152 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



3. Dairies will be visited at times most convenient for the agents. 

 Owners shall be notified in reasonable time, and must not commence 

 milking until after the agent arrives. No impractical method and no re- 

 ceptacles other than those in everyday use by the contestant in milking 

 will be allowed. One visit to each dairy will be made by the agent for 

 the purpose of taking the milk sample, and if, through fault of the con- 

 testant, the agent is not able to obtain such sample at the time of his 

 visit, said contestant shall thereby forfeit all claims in this contest. In 

 case of change of help the new employee may be substituted by the owner 

 at time of taking sample. 



4. A sample of hand-drawn, unstrained, mixed milk from five cows will 

 be taken and tested for sediment. 



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

 tions asked by the agents must be fully answered. 



6. Each dairy 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 name of the owner of the dairy, and 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 en- 

 velope, containing the name of the owner, shall not be opened until after 

 the awards have been made. 



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

 these judges shall be final. 



8. No prize shall be allowed for milk that is not meritoriously clean. 



9. In case where the milking is done for the owner by a junior, the same 

 sample may compete in both cases. 



10. In case where the milking is done for the o^vner by an employee, the 

 same sample may compete in both cases. 



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

 Dairy Bureau. 



12. Results will be amiounced at Public Winter Meeting, State Board 

 of Agriculture, Worcester, January, 1918, 



Suggestions. 



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

 at once and thus insure the use of such receptacle in the contest. 



Remove all dirt from each cow's udder and flanks and "vvipe 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. 



