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American Agriculturist, March 15, 1924 
THE ADVANTAGES OF A 
CLEAN DAIRY HERD 
Has an Effect on Cow’s Health 
N UMEROUS articles have been 
written on the housing and feeding 
of dairy cows. However, too little has 
been said about the importance of keep¬ 
ing the milch cows clean. 
With present day efficiency standards 
as regards the feeding and care of milch 
cows new developments constantly pre¬ 
sent themselves. Agricultural colleges 
point out the benefits of balanced diet 
and pointedly remark that animal hygiene 
is just as important. Practical tests 
prove conclusively that the owner of 
milch cows who safeguards the health of 
his animals is actually putting more 
cash into his pocket. 
How can the health of his cows be fully 
taken care of? Naturally, the stables 
must be kept clean. Proper arrange¬ 
ment of manure gutters and drainage 
facilities, together with commonly known 
ventilation methods, bring the labor of 
keeping the stables clean down to a 
minimum. 
Keeping the cow clean is just as impor¬ 
tant. The “manure poultice” is a thing 
of the past. Such a condition affects the 
cow’s well-being because the cow absorbs 
through its pores and into its system 
unhealthy forces of the adhering filth. 
This upsets the function of the animal’s 
diet which is diverted in large part to 
combating this unsanitary condition. 
The same feed will produce more milk in a 
clean, healthy cow than in one that is be¬ 
set with unsanitary conditions. 
Clipping Helps to Keep Body Clean 
The removal and prevention of this 
condition is easy and simple. A clean 
stable is essential. Plenty of clean 
bedding is very helpful. However, 
directly dealing with the cow’s health, a 
simple bodily treatment of the cow is 
even more effective. This treatment is 
simply clipping the belly, udder and 
flanks at intervals of about 30 days during 
the stable months and a clip all over in 
the spring before turning the cows into 
pasture. The cost is small (not more than 
$12 or $15 for a clipping machine) and the 
time required is quite unimportant be¬ 
cause by clipping, from one to three 
minutes per cow is saved in properly 
cleaning preparatory to each milking. 
A clipping machine will continue to do 
good work for many years and can be 
used as well for clipping horses, mules 
and other stock. 
Advantages of Clean Cows Numerous 
It only requires a damp cloth wiped 
over the surface of a clipped cow’s skin to 
clean it properly and the bacteria count 
in the milk is invariably lower than when 
the cow is not clipped. 
Other advantages in clipping, as 
pointed out by them, are: More con¬ 
tented cows; lessened attacks by insect 
pests; immunity from lice and other 
vermin and greatly increased selling 
value due to the improved appearance 
of cows that are clipped. 
In the District of Columbia the official 
government score card on milch cow 
tests makes note of a deduction of 20 per 
cent, when the cow is not kept clipped 
throughout the test.—C. H. T. 
A Letter From a Pooler 
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A NOTHER withdrawal period has 
^ come and gone and you still have 
the pooling plan to reckon with for at 
least another year. Withdrawals were 
much, less than some dealers hoped for 
and much less than last year. What 
do you propose to do about it? 
The League has the power and the 
machine to raise the price of Class 1 milk 
to its dealers at any time to at least the 
cost of products, and stands ready to do 
so, if you only would not sell your milk 
to your dealers at a less price, thus en¬ 
abling them to steal away the market for 
League milk. This you persistently did 
from the time the pooling plan was 
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