Clean Milk 



All milking should be done with dry 

 hands, and the fore-milk never used to mois- 

 ten the fingers. If the fingers are hard or 

 chapped or dandruff is on the cow's teats a 

 little vaseline should be applied. In case of 

 coughing, milkers should be careful to avert 

 the head from the milking pail, a precaution 

 also to be observed in case of sneezing. 



The dairy farmer who does not receive a 

 premium for cleanliness is hardly expected 

 to adopt the foregoing requirements, but so 

 long as he offers for public sale and con- 

 sumption a food article like milk, with its 

 possibilities of disease conveying and its ten- 

 dencies to deterioration and absolute loss, 

 he may be expected, out of deference to the 

 public, to do something. 



A minimum requirement, such as a State 

 license system should enact, is the washing 

 of hands and the wearing of a garment to 

 protect the milk from defilement by the or- 

 dinary working clothes. Some farmers have 

 no idea that washing the hands is a neces- 

 sary preparation for milking. They will 



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