TABLE OF CONTENTS— CONTINUED 



Lig:ht and tuberculosis in cattle— Windows and skylights— Light 

 essential for good health. 



Ventilation— Pure air in the fields and in the barn- Overhead outlet 

 for dead air— The question of air space and ventilation. 



The stalls and the stanchion— Skeleton construction— Base of the 

 stanchion sunk in the floor — Single bar for partitions — The problem 

 of accommodating cow and stall— The tipping stanchion— What it 

 accomplishes toward cleanliness. 



Mangers and water buckets. 



Equipment— Artificial light— Water supply— Washing facilities. 



Storage — Objectionable — Unnecessary dirt from farm machinery and 

 odors from feed. 



Care of the bam— Clean condition beneficial to the herd — Two general 

 cleanings — Dust the great enemy — The value of whitewash — Flush- 

 ing the floor daily^The time for sweeping — What to do with the 

 manure gutter— The use of metal vehicles. 



Bedding — Feeding. 



Chapter IV. Isolation Quarters 66 



The care of a sick cow— The necessity of separation from the herd— 

 Of use in the treatment of a tuberculous cow. 



Chaptek v. The Imjyrovemcnt of a Dairy . . .69 

 What can be done with small expenditure — A typical instance. 



Chapter VI. The Coics 74 



The responsibility for their health and condition— The question of 

 cleanliness— Manure on the cow's body— The use of a broom— A 

 special cleaning— Washing and scrubbing with brush and soap- 

 Keeping cows standing until the milking is over— The throat latch 

 —Clipping long hairs and trimming the tail. 



Chapter VII. The Milker . . . , . .81 



The rules of the kitchen apply to the production of milk— Milk and 

 the absorption of odors— Special qualifications of the milkei^Ex- 

 cused from work in case of illness— Washing hands before milking 

 and special milking clothes. 



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