222 CLEAN MILK 



When ensilage is fed, it must be given in only one feeding daily, 

 and that after the morning milking, and the full ration shall consist of 

 not more than 20 pounds daily for the average-sized cow. When fed 

 in the fall small amounts must be given and the increase to the full 

 ration must be gradual. 



Cornstalks must not be fed until after the corn has blossomed, and 

 the first feedings must be in small amounts and the increase must be 

 gradual. If fed otherwise, ensilage and cornstalks are liable to cause 

 the milk to affect children seriously. 



5. — The Milkers. 



The milker should be personally clean. He should neither have 

 nor come in contact with any contagious disease while employed in 

 milking or handling milk. In case of any illness in the person or family 

 of any employee in the dairy, such employee must absent himself from 

 the dairy until a physician certifies that it is safe for him to return. 



Before milking, the hands should be thoroughly washed in warm 

 water with soap and a nail brush and well dried with a clean towel. 

 On no account should the hands be wet during the milking. 



In order that the milk commission may be informed as to the 

 health of the employees at the certified farms, the commission has had 

 postal cards printed, to be supplied to the farms, and to be filled out and 

 returned each week, by the owner, manager, or physician of the farm, 

 certifying that none are handling the milk who are in contact with any- 

 contagious disease. 



The milkers should have light-colored, washable suits, including 

 caps, and not less than 2 clean suits weekly. The garments should be 

 kept in a clean place, protected from dust, when not in use. 



Iron milking stools are recommended and they should be kept 

 clean. 



Milkers should do their work quietly and at the same hour morning 

 and evening. Jerking the teat increases materially the bacterial con- 

 tamination of the milk and should be forbidden. 



