•currycomb and brush were never employed. One person remarked 

 soberly that his cows " were carded every week," as if this was 

 sufficient to keep them in a cleanly condition. Rejected corn stalks, 

 sweepings from the hay mow, sawdust and sand, served as sources 

 of bedding, but too often the supply was limited or totally lacking. 

 A few herds were watered in the stable and not turned out until 

 spring, a practice which, in the judgment of the writers, is to be 

 condemned. 



Judged from a casual inspection, most of the 

 Health of the cows were in reasonably good health, although 

 Animals. it hardly seems possible that animals kept for a 



considerable length of time in dark, poorly ven- 

 tilated stables could be in prime physical condition and capable of 

 supplying a first-class human food.' In no case was a herd found 

 which had been subjected to the tuberculin test, and most dairymen 

 seemed opposed to its use. It was a source of satisfaction to find 

 individual instances in which, although the arrangements were of 

 the simplest, the stable was light and passably clean, the air fairly 

 pure and the animals well groomed. 



Most of the herds were well nourished, and 

 Food and Water in no case was the character of the food supply 

 Supply. found to be objectionable. More or less grain, 



in the form of corn and hominy meals, cotton- 

 seed meal, gluten feed, distillers' dried grains and wheat by-products, 

 was fed during the entire year, naturally a greater quantity in the 

 winter. The prevailing roughage was hay, corn stover and silage. 

 Silos were noted in 60 per cent, of the places visited. Most of the 

 herds were pastured during the summer, the pasturage occasionally 

 being supplemented with hay, green oats, or peas and oats, millet, 

 corn fodder and grain, although no system of continuous soiling was 

 practiced. The water supply, as a rule, seemed to be satisfactory, 

 it being derived from springs or wells at proper distances from out- 

 buildings.'' 



■ A few instances were noted of diseased animals, probably suffering from tuberculosis. 



2 Some barnyard wells were noted, and a few in too close proximity to the house at 

 which the dairy utensils were washed and the waste water thrown upon the ground nearby, 

 a practice which c.innot fail to pollute the well It is lobe regretted that it did not seem 

 possible to sample and analyze the water supply of each dairy. 



