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1. Health and Protection of the Herd (no score is given until 

 all sick cows have been removed ; all cows coughing or 

 emaciated must be isolated and their milk must not be used) . 

 (a) Cows in good vigorous condition, not too thin, 2 ; ventila- 

 tion in stable, 6 ; light, 4 ; pure food and water, 4 ; comfortable 

 cow-shed, 4. 



2. Cleanliness of Cows and their Surroundings. — Cows all 

 clean, 8 ; byre clean, 6 ; air pure, no insanitary buildings or 

 manure heap within 200 ft., 3 ; yard clean and well drained, 3. 



3. Utensils. — Utensils clean, free from rust, sterilised, 8 ; 

 pure water for cleaning and protection of its source from 

 contamination, 6 ; utensils constructed with seams filled with 

 solder, so as to be easily cleaned, 2 ; proper place for cleaning 

 and storing utensils, including steam boiler and sterilising 

 oven, 4. 



4. Milkers and Milking (all attendants must be healthy, 

 and must not live in a house where any communicable disease 

 exists) . — Milking done with clean dry hands, and cows' udder 

 sponged or wiped with damp cloth before milking, 10 ; special 

 suits used for milking or regular suits well brushed, 5 ; use of 

 small-top milk pail, 5. 



5. Handling the Milk. — Prompt cooling to below 55 0 F., 

 and keeping at a low temperature, 10 ; dealing with milk in a 

 sanitary room, 5 ; protection during transportation, 5. 



Directions for scoring, that is suggestions as to the method 

 of allotting the marks, are printed on the back of the card. 



A committee of the National Dairy Association is at present 

 engaged in considering what would be the most acceptable 

 form of score-card. The bulletin above mentioned gives another 

 card differently arranged for use in the inspection of milk 

 shops. This is in actual use in the City of Cleveland. 



The Board have received through the Foreign Office a 

 report by Sir William Ward on the steps taken for the pro- 

 tection of birds in Germany. It appears 

 Protection of Birds in that the gradual disappearance in Ger- 

 Germany. many of birds of all descriptions, but 



particularly of those kinds which are 

 regarded as specially useful to agriculture led, about two years 



