Show FIRST considering the fact that milk is ono of the treasured of mans necessities it is strange that the nature and propensities of the fluid are not better understood and that the production of good milk ia not made more of a science there are very few persons who appreciate the need for taking care of a cow more often than not the animal is given water to drink from a convenient pond is shut up in a badly ventilated barn and is fed on one sort of food there is nothing easier to produce than diseased milk the breathing of bad air will contaminate the milk the drinking of impure water will convey microbes mic robes of deadly power to tho person who tempting fluid and the eating of one sort of food will impoverish the system and consequently the milk corn should not bo fee dalone for instance but should be given with bran roots and less warming feed salt should be given to cattle every day and water unstinted this is of much wider importance than most persons imagine and if they were aware of the ills brought on them through the apparently innocent medium of the milk jar they would check the smile that may arise at cheso farm like remarks there is no beann by which disease can be more rapidly spread than by milk an uncovered pail of milk standing in a house bhora there is scarlet fever will convey the disease to all susceptible to contagion who drink it however far removed ahny may be from the scene of sick bess uess mysterious cases of contagion liuio been traced to such a source frequently for this reason a glass or pitcher of milk should never be left standing by a sick bed for oven if the patient drinks it it will be to imbibe some of the poisons which the body has been throwing off it is doubt ohp moat and dangerous fluid when not cured for that exists another thing that should bo taken inac constant consideration is fre illness of battlo cows are very sensitive and are liable to a number of diseases which they are subject to the need for caring for them is however much more widely recognized these last few years than ever before and a groat deal of unnecessary suffering is saved the poor animals by the increasing skill of veterinary surgeons |