy utensils 

 care should be taken to place them in such a position 

 as to allow free circulation of the air. Wooden 

 dishes should not be exposed to the sun enough to 

 cause them to check. They should be kept free from 

 contact with sour milk or cream. 



MILKING STOOLS 



Plenty of good milking-stools are essential in the 

 stable. If the attendant is not comfortable while 

 milking, the cow will find it out from the irritable- 



FIG. 29 PUK'S MILKING-STOOL 



ness and ill-temper likely to be displayed. There 

 are many forms of stools of merit. The ones used 

 in the author's stables are made as follows, as shown 

 in Fig. 29 : The entire length is eighteen inches ; 

 seat, eight inches long ; front, seven inches high ; 

 rear, eleven inches. This makes the pail board pitch 

 slightly forward. The front of the seat over the 

 pail board is three inches and the rear two and one- 

 half inches. This makes the seat level. Stools should 

 be made of seasoned hardwood, although pine or 

 basswood one and one-quarter inches thick will do. 



