296 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



No. 



Cleanliness Continued. points. 



Cows having no litter on them, free from skin eruptions, scab, grub, 



and running sores 50 



Cows fairly clean, free from skin eruption, scab, grub, and running 



sores 30 



Cows free from skin eruptions, scabs, grub, and running sores 20 



Cows dirty, with or without running sores 



Total number points for cows . ' 250 



Stables. 

 Cleanliness : 



If all parts of the stable, except floor and windows, are painted in 

 some light color, or whitewashed within the last six months, and 

 thoroughly cleaned, including windows, mangers, gutters, stable 

 drains, etc 50 



Deduct in proportion as many points as is necessary, if stable is not 

 whitewashed, not free from dust, dirt, cobwebs, etc 



Stables not whitewashed, full of cobwebs, dirty, or dusty, with odors 



strong enough to injure milk 



Location of dairy stable : 



If located on an elevation with floor laid not less than 1 foot higher 

 than outside surface level and located so that good drainage cau be 

 secured, and 600 feet away from any marshy ground, stagnant 

 water, cesspools, privies, hogpens, henneries, and horse stable, or 

 other buildings in which other animals are kept, with the sur- 

 roundings free from accumulation of rubbish or decomposing 

 matter 20 



All points same as above, with the exception of permitting horses in 

 the same barn as cows, with a tight partition between the cows' 

 stable and horse stable 10 



All points as above, horses in the same barn, with a tight partition, 

 and other buildings close by, with the exception of outhouses and 

 privies 5 



Otherwise. 



Construction of stable floors: 



Asphalt or concrete floor, kept in good repair, with gutters not less 

 than 14 inches wide, and not less than 8 inches deep, and made of 

 the same material, with 4 feet of space for walk back of the cows, 

 and with a manger not less than 20 inches wide in front of the 

 cows, also made of the same material 50 



Wood laid on cement floor with space between cement and wood, 

 flushed with pitch or tar, with gutter and walk made in the same 

 manner, and with the same size and dimensions for gutter and 

 walk as given above 40 



Brick laid edgewise in concrete, sand, or on sand and boards, with 



the surface slushed with cement, so that there are no crevices 40 



Matched wood floor in good repair, smooth, and made water-tight 30 



Ordinary wood floor, thoroughly covered with pitch or tar and made 



water-tight, and kept in good repair 30 



Ordinary wood floor, in good repair, with not less than a 2-foot walk 

 back of cows 20 



Floor with front half of cow-stall platform made of dirt, with back 

 half of platform and gutter made of cement, with a walk not less 

 than 2 feet back of cows 10 



If no floor is provided, or floors with no gutters, or floors that are not 



tight and have no drainage 



Sides of cow stable : 



If the asphalt or concrete floor is continued up on the side to a height 

 not less than 2 feet from the floor level, with round corners, and 

 plastered smooth, and kept in good repair, to form a side base- 

 board. Side, continued above side baseboard, constructed of con- 

 crete wood pulp plaster, or any other material that forms a hard, 

 smooth, nonabsorbent surface, and kept in good repair 20 



Baseboard on side not less than 2 feet high from floor level, made of 

 concrete or plaster, with round corners, but sides continued above 

 this, made of wood, well painted or whitewashed, and kept in good 

 repair 20 



