Clean Milk 



accumulates it in a manure " gutter " until 

 the gutter and its contents are ready to over- 

 flow, when he pitches it out of the barn win- 

 dow, to form for months a small mountain of 

 jjutrid matter, and not until the summer 

 boarders are due to arrive is it carted away 

 to the fields. 



In the interests of public decency, for the 

 betterment of the product he sells, and from 

 a sense of pride in using cleanly methods, the 

 farmer should guard against manure defiling 

 his milk. It is not a difficult, costly, or com- 

 plicated undertaking, and if he practises the 

 maxim " An ounce of prevention is worth a 

 pound of cure," he will find the manure prob- 

 lem solving itself. 



Much can be done by providing an ade- 

 quate cow yard and by the use of an effective 

 stanchion in a suitable stall. These would 

 insure the cleanliness of the cows. Then 

 there is the removal of manure and its 

 proper storage. 



Manure ought to be removed from the 

 stalls at least once a day, but preferably 



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