Clean Milk 



mistakenly classed as hopeless, and for these 

 reasons it seemed desirable to devote efforts 

 toward its improvement and demonstrate 

 vrhat could be done under unfavorable 

 conditions. 



The bacteriologist made a visit and found 

 conditions that represented millions of bac- 

 teria to a cubic centimetre of milk. The 

 barn floor was in bad condition and the gut- 

 ter contained much manure; overhead was a 

 ceiling of poles with the hay in wisps and 

 bunches sticking down. The place looked as 

 if it had not been cleaned for years, the sid- 

 ings were thickly bespattered with urine and 

 manure spots, cobwebs spanned every corner 

 and angle, dust lay piled in the crevices and 

 crannies, and there did not seem to be a 

 square inch of clean wood in the whole inte- 

 rior. Dirty clothing hung on hooks, plows 

 and other farm machinery were scattered 

 about, and in a corner was stored a pile of 

 feed. Though it was summer, even the cows 

 were not clean, many of them having manure 

 on the flanks. When the herd was brought 



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