go STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
6. In order to remove the surplus of bacteria existing in 
the milk cistern it is necessary to discard the first five or six 
full streams of milk from each quarter of the udder. ‘The re- 
moval of the fore-milk results in a slightly smaller germ con- 
tent of the remaining milk but the difference is so small that 
this practice is probably only valuable where an extremely low 
germ content is desired. 
7. The intelligence and personal habits of the individual 
milker is an important factor in determining the germ content 
of the milk. This factor must be taken into account in the 
production of clean and high grade milk. | 
