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animals demands it. In Denmark it is customary 

 to whitewash the stables four times each year; 

 experience having shown this to be a very profit- 

 able practice. Whitewash is odorless and very 

 cheap, and it is to be regretted that dairymen in 

 general do not use it more freely. There should 

 be no cesspools about the stables, and the ground 

 under the barn should be well drained. Poor 

 drainage causes objectionable odors about the 

 barn. 



Fig. 29. Sediment test for determining cleanliness of milk. 



Feeding after milking. One of the practices 

 a good dairyman will observe is to do his feed- 

 ing after milking, so that the atmosphere will 

 not be filled with dust. He will also feed his 

 cows such feeds as ensilage after milking rather 



