MILK FOR DELIVERY TO CREAMERY. 



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MILK COOLER AND 

 AERATOR. 



THE MILKER'S PREPARATION. The milker should wash his hands 

 with soap and water just before milking and wipe them dry with a clean towel. 

 His finger nails should be cut close so as not to injure or irritate the cow. 

 No loud talking should be permitted during milking. Go about this work 

 promptly and quietly, with as much regularity in the time of milking as 

 is possible. Some successful dairymen milk their cows "by the watch" 

 and are very particular about the exact time each 

 cow is milked. They are also careful to have the 

 same cows milked by the same men in the same order. 

 Experience has taught them that regularity in milk- 

 ing aids in developing a tendency to prolong the 

 period of lactation. 



Always milk with dry hands; moistening the 

 hands with milk or water during milking is one of 

 the most filthy practices imaginable. 



THE MILK PAIL. One of the best modern milk 

 pails is covered with a double strainer cloth between 

 which there is a thick layer of absorbent cotton. 

 This pail is provided with a spout through which the 

 milk is poured out; while milk- 

 ing, this spout is covered 

 with a tin cap. A covered 



milk pail that protects the milk from falling 

 dust and dirt during milking is much to be pre- 

 ferred to the open pail. A wire gauze placed over 

 the opening in a milk pail cover is better than no 

 cover, but a strainer cloth placed over the wire 

 gauze is still better, and absorbent cotton in addi- 

 tion to the cloth and gauze is the best protection. 

 If covered milk pails were more generally used 

 there would be less complaint about sour or 

 tainted milk. Anyone thinking of using absor- 

 bent cotton must remember, however, that it 

 should be used but once and then burned; the 

 accumulation of dirt, loose hair, etc., on the cotton 

 furnishes sufficient evidence of the necessity of 

 using it as a protection against impurities in milk. 



WOODEN PAILS should not be used, as they "IOWA" OR "DUBUQUE" 

 easily get sour and can only be kept thoroughly FACTORY CAN 



clean when new. Tin pails ought to have all seams and cracks flushed 

 smooth with solder in order to make them easy to clean. This soldering 

 should be done when the pails are bought and before they are taken home. 

 THE Cow STABLE AND YARD. Cows ought to be milked in a com- 

 fortable, clean, thoroughly drained and well lighted place. Ventilation 

 is best secured by some well constructed and easily operated device rather 



