Clean Milk 



ment is it will be neglected unless the oppor- 

 tunity of washing is right at hand. 



Washing facilities should be placed in the 

 barn, not only for convenience sake, but also 

 because, as far as possible, all procedures 

 connected with milking should be separated 

 from the household, and, therefore, the milk- 

 ers should not wash in the kitchen. Many 

 barns boast a washing room, but every far- 

 mer can supply a tin basin, soap, and towels, 

 and even when running water is not to be 

 had pails of water can be provided. When 

 washing facilities are thus ready it is very 

 little trouble for the milkers to wash imme- 

 diately before milking, and numerous far- 

 mers, of their own accord, wash the hands 

 thoroughly several times during the milking 

 period, a practise which one old farmer, who 

 cared nothing for the manure thickened on 

 the cows' hides, religiously observed. 



STORAGE. 



Storage in the cow barn is a practise which 

 denotes things out of their proper place, and 



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