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of many cases of disease which might be due to a contagious outbreak or to poison- 

 ing, occurring in the herd, the veterinary or the manager of the Company must be 

 informed by telephone or telegram. 



4. The milk of newly acquired cows must not be delivered until they have been 

 inspected and passed by the veterinary. 



5. Suppliers of "infants' milk" must covenant not to put any cows into the 

 herd until these have been tested by the tuberculin test and have been declared as 

 sound by the veterinary. All cows in the herd may, in the event of it becoming de- 

 sirable, be marked. Suppliers covenant to allow the herd to be vaccinated with 

 tuberculin at least once per annum. The lists, giving the result thereof, must be 

 forwarded to the Company's Committee by the veterinary. In the event of a cow 

 or more reacting on tuberculin test, the seller agrees to dispose of such cow or 

 cows immediately and to see that such cow or cows do not mix with the other part 

 of the herd. 



B. 



Health of the Staff. 



6. Suppliers undertake to maintain the following rules respecting their staff: 



(a) No persons suffering from tuberculosis or syphilis may be on the staff, 

 whether employed in the s'tables, milking or otherwise. 



(b) Persons suffering from growths or sores on the face or on the hands or 

 arms or from skin diseases or acute diarrhoea must under no circumstances 

 come into contact with the milk. 



(c) Persons in whose household such diseases as typhoid, gastric fever, diph- 

 theria, scarlet fever or any other infectious disease has broken out must 

 under no circumstances come into contact with the milk, until the local 

 doctor has declared them free of infection. In the event of them having 

 come into contact with the milk such milk must be kept back and this 

 milk will be paid for by the Company, provided that the seller of the milk 

 has not been guilty of carelessness. 



(d) Suppliers agree to watch carefully over the health of their employees and 

 that in the event of any infectious disease amongst them they shall be im- 

 mediately isolated. 



(e) Twice a year, shortly after the 1st of May and 1st of November, a certifi- 

 cate must be sent from the farmer's medical man to the Company as to 

 the condition of health of his' staff, with particulars of any cases of dis- 

 ease which have occurred in the past half year and which have been at- 

 tended by the doctor. 



7. In the event of an outbreak of typhoid on any farm or of gastric fever, 

 diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other serious contagious disease amongst persons 

 living there or amongst people working on such farm the latter agrees immediately 

 to telegraph or telephone to the Company's Manager. In such case the milk from 

 the herd must not be delivered to the dairy until the Committee agrees to it. For 

 any milk so kept back the Company agrees to pay the full price. 



G. 



Feeding of Cows and Treatment. 



8. All food supplies must be quite fres'h. Mouldy or otherwise damaged fodder 

 must not be kept in the stable or in the immediate neighbourhood. The Company's 

 veterinary surgeon has the right to inspect the stock of food. 



