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explained to him, the necessary changes indi- 

 cated, and where asked the ways and means 

 to improvement suggested. 



On a return visit the place was found 

 transformed. The barn interior was cool, 

 light, and presented an orderly appearance. 

 The use of whitewash had done wonders in 

 brightening the barn. Sheathing paper had 

 been tacked upon the poles, and it made a 

 tight ceiling. Green window shades on the 

 western windows tempered the afternoon 

 sun, and the barn was cooler. The odor was 

 greatly diminished, and fewer flies were 

 about, and, though it was just as hot as on 

 the previous visit, the cows were standing 

 quietly and at ease. Adjoining the barn the 

 farmer had built a plain board lean-to just 

 the size of a vat room, and here the milk was 

 carried in covered pails and strained through 

 a metal wire mesh strainer without any 

 cloth. A wash-boiler had been called into 

 use, and the milking pail and the strainer 

 boiled daily. Under the new conditions the 

 farmer's milk registered a count of less than 



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