MILK FOR DELIVERY TO CREAMERY. 



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cows is the quickness with which the milking is done. Fast milking has 

 been found to give better results than slow milking. 



THE MILK CANS into which the milk is strained must not be left stand- 

 ing in the stable where the cows are being milked. The stable odor or 

 dust may contaminate the milk unless it is at once taken to another room 



or into the pure outside * air 

 where the straining into cans 

 may be done. 



HEALTH OF THE Cows. Milk 

 from a cow having any kind of 

 disease should not be used for 

 human food. Sore teats, a 

 caked udder or anything that 

 causes bloody milk must be 

 cured before the milk is usable, 

 milk from healthy cows ought 

 not to be used until six days 

 after calving; some authorities 



CURTIS WIRE-CLOTH MILK STRAINER. algo refuse to accept milk for 



thirty days before calving or when a cow gives less than six pounds 

 per day. 



INJURIOUS FOOD. Decayed or musty grain or feed is unfit food for 

 milch cows as it has an injurious effect on the products made from it as 

 in fact on the cow herself. Musty hay and decayed 

 silage are as bad as musty grain; certain kinds of 

 roots, rape, etc., should only be fed in such a way as 

 to leave the milk free from taint or odor, which can 

 be done by feeding these foods directly after milk- 

 ing; wet brewers' grains must be fed with caution; 

 on account of the strong odor from this by-product 

 and similar feeds, the milk will be contaminated un- 

 less removed at once from the stables after milking. 

 Musty litter or bedding should be avoided as the 

 dust from it will get into the milk in spite of all care. 



PURE WATER. This is as essential for cows as it 

 is for humanity, and nothing but deep well spring 

 or pure running water is fit for cows. Pond 

 holes or stagnant water must be fenced in so that the 

 cows will not drink from them; serious defects in 

 milk, butter and cheese have been traced to a pond 

 hole or to swampy land through which cows had 

 walked. The mud and dirt from such places clings to MILK AERATOR 

 the legs, body and udder of the cow and if these are Mounted on Factory Can. 

 not groomed the dirt gets into the milk and contaminates both it and 

 the products made therefrom. Watering troughs must be cleaned 



