318 APPENDIX II 



DIRECTIONS FOR SCORING 



COWS ^i^^ 



Condition and HealthfolneSB. — Deduct 2 points if in poor flesh, and 8 points 



if not tuberculin -tested 10 



Cleanliness. — Glean, 5; good, 4; fair, 2: bad, 5 



Water Supply. — If clean and unpolluted, 5 ; fair, 3 ; otherwise, 5 



STABLES 



Construction. — F6r cement floor (a)* In good condition alio w 2 points ;&lr, 1 ; 

 poor, ; wood floor (6) or other material in good condition, 1 ; iair, ^ ; 

 poor, ; good tie (c), 1 ; good manger (<2), 1 ; box stall (e), 1 5 



Cleanliness. — If thoroughly clean, including floor (a\ windows (&), and ceil- 

 ings (c), 5; good, 4; medium, 3; fair, 2; poor, 1 ; bad, 5 



Light. — Four square feet of glass per cow, 5 ; t point off for each 20 per cent 

 less than 4 square feet per cow 5 



Ventilation. — Good ventilating system, 4 ; fair, 3 ; poor, 2 ; bad, 4 



Cubic Space per Cow. — If 500 cubic feet or over per cow, 8; less than 500 

 and overrun, 2; less than 400 and over 800, 1; less than 800, 3 



Removal of Manure. — Hauled to field dally, 2 ; removed at least 80 feet from 

 stable, 1 ; otherwise, 2 



Stable Yard. — In good condition (a), ^^ ; well drained (&), % ; otherwise, 0.. 1 



MILK HOUSE 



Construction. — Tight, sound floor, and not connected with any other building 

 (a), well lighted (ft), well ventilated (c), 2; (d) if connected with another 

 building under good conditions, 1 : otherwise, ; (e) if no milk house, 2 



Equipment. — Hot water for cleaning utensils (a), 1 ; cooler (&), 1 ; proper 

 pails (c) and strainers (d) used for no other purposes, 1 3 



Cleanliness. — Interior clean, 5; good condition, 4; medium, 8; &ir, 2; 

 poor. 1 ; bad, 5 



Care and Cleanliness of Utensils. — Glean (a), 3 ; kept in milk house or suit- 

 able outside rack (&), 2; otherwise, 6 



Water Supply. — If pure and clean running water, 5 ; pure and clean stiU 

 water, 8; otherwise, 6 



MILKING 



Attendants. — Healthy 5 



Cleanliness of Milking. — Clean milking suits, milking with clean dry hands, 

 and attention to cleanliness of udder add teats while milking, 10 ; no special 

 suits, but otherwise clean {a), 7 ; deduct 4 points for uncleanly teats (&) and 

 udder (c) and 3 points for uncleanly hands (d) 10 



HANDLING THE MILK 



Prompt and Efficient Cooling. — If prompt (a), 5 ; efficient (p) ; if 50° F. or 

 under, 5; over 50° and not over 55°, 4; over 55° and not over 60°, 3; over 

 60°, 0; if neither prompt nor efficient, 10 



Storing at Low Temperature. — If 50° F. or under, 5 ; over 50° and not over 

 55°, 4 ; over 55° and not over 60° 3 ; over 60°, 5 



Protection during Transportation to Market.— If thoroughly protected 

 (iced), 5 ; good protection, 4 ; partly protected, 2 ; oUierwise, 6 



SCORE 1**** 



If total score Is 90 or above ahd each division 85% perfect or ovOr, the dairy is 



Excellent (entitled to registry). 

 If total score is 80 or above and each division 75% perfect or over, the dairy is Good. 

 If total score is 70 or above and each division 65% perfect or over, the dairy is Fair. 

 If total score Is below 70 and any division Is below 65% perfect, Uie dairy Is Poor. 



f'The letter! a, ft, e, etc., ahould b« entered on score card to show condition of dairy, and when 

 BO entered ■bould always indicate a deficiency. 



