The Cow Barn 



If water buckets are used they can be 

 attached to the stanchion framework, but 

 they require careful and regular cleaning in 

 order to guard against the communication of 

 infectious material. 



EQUIPMENT. 



Artificial light of some kind must be avail- 

 able, as during a great portion of the year 

 the milking is performed in semi-darkness. 

 It goes without saying that if the milker 

 is expected to do his work in a cleanly man- 

 ner he must at least be able to see what he 

 is doing. Electric light is all that could be 

 desired, but even tho smallest farmer is able 

 to have necessary light, since if nothing else 

 is possible he can provide each milker with 

 a lantern. 



Water supply in the barn should include 

 taps of hot and cold water, and with them 

 be provided conveniences for cleaning of the 

 hands. 



Clean hands should be an absolute rule of 

 milking, yet small as this important require- 



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