128 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MILK HYGIENE 
vice. Unless bacterial testing is to be used only to find 
faults and no assistance is to be offered in correcting 
them, it must be combined with dairy inspection. 
Inspection of a dairy farm should include an exami- 
nation of the following: 
I. Stable: 
1. Exterior. 
2. Interior. 
IT. Cows: 
1. Cleanliness. 
2. Stage of lactation. 
3. Symptoms of disease. 
III. Stable practices: 
1. Cleaning the stable. 
2. Cleaning the cows. 
3. Milking. 
4. Feeding. 
5. Bedding. 
IV. Milk House: 
1. Location. 
2. Construction. 
3. Apparatus. 
4, Water supply. 
‘A. certain system or routine should be followed in 
making the inspection so that nothing will be overlooked. 
It is usually convenient to begin with the stable and then 
to follow the course of the milk from here to the storage 
cans or bottles, although the point of beginning will have 
to be varied to suit the circumstances. The best time to 
make an inspection is while the cows are being milked, 
but, unfortunately, all dairies cannot be visited at this 
particular time. The inspector should provide himself 
