The Cow Barn 



in the woodwork. Cobwebs especially 

 gather dust, and these should be removed 

 quite frequently, as it requires only a few 

 minutes' work with a broom to brush them 

 away. 



The stalls and stanchion framework need 

 frequent cleaning, and good farmers clean 

 them once a week. 



The manure gutter, where there is one, 

 needs above all things the greatest atten- 

 tion, and the necessity for the proper clean- 

 ing of it cannot be emphasized strongly 

 enough. Manure is the principle cause of 

 the contamination of milk; it defiles the ani- 

 mals, the buildings, and the workers, and by 

 excluding it from the milk, a great step in 

 the production of clean milk has been taken. 

 As has been shown, manure gutters should 

 not be allowed, but a well-constructed gut- 

 ter can be kept in a sanitary condition. It 

 must be thoroughly cleaned out at least once 

 a day and land plaster and lime strewn in 

 it. These are both absorbents and disinfec- 

 tants. A point should be made of this daily 



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