CHAPTER XII. 

 FIFTY DAIRY RULES. 



The Washington State Bureau of Animal Industry published a few 

 practical dairy rules, which with some few alterations to suit our 

 colonial conditions, should prove a valuable guide to our dairymen. 

 They read as follows : 



To Owners and Helpers. (i.) Read current literature, and keep 

 posted on new ideas. 



(2.) Observe and enforce the utmost cleanliness about the cattle, 

 their attendants, the stalls, the dairy, and utensils. 



(3.) A person suffering from any disease, or who has been exposed 

 to a contagious disease, should remain away from the cows and the 

 milk or cream. 



The Stalls. 



(4.) Keep dairy cattle as much out in the open. as possible, but when 

 indoors they should be kept separate in well-ventilated stalls. 



(5.) Stalls should be constructed so as to admit of ventilation, 

 light, and good drainage. The floors should be close, but the walls 

 may be slightly open. 



(6. Never permit musty or dirty litter to remain in the stalls. 



(7.) Allow no strong-smelling material in the stable for any length 

 of time. Store the manure under cover, outside the cow shed, and 

 remove it to the soil and plough it under as often as convenient. 



(8.) Whitewash the stalls once or twice a year. Use land plaster 

 in the manure gutters daily, sprinkled with a little lime, 



(9.) Use no dry, dusty feed just previous to milking; if fodder is 

 dusty, spnnkle it with water before it is fed to the cows. 



(10.) Clean and thoroughly air the stalls before milking. In hot 

 weather it is well to keep the shed as much open as possible ; but 

 avoid the dust. 



(n.) Keep the stalls and separator room in good condition, and 

 then insist that the factory or place where the milk or cream goes be 

 kept equally well. 



The Cows. 



(12.) Every dairyman should be his own inspector. He should not 

 wait to be told that his cows are in good or bad condition. He, if 

 he has any experience, ought to be the best judge. 



(13.) Promptly remove from the herd any animal suspected of being 

 in bad health and reject her milk. Never add an animal to the herd 

 until as certain as possible it is free from, disease, especially tuber- 

 culosis. 



(14.) Do not move cows -faster than a comfortable work while on 

 the way to place of milking or feeding. It is a waste of energy that 

 costs money. 



(15.) Never allow the cows to be excited by hard driving, abuse, 

 loud talking, or unnecessary disturbance ; do not expose them to cold 

 storms. 



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