a stable in main barn on floor level over cellar. Milkers 

 are required to wash their hands before milking. Flanks 

 are brushed and wiped with a clean cloth. He uses a half- 

 closed pail to milk in. Milk is retailed at 12 cents per 

 quart. 



Mr. Ernest W. Burks, Natick, winner of the sixth prize, 

 owns a farm of 14 acres and keeps 25 cows. He has an excel- 

 lent modern barn with wing stable with monitor roof. 

 The floor and walls are of cement. He washes his hands 

 before milking. Udders and flanks are brushed and washed 

 and wiped daily. He uses milk pail with a sliding cover. 

 Milk is retailed at 9 cents per quart. 



Mr. Horace Holmes, Kingston, winner of the seventh 

 prize, has a farm of 14 acres and keeps t) cows. He has an 

 old-style barn; the stable is in the form of a lean-to against 

 the barn. He washes his hands before milking, and flanks 

 and udders are wiped with a damp cloth. He milks into 

 a sterilac pail, and milk is wholesaled for 45 cents per 

 8^-quart can. 



Messrs. G. C. and W. C. Wilkins, Plainville, winners of 

 the eighth prize, have a farm of 80 acres. They have an 

 old-stvle barn with stable in main barn on floor level with 

 cement floor. A small-top pail is used. Udders and flanks 

 are kept clipped all the time and are brushed and washed. 

 Milk is retailed at 9 cents per quart. 



Mr. Walter S. Holder, Chelmsford, winner of the ninth 

 prize, has a farm of 30 acres and keeps 6 cows. He has a 

 small neat barn with stable in main barn on floor level 

 over cellar. An open-top pail is used. He washes his 

 hands before milking, wets down the stable with a sprinkler, 

 wipes flanks and udders with a wet cloth. Milk is sold 

 at wholesale at 40 cents per 8|-quart can. 



Mr. Frank W. Chase, Oak Bluffs, winner of the tenth 

 prize, has a farm of 150 acres and keeps 21 cows. He has 

 an old barn with lean-to stable. He milks into an open- 

 top pail. Stable is sprinkled to lay the dust. Udders and 

 flanks are wiped with a clean, white cloth. INIilkers are 

 required to wash their hands before milking. Milk is sold 

 at 10 cents per quart. 



