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Show Dairy Hints Cream and milk cool 23 times as fast In water as In air of the same temperature. Charcoal is recommended as nn absorber ab-sorber of foul odors in the milk room. It should be freshly powdered. For heavy milk production, or for fattening young growing animals, the feeding of grain on pasture is doubtless doubt-less the most economical method. A hooded or small-top milk pall protects the milk from dust and dirt falling from the body of the cow, and makes possible the production of a much cleaner milk. No one wants to produce milk from a sick cow, nor subject the rest of his herd to infection from such a source. Alfalfa hay Is at the top of the list of roughages for the dairy cow, because be-cause of Its high protein content' nnd Its palatabllity. Cows should be groomed dally with a curry comb and brush to keep them In better physical condition nnd to protect the milk from dirt loose hnlr etc. |