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require that white suits be worn to insure cleanliness. 

 The milker should keep his hands dry not moistened 

 with milk or water, which might drop into the bucket. 

 He should be free from any germs of infectious diseases, Avoiding 

 for such germs might get into the milk and be carried 

 to many people. Out of one hundred and ninety-five 

 epidemics of typhoid fever, the causes of which were 

 sought for, it was found that^.one hundred and forty- 

 eight probably came from dairies. 



Cleanliness of cans, buckets, bottles, and other con- Keeping 

 tainers is important, not only for the sake of health, but 

 also because it keeps the milk from souring too soon. 

 All vessels should be rinsed with cold or slightly warm 

 water before the milk has dried on them, and they should 



FIG. 209. A sanitary milk house on a well-kept farm. The utensils have 

 been turned upside down to drain. 



