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Impure water both taints and corrupts the product. A 

 proper temperature certainly above freezing should 

 be kept up. Remember, the cow standing still cannot 

 resist cold as she could if she were free to move about. 

 It is cheaper to build warm stables always providing 

 for perfect ventilation, the air coining in at the head and 

 passing oft' in the rear of the cow and even to resort to 

 artificial heating, than to compel the cow to burn an extra 

 amount of carbonaceous food in her system to keep up 

 the temperature of her body. Not only is fuel cheaper 

 than food, but the system of the cow cannot devote to 

 milk secretion the energy which is expending in secret- 

 ing and consuming fat to maintain a proper amount of 

 vital heat. 



SHELTER. 



Proper shelter in summer, from the scorching rays of 

 the mid-day sun, and from beating storms and winds, is 

 necessary. This should be easily accessible- Especially 

 in early spring and late fall do the animals suffer severely 

 from exposure to the cold winds and storms of all hours 

 in the twenty-four. 



DAIRY HOUSE. 



Every dairyman should have a good dairy house dis- 

 tinct from the dwelling apartments. It need not, neces- 

 sarily, be a separate building, but it should not be subject 

 to the inflowing of odors from the kitchen and sitting 

 rooms. The dairy house should be so constructed that 

 the temperature may at all times be kept under per- 

 fect control. There should be no surrounding cesspools 



