590 APPENDICES 



B. — Treatment of the Milk. 



9. The milking should be carried out with the greatest care and cleanliness, 

 under the following conditions : — 



{a) The milker should wear a special costume, and be provided with a 



towel in case it should be necessary to wash his hands. 

 {b) During the milking the byre should be properly lighted, especially 



behind the cow, so that the milker may see to do his work with care 



and cleanliness. 

 {c) Immediately after the milking the milk should be passed through a 



metal sieve covered with a clean fine cloth. 

 {d) The milk should then, whatever the season, be passed through a 



refrigerator, to lower the temperature to 4° R., at which it should be 



maintained until its despatch. 

 {e) The manure should be removed in the morning after the milking, and 



in the afternoon at least an hour before the evening milking. 

 (/) The milk of cows just entering on the period of lactation, that of cows 



declared diseased, and that of cows giving more than 6 litres a day, 



should be collected separately, so that it cannot get mixed or mistaken 



for the normal milk destined for the company. 



10. The farmer is bound to keep a provision of at least 30 lbs. of ice for 

 each 100 litres of milk. 



11. A Lawrence apparatus, which can be hired from the company, should 

 be used for cooling the milk. 



C. — Delivery of the Milk. 



12. The milk should be delivered once or twice a day, according to the 

 needs of the company, at the nearest railway station, either as whole milk, or 

 as "half-creamed" milk and cream. It should only leave the farm in time to 

 arrive at the station at the proper time. In summer the vans which convey 

 the milk-cans to the station should be covered with an awning as a shelter 

 from the sun. 



13. The company provides the necessary cans for the conveyance of the 

 milk. 



14. On their return to the farm the cans should be carefully rinsed with 

 cold water, the outsides freed from all dirt or dust which they may have 

 collected, then placed upside down in a well-ventilated place until required 

 again. 



15. The use of the cans for any other purpose than the conveyance of milk 

 is strictly prohibited. 



D. — Various Obligations. 



16. The farmers are bound on their word of honour to give the company 

 every information regarding the milk. 



17. They are bound to allow the veterinary of the company to visit their 

 byres as often as he may think necessary. They must convey the veterinary to 

 and from the nearest station, and strictly carry out his instructions. 



18. Those cows declared tuberculous by the veterinary should immediately 

 be separated from the rest of the herd, to be sold or slaughtered as soon as 

 possible. 



