CHAPTER VIII 

 CLEAN MILKING 



THE equipment, after all, amounts to nothing 

 if the dairyman by his own actions is unclean. 

 What counts far more than equipment is the 

 methods which the dairyman himself carries out 

 at milking time and afterwards to prevent the 

 contamination of milk with dirt and bacteria. 

 His equipment may be good, but he may use it 

 badly. On the other hand, his equipment may 

 may be bad, but he may use it so well that he 

 gets good results. There are several steps in 

 the operation of drawing milk from the cow and 

 taking care of it. 



In a healthy udder, milk is safe from outside 

 dirt and dust and bacteria. The clean dairy- 

 man must know how to transfer milk from the 

 udder of a cow into a pail without damage to 

 the milk. Clean milking includes the following 

 steps : 



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