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many good features, and if they had been generally adopted would 
have done much to improve the dairy conditions of the country. 
The Department of Agriculture took up the work with the hope of 
! extending the use of the score card and more thorough inspection 
j thereby. After three years’ work, scoring several thousand dairies in 
j all parts of the country, a score card has been adopted which has 
^ been introduced in a more or less modified form, and is in use in about 
I 60 of the larger cities of the countr^^ and in many smaller ones. The 
I following are the forms of the present cards for farm dairies and city 
1 milk plants : 
[United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Dairy Division.] 
, Sanitary inspection of dairies. 
‘ ■ [Adopted by tbe Official Dairy Instructors’ Association.] 
• Owner or lessee of farm 
P. O. address State 
Total number of cows N umber milking 
Gallons of milk produced daily 
Product is retailed by producer in 
Sold at wholesale to. 
' For milk supply of 
Permit No Date of inspection ,19 
Remarks 
{Signed) 
Inspector. 
Detailed score. 
Score. 
Score. 
Equipment. 
Methods. 
Perfect. 
Allowed. 
Perfect. 
Allowed. 
cows. 
cows. 
Health 6 
Apparently in good 
health 1 
If tested with tuberculin 
once a year and no 
tuberculosis is found, 
or if tested once in six 
months and all reacting 
animals removed 5 
(If tested only once a year 
and reacting animals found 
and removed, 2.) 
Comfort 
Bedding 1 
Temperature of stable. . . 1 
Food (clean and wholesome).. 
Water 
Clean and fresh 1 
Convenient and abun- 
dant 1 
Cleanliness of cows 8 
STABLES. 
Cleanliness of stables 6 
Floor 2 
Walls 1 
Ceiling and ledges 1 
Mangers and partitions . . 1 
Windows 1 
Stable air at milking time 6 
Barnyard clean and well 
drained 2 
Removal of manure daily to 
field or proper pit 2 
(To 50 feet from stable, 1.) 
MILK BOOM. 
Cleanliness of milk room 3 
2 
2 
2 
