CHAPTER VIII 
CLEAN MILKING 
THE equipment, after all, amounts to nothing 
if the dairyman by his own actions is unclean. 
What counts far more than equipment is the 
methods which the dairyman himself carries out 
at milking time and afterwards to prevent the 
contamination of milk with dirt and_ bacteria. 
His equipment may be good, but he may use it 
badly. On the other hand, his equipment may 
may be bad, but he may use it so well that he 
gets good results. There are several steps in 
the operation of drawing milk from the cow and 
taking care of it. 
In a healthy udder, milk is safe from outside 
dirt and dust and bacteria. The clean dairy- 
man must know how to transfer milk from the 
udder of a cow into a pail without damage to 
the milk. Clean milking includes the following 
steps: 
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