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after discovery, any animal subject to the following conditions: Any animal 

 that was bred through consanguinity within a period of three generations. 



23. And from this time forth, any animal of those bred by the party of 

 the second part, used for producing certified milk, that was not, as a heifer, 

 kept sterile during its first twenty-seven months. 



24. Any phenomenal milker, except that glandular disease or tuber- 

 culosis has first been excluded by a competent observer. 



25. It is furthermore agreed that if at any time it is desired by the parties 

 of the first part, that a different breed of milch cows should be substituted for 

 the one in use, in order that the standards of quality in the milk may be 

 raised, the party of the second part will endeavor to carry the same into effect. 



Housing and Care 



26. It is furthermore agreed, that the dairy stock employed in the pro- 

 duction of certified milk shall be properly sheltered from the influences of 

 weather and climate prejudicial to their health; also that the animals shall 

 be kept clean, groomed every day, and treated kindly at all times. 



27. The waste products of the stable shall be removed so frequently, 

 and the stable floor so thoroughly cleaned, that the same shall be as free as 

 possible from animal odors. 



28. It is also agreed that no milch cow shall be used for dairy purposes 

 while in a state of excitement, either as a result, or during the period of estrux, 

 or which has been made nervous either by beating, whipping, kicking, prod- 

 ding, or running. 



Feeding 



29. It is hereby understood and agreed that the methods of feeding the 

 cows furnishing the certified milk shall be subject to the approval of the 

 parties of the first part. The feed and fodder shall consist only of nutritious 

 and wholesome materials; such as grass, clover and timothy hay, whole grain, 

 or the entire result of the grist. No materials shall be employed which are 

 or may become injurious to the health of the animals. There shall not be 

 fed at any time, or in any quantity, either alone or mixed with other feed or 

 fodder, hulls, screenings, wet or dry brewer's grains, sour ensilage, or any 

 waste by-product in the treatment of grain, low marsh grass, or any of the 

 questionable or exhausted feeds or fodders employed either to increase the 

 milking capacity of the animal, or that will produce an impoverished milk, 

 or that will impart to it unnatural odors or flavors. Nor shall the cows 

 be allowed to eat green or worm-eaten fruit, poisonous weeds, or to drink 

 poisonous or stagnant water. 



Collecting and Handling 



30. It is furthermore understood and agreed, that the cows from which 

 is obtained certified milk shall be milked only in a clean building, and not in 

 an ill-ventilated stable containing foul odors and bad air. 



31. No animal furnishing certified milk shall be milked until the udder 

 shall first have been cleaned in a manner approved by the parties of the first 

 part. 



32. No person shall be allowed to draw the milk who has not within fif- 

 teen minutes of the milking first washed his or her hands, using soap and 

 nail brush, and afterward thoroughly rinsing the hands in clean water. 



33. The person or persons engaged in milking shall also be dressed in 

 clean overclothes. 



34. No person shall be allowed to draw the milk who has been engaged 

 with the care of horses, in the same clothing or without first washing his 

 hands. 



35. No milk shall be represented as certified milk that is not received 

 from the udder into vessels, and from these into cooling cans, both of which 

 are perfectly clean and dry, having been cleansed and heated, at a tempera- 

 ture adequate to effect complete sterilization, since the last milking; and have 

 been kept inverted in a clean, dry and odorless atmosphere. 



