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Show A MODERN BARN The Fra A hundred years ago, a barn of any kind that was Bhelter for an ant-. ant-. mal, and kept It from freezing was a good barn. Milk that sustained life was all that was required. Milk was milk. Those who bad It to uso were ' nourished. The rest were haf starved. starv-ed. The cattle were sheltered tn Augean Au-gean stables, but there was no Hercules Her-cules to cleanso them. Cows stood kneo deep in barn litter. Cattlo wero shut Into a stable, dark jj and unventllatcd. Doors were closed II and fastened. The llttlo openings which were called by graco "win- H dows" had no glass in them. No sun II light ever canio Into tho stable. A II wide open bucket was used to milk I In, and tho restless, unhappy cow I had tho freedom of hor untidy tall. I The milk was often set on a sholt In I the stablo behind the cows, until It I was convenient to tako It Into the I liouso. Now, when wo aro demanding better food In order to nourish better bet-ter people, we require sanitary barns. Wo Insist upon pure milk, and in order to havo It wo build hygienic hy-gienic barns, groat, big, roomy barns, automatically ventllutcd, wboro tho fresh air Is pouring down in front of the cows all of the time, tho bad a'r ,B PerP'ua"y drawn out from - pI3 tD0 floor B0 tnnt the cows aro breath-B breath-B Ing puro air. . I We are giving our most caroful at- M tentlon to tho food that wo glvo tho flj , cows. A balanced ration, clean whole i some, ap'potlzlng, Is furnished. Not I long ago a breakfast food was ad- I vortlsed in this way: "Tell mo what D you eat and I will tell you what you H think." This Is not a discussion to H provo whether this Is truo or not, n but men who tako care of cows II know that tho milk shows what tho If cows cat. Mon of sclenco havo ffj spent much tlmo and thought on tho H question of diet for milch cows, I Thero aro as many balanced rations l for cows offered on the market as there are breakfast foods for human beings. Men aro aa caroful In selecting select-ing what thoy shall fetd their cattle as they are tn giving medicines to them. No matter what the farmer may have for his dinner, or how It Is cooked, ho Insists that what the cows are fed shall bo clean, wholesome, appetizing. Ho talks fluently of tonic ton-ic qualities and lacteal producing grains. He Is discriminating with regal re-gal d to ensilage, harvesting his corn crop raoro carefully than his garden products. On the merits of clover and alfalfa, compared with timothy and straw, ho Is well Informed. The cattlo give a quick response which bo can lnderstaud and thought ho Is dull with regard hU own care and uls and family's food, he provides pro-vides well for bis stock. Fresh air, good, puro food, fresh water these nre necessary requisites for good cowb and good milk. The stable must oo made of cement, metal met-al and glass. Tbo paint must ue washed and sterilized, and parts ot tbo stable must be whlto washed frequently. fre-quently. The sunlight must shltio upon up-on the cows whenever there Is sunshine. sun-shine. The litter must bo collected collect-ed and carried out frequently carried car-ried at least a hundred feet from the, barn. Tho cows must be curried, and brushed, washed, and always treated with kindness. Tbo men who do the milking must bu clothed In whlto and must bo clean. Tho milk must bo taken from tho cow to a room where no pollution can enter, and bo kept from contamination from the time It Is curried Into this mlik room. Milk suffers contamination sooner than any other food. Direct consumption was nature's plan for milk. It Is not u food which was intended in-tended for transportation. So when wo tako advantage of tho cow's maternal Instinct, and pervert its uso to our own selfish purposes, wo are doing an unnatural thing. Ono must bo vory clever to outwit nature, so pure milk Is ruro. Every pitcher ot cream and glass of milk on your table that Is palatablo and dollclous has been handled with care and produced with great pains. We are not only applying Intelligent Intelli-gent labor to land, but to all land animals, their food, their care, their homo. Ceanllncss may be second to godliness god-liness for men but I am uro that for cows, cleanliness comes first. |