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9. The floor, walls, and ceilings of the stable should be tight, walls and ceil- 

 ings being kept free of cobwebs and whitewashed twice a year. There should 

 be as few dust-catching ledges and projections as possible. 



10. Allow no musty or dirty litter or strong smelling material in the stable. 

 Store manure under cover at least 40 feet from the stable in a dark place. Use 

 land plaster daily in gutter and on floor. 



THE MILK HOUSE. 



11. Cans should not remain in the stable while being filled. Remove the milk 

 of each cow at once from the stable to a clean room; strain immediately 

 through cotton flannel or absorbent cotton; cool to 50 F. as soon as strained; 

 store at 50 F. or lower. All milk houses should be screened. 



12. Milk utensils should be made of metal, with all joints smoothly soldered, 

 or, when possible, should be made of stamped metal. Never allow utensils to 

 become rusty or rough inside. Use milk utensils for nothing but handling, stor- 

 ing, or delivering milk. 



13. To clean dairy utensils, use pure water only. First rinse the utensils in 

 warm water ; then wash inside and out in hot water in which a cleansing mate- 

 rial has been dissolved ; rinse again ; sterilize with boiling water or steam ; then 

 keep inverted in pure air that may have ready access, and sun if possible, until 

 ready for use. 



MILKING AND HANDLING MILK. 



14. The milker should wash his hands immediately before milking and should 

 milk with dry hands. He should wear a clean outer garment, which should 

 be kept in a clean place when not in use. Tobacco should not be used while 

 milking. 



15. In milking be quiet, quick, clean, and thorough. Commence milking at the 

 same hour every morning and evening and milk the cows in the same order. 



16. If any part of the milk is bloody, stringy, or unnatural in appearance, or 

 if by accident dirt gets into the milk pail, the whole mess should be rejected. 



17. Weigh and record the milk given by each cow. 



18. Never mix warm milk with that which has been cooled, and do not allow 

 milk to freeze. 



19. Feed no dry, dusty feed just previous to milking. 



20. Persons suffering from any disease, or who have been exposed to a con- 

 tagious disease, must remain away from the cows and the milk. 



21. It is needless to say that the shorter the time between the production of 

 milk and its delivery, and between delivery and use, the better will be the 

 quality of the milk. 



APPENDIX P. 



ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF MILK IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 

 APPROVED MARCH 2, 1895. 



AN ACT To regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted T)y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act 

 no person shall, within the District of Columbia, keep or maintain a dairy or 

 dairy farm without a permit so to do from the health officer of said District; 

 application for said permit shall be made in writing, upon a form prescribed by 

 said health officer: Provided, That no applicant for said permit shall be 

 restrained from conducting business until said application has been acted upon 

 by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. 

 It shall be the duty of said health officer, upon receipt of said application in 

 due form, to make or cause to be made an examination of the premises which 

 it is intended to use in the maintenance of said dairy or dairy farm ; if after 

 such examination said premises are found to conform to the regulations govern- 

 ing dairies and dairy farms within the District of Columbia, said health officer 

 shnll issue the permit hereinbefore specified, without charge: Provided, That 

 said permit may be suspended or revoked at any time, without notice, by said 



