THE COW YARD AND 

 THE PASTURE 



CHAPTER I. 



THE visitor to a dairy farm, seeking a 

 knowledge of the conditions there 

 and the methods in operation, would 

 naturally come upon them in a certain order 

 of precedence. The first thing would be the 

 pasture lands and the grounds immediate to 

 the cow stables and the dairy house. An 

 observation of these would be followed by a 

 study of the buildings, their construction and 

 equipment; then the herd, the workers, and 

 the utensils. Once the milking began, the 

 milk would be followed through all its va- 

 rious handlings. An order similar to this 

 has been adopted in this book. Starting with 

 the cow yard as the first factor in the con- 

 tamination of milk, the other component 

 parts of the establishment are taken in the 

 order in which a visitor would usually meet 

 them. 



It is a common dream picture, that of a 

 cow barn perched on a grassy knoll, and the 



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