258 MILK HYGIENE 



and their milk must not be used. The company will con- 

 tinue to pay for this milk until the veterinarian makes an in- 

 spection. If a number of cows become diseased in such a 

 way as to suggest the outbreak of an epizootic or poisoning 

 the veterinarian and the business manager of the company 

 are to be notified at once by telegraph or telephone. 



4. The milk of newly purchased cows may not be used until 

 these cows have been examined by the veterinarian and ap- 

 proved. 



5. The producers of nursery milk are obligated to add no 

 cows to their herds until they have been tested with tuberculin 

 and are declared by the veterinarian for the company to be 

 healthy. 



All of the cows of the herd are to be tagged by the veter- 

 inarian. 



The producer is required to have his herd tested with 

 tuberculin at least once a year. The records of test are to be 

 submitted by the veterinarian of the company to the com- 

 mittee. 



If there is maintained on a farm a herd of reacting cows, 

 the producer is required to dispose of these gradually and to 

 take care that there is no contact between the healthy and the 

 reacting cattle. 



B. THE HEALTH OF THE PERSONNEL 



1. The producer is required to observe the following rules 

 in relation to the health of the persons who work in the stable 

 or with the milk: 



a. No one may be employed who is affected with tubercu- 

 losis or syphilis. 



6. Persons who have discharging or suppurating sores or 

 wounds on the face, hands or arms, or a disease of the skin of 

 these regions, or that have severe diarrhoea are not under any 

 circumstances to be permitted to come in contact with the milk. 



c. Persons who live in a house where there is typhoid 

 fever, gastric fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other 

 virulent infectious diseases are, likewise, positively prohibited 

 from coming in contact with the milk until the local physician 



