Clean Milk 



All bedding should be removed daily, to 

 permit cleaning of the entire floor of the 

 barn, but if this is not done at least the 

 soiled bedding should be drawn into the 

 manure gutter and some fresh bedding 

 added. The removal of bedding should be 

 part of the morning chores, and the placing 

 of fresh bedding is best done after the even- 

 ing milking. This practise not only leaves 

 more room for the milker and his utensils, 

 but the resulting dust is raised at a time 

 when the milk will not be exposed to it. 



FEEDING. 



It is better that no rations be given just 

 preceding or during the milking, because of 

 the dust which will be raised, but if a farmer 

 insists on feeding at this time the least harm 

 is done by giving a scant ration of moist 

 grain. 



After the milking is over any food may be 

 given. In general all foods likely to produce 

 a foreign odor and taste in the milk should 

 be fed some hours before milking. It is much 



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