DAIRY INSPECTION 169 
disease should also be debarred from employment on a 
dairy farm. 
The milker should have special clothing to wear while 
milking. Considerable dust and dirt collects on the outer 
surface of clothing worn while cleaning the cows and 
stable or in doing farmwork, especially if it is made of 
material with a soft, rough finish, and a good deal of this 
dirt may drop off into the milk pail during milking. A 
clean blouse, overalls, and a cap should therefore be put 
on before beginning to milk. These should be made of 
washable material with a smooth, hard, finish like duck, 
linen, or drilling. White linen or duck is best. One or 
two suits a week in winter and two or three in summer 
will be required in order to have a reasonably clean suit 
at all times. An apron or a pair of overalls with a bib 
is sometimes used because they are easier to put on and 
off; but they do not cover the shoulders and arms, the 
parts from which dirt is most likely to be dislodged in 
milking. 
Before beginning to milk, the milker should wash his 
hands thoroughly, using soap, water and a nail brush, and 
dry them carefully with a clean towel. After doing so, 
he should not touch anything but the teats of the cow, 
milk pail, and milk stool. The inspector should note 
what facilities are provided for washing and drying the 
hands. 
When the milking of a cow is finished, the pail should 
be carried to the weigh room and the milk weighed and 
emptied, the weight of the milk being recorded on the 
milk record opposite the name or number of the cow. In 
passing in the rear of the cows, the milk pail should be 
carried on the side of the body furthest away from the 
cows; covered-top pails should be carried with the open- 
