12 DAIRYING 



Waste feed should be removed from the mangers and not 

 thrown under the cows for bedding. This applies especially to 

 silage, which will not contaminate milk except through the air. 

 If the waste is left in the stable the air becomes saturated with 

 silage odor and this is absorbed by the milk after it is drawn 

 from the cow, but not before. Silage fed to cows will not con- 

 taminate milk if the stable is well ventilated and the milk is 

 never exposed to a silage laden atmosphere. 



683. A gentle brushing or carding of the cows every day 

 will be found to be very beneficial to them; if this is not done 

 regularly, the flanks and udder of a cow should be brushed just 

 before milking in order to remove all loose hair and dirt that 

 might fall into the pail during milking. The mud which cows 

 have gotten on their legs and udders should be brushed off be- 

 fore milking is begun, and before the pails are brought to the 

 stable so. that the dust will not settle on the tinware and thus 

 get into the milk. Just before milking the udder of a cow should 

 be washed with a clean damp sponge and then wiped dry. 



684. Dairy COW T S must be kept quiet and never hurried or 

 worried; rough treatment, loud talking and dogs will diminish 

 both the milk flow and its richness. Abundance of sound feed 

 is economical but be careful to make all changes in feed grad- 

 ually, as too sudden changes may bring on indigestion and dis- 

 turbances that interfere with milk secretion. Milk should not 

 be used for 20 days before or until 3 to 5 days after calving. 



INFLUENCE OF THE MILKER AND THE MILK PAIL ON 



CLEAN MILK. 



685. When a man is milking, he should bear in mind that 

 he is handling a food product which will undoubtedly be placed 

 on the tables of many people in essentially the same condition 

 that it is obtained from him. He should be just as particular 

 and as careful when milking to supply his customers or for a 

 factory as he is when filling the glass pitcher which his wife or 

 child brings him when milking and asks to have it filled for his 

 own supper table. 



