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Show Cow Source of Bacteria 'THE cow is Ihe chief source of the bacteria that get Into the milk. These erne from the Interior ef the udder and from the sur-tae sur-tae (Jf the cow's body. With regard to the udder organisms It Is stated that the flora of bacteria In the normal. Iiealthv udder Is a lather small one. averaging from two to ei.L-ht varieties in each udder. The udder is cnmnotfcd of four divisions, each separate i from the other three divisions. There may be one or more different kinds of organisms j in each quarter The number of varieties i that come from the udders of a number of tows Is a large one. In a herd of about twenty-live cows there were found to be ever fifty varieties of bacteria. Kifty-five per cent of these had no visible effect on nt-Tllo milk when inoculated as a pure culture, 3S per cent turned mill: slightly acid and 7 per cent turned milk to an alkaline reaction. Hoard's Dairyman rninc fruit trees In winter for wood and in summer for fruit. |