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by the average hired man in grooming two or three animals 

 with the curry comb and brush. 



With the stanchions and cross chain already described the 

 cows can be made to remain standing while the udder and 

 tlanks are cleaned, washed if need be, and thoroughly wiped, 

 and left in a damp but not wet condition. If clean milk is 

 to be drawn, there must be no dirt or loose skin left U})on 

 the cow, or ujjon the milkers hands, that can by any means 

 get into the pail. 



A good pail to use can be made by any tinsmith, and 

 should be either seamless or carefully and smoothly soldered. 

 There should be soldered upon the top a cover with a round 

 opening of not more than (U/^ inches in diameter, into which 

 is placed and not fastened a strainer dish 7 inches across the 

 top and 6 inches across the bottom.^ This strainer should 

 be a tin dish, with a bottom mesh of fine copper wire. At 

 each milking two thin layers of sterilized absorbent cotton, 

 the fibre of one layer across the fibre of the other, should be 

 placed in the dish, and over this sterilized strainer cloth, 

 which should come uj) and over the sides of the dish, and l)e 

 secured by a ring of tin snugly fitting the inside of the dish. 

 Care must be taken to have the dish not less than 21^ inches 

 deep and the ring inside 3 inches deep, thus projecting 

 somewhat above the top of the dish, otherwise the milk will 

 be lialde to spatter out. At the side of the pail and as near 

 the top as can be placed there should be a short spout for 

 emptying, and this should be kept covered with a cap when 

 the pail is in use, this cap being removed only when neces- 

 sary to pour ou^ the milk. The })ad of cotton forms a perfect 

 strainer for minute chance dirt which has thus far escaped 

 the utmost care, and also as soon as wet it practically seals 

 the milk from the stable air. It is a safeguard from con- 

 tamination by flies, and shoidd be thrown away at the end 

 of the milking. Such a pad costs about 1^4 t)f a cent, and, 

 properly used, will last while milking from 10 to 15 cows. 

 There should be no feeding or raising of dust in the stable 

 just before or during milking time. 



^ The size of this opening and the disli may be larger, or even smaller, if 

 desired. The farmer should choose a size to suit his conditions. 



