ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 65 



DIRECTIONS FOR SCORING. 



Perfect 

 Cows. Score. 



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

 8 points is not tuberculin-tested and there are no outward signs 

 of disease 10 



Cleanliness. — Clean, 5; good, 4; fair, 2; bad, 5 



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



Stables. 



Construction. — For cement floor (a)* in good condition allow 2 points; 

 fair, 1; poor, 0; wood floor (b) or other material in good condition, 

 1; fair, i^; poor, 0; good tie (c), 1; good manger (d), 1; box 

 stall (e), 1 5 



Cleanliness. — If thoroughly clean, including floor (a), windows (b), 

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



Light. — Four square feet of glass per cow, 5; 1 point off for each 20 

 per cent less than four square feet per cow 5 



Ventilation. — Good ventilating system, 4; fair, 3; poor, 2; bad,0 4 



Cubic Space per Cow. — If 500 cubic feet or over per cow, 3; less than 

 500 and over 400, 2; less than 400 and over 300, 1; less than 300,0 2 



Stable Yard. — In good condition (a), i/^ ; well drained (b), %; other- 

 wise, 1 



Milk House. 



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

 building (a), well lighted (b), well ventilated (c), 2; (d) if con- 

 nected with another building under good conditions, 1; otherwise, 

 ; (e) if no milk house, 2 



Equipment. — Hot water for cleaning utensils (a), 1; cooler (b),l; 

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



Cleanliness. — Interior clean, 5; good condition, 4; medium, 3; fair, 2; 

 poor, 1 ; bad, 5 



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

 suitable outside rack (b), 2; otherwise, 5 



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



water, 3 ; otherwise, 5 



Milking. 



Attendants. — Healthy 5 



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

 hands, and attention to cleanliness of udder and teats while milk- 

 ing, 10; no special suits, but otherwise clean (a), 7; deduct 4 

 points for uncleanly teats (b) and udder (c) and 3 points for un- 

 cleanly hands (d) 10 



Handling the Milk. 



Prompt and Efficient Cooling. — If prompt (a), 5; efficient (b), if 50 

 degrees F. or under, 5; over 50 degrees and not over 55 degrees, 

 4; over 55 degrees and not over 60 degrees, 3; over 60 degrees, 



