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14. An adequate supply of pure water is vitally essential to the 

 welfare of the cows, and they should never be allowed to drink impure 

 or stagnant water. 



15. No milk from newly calved cows should be sent to the Depot for 

 the space of four clear days from the date of calving, and no milk from 

 any cow that is not in good health, or that is under physic, should at 

 any time be sent. 



16. When the milk is being delivered once a day only, the morning's 

 and evening's milk must be sent in separate dishes. On no account 

 must warm milk be mixed with cold. 



17. In the event of any outbreak of contagious or infectious disease 

 in the household of a supplier, or of any person employed by the 

 supplier in attending the cows, notice must be at once sent to the 

 Secretary or Manager of the Depot or Creamery, and the supply of 

 milk discontinued until all danger of spreading disease through the 

 milk is certified by the Medical Officer of Health for the district to have 

 passed. 



One vitally essential factor in ensuring success is the provision by 

 the members of an adequate supply of good well handled milk all the 

 year round, in such proportions as the demands of the business necessi- 

 tate. In order to keep up the proportionate supply required, members 

 should arrange to have cows calving at different periods throughout 

 the year. 



Provision should be made by suppliers, as far as may be possible for 

 a continuous supply of those field crops, suitable for milk production, to 

 augment the daily ration when pastures fail in autumn, and for winter 

 keep. Great loss is incurred if the milk supply is allowed to go down in 

 consequence of failing pastures. 



It is in the interest of, and should be the duty of, milk suppliers to 

 a Co-operative Creamery not only to send in their own milk in the 

 best possible condition, but also to see that their fellow-members do 

 likewise. 



A system of voluntary control of milk is in operation at 

 Plymouth. If a farmer supplying milk to Plymouth under- 

 takes to comply with certain conditions 

 A Voluntary System calculated to obviate risk of infection 

 of Control and to ensure a supply of clean milk, 



in Milk Production. the fact is advertised once a year by 

 the Local Authority by means of pressr 

 notices and placards, and he is allowed to exhibit in the 

 shops where his milk is sold a certificate, signed by the 

 Medical Officer of Health, to the effect that the premises on 

 which the milk is produced are sanitary, and that the condi- 

 tions imposed by the Corporation are complied with. 



The system was introduced in 1898, and the number of 



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