Show cleanliness WITH MILK IS ESSENTIAL JAL in order r to prevent the con contarina contamina tamina tion of milk and nd cream with foreign odors and flavors a it la is necessary to start with tile tho milking operation tile the successful producer of good quality cream develops a system of handling the dairy herd and cr cream eam and ench each operation in tills this system Is carried out to the letter at every milking tile the following follow lne way to produce clean milk Is suggested the cow must be healthful it free from tuberculosis and udder d diseases diseased I 1 sho she must be kept in cloan clean 1 surroundings I roun dings the dairy barn should be so BO constructed ted that it can he be thoroughly cleaned the manure should be removed at least once each day and it should bo be carried to the fields direct or to u manure pit some distance from tile tho barn the cow should be groomed before each milking in order to prevent any loose hair manure or foreign ante raal from falling into the milk pull pall at milking time the udder should bo be washed with clean water and dried before milking begins the should wear clean clothing and should wash tits his hands thoroughly with soap before starting to milk milking should be done with dry hands the habit of wet hand milking does not make it easier and certainly Is a filthy habit milking should be done in small email top pall which will greatly reduce the possibility of foreign material getting into the milk at milking time As soon as each cow Is milked the milk should be carried to the milk room where it should be weighed and strained through a suitable cloth strainer the ordinary wire strainer its Is not effective in remo vying dirt from milk A strainer using two or more of filter cloth Is fit much more efficient the strainer cloth used should ile he clean and sterilized with live steam milk na as it comes from the cows udder Is tree free from dirt any hat hair r bedding particles of manure or dust that are subsequently found in the milk come front from careless milking practice dirty cows or careless handling of the milk after it Is produced this foreign matter when once it gatny entrance into milk carries quantities of bacteria and many taints and bad odors which cannot be r removed the only method to use to prevent such euch effects la Is to produce the milk clean keep it or the cream produced from it clean cool immediately and thoroughly then keep cool any foreign matter that may get into the milk and it Is a fact that some will even with skillful handling should be strained out to lo 10 prevent as many of the bad effects as possible |