Clean Milk 



The milker should be selected with great 

 care, as the task is one requiring an under- 

 standing of cows and a sympathy with them, 

 a skill in working quickly and neatly, and a 

 willingness to take pains in protecting milk 

 against pollution. 



As scrupulous cleanliness is required of 

 the milker, bathing facilities should be con- 

 venient and laundry service be free and un- 

 stinted, that the milking suit and other 

 clothing be frequently changed. 



The simplest health precaution would bar 

 out a milker who has or is convalescing from 

 an infectious or contagious disease, or who 

 is nursing a patient with a communicable 

 malady. Similarly, if a milker has con- 

 tracted influenza or any inflammation caus- 

 ing pus discharges, he should be relieved 

 from milking duty. 



Odors are absorbed so readily and re- 

 tained for so long a time by milk that estab- 

 lishments producing a superior article 

 should not neglect this matter. For this 

 reason, it would be preferable to employ 



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