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5. The dairies must be open for full and complete inspection, and ques- 

 tions asked by the agents must be fully answered. 



6. Each sample shall be numbered by the agent, and that number, 

 known only to him, shall be written on the inside of the box holding the 

 sediment sample, and the box sealed at once. The same number shall be 

 written upon a card bearing the names of the owner of the dairy and the 

 contestant, and shall be sealed in an envelope. These cards and samples 

 shall be delivered to the General Agent of the Dairy Bureau of the State 

 Board of Agriculture. The envelope containing the names of the owner 

 and the contestant shall not be opened until after the awards have been 

 made. 



7. The prizes will be awarded by competent experts, and the decision 

 of the judges shall be final. 



8. No prize shall be allowed except in cases where milk is meritoriously 

 clean. 



9. The right to reject or cancel any or all entries is reserved by the 

 Dairy Bureau. 



Suggestions. 



Begin the practice of milking into a pail, can or hod with small opening 

 now, and thus insure the use of such receptacle in the contest. 



Remove all dirt from each cow's udder and flanks, and wipe with a 

 damp cloth. 



Milk with clean clothes and clean, dry hands. 



Hold the receptacle in such manner that no dirt can fall upon the milk. 



Carefully remove with a clean cloth or paper any foreign matter acci- 

 dentally collecting upon or within the receptacle used in milking before 

 pouring, thus preventing such matter either from falling or being washed 

 into the mixing can. Pour from the cleanest side of the opening. Rinse 

 receptacle with clean water before milking the next cow. 



The hearty co-operation of owners of farms, the milkers on which are 

 eligible in this contest, is most earnestly solicited. 



A REPUTATION FOR CLEAN MILKING MEANS DOLLARS. 

 GET THE HABIT. 



In response to the above, 207 entries were made and 185 per- 

 sons actually competed. 



