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Show T-' t coiuain a hi,.. Good n.ilK. M.1 k m. ,t jg percentage of fat b clean it is mat good nnw must be clean. And milk to be go must come from a healthy cow. The first requisite in the , se lect.on of a milk cow is that she be m pel feet health. Milk should nejer be used from a cow that has an inflam l ion of the udder. On this too much stress can not be laid, for the uch lu more than any other organ of the body should be in a condition of ab solute 'health. The caw should be clean and this ... ......1.1 i.o in clean sur- means that sue miuu.u ... roundings. Often we find some refer once made to a dirty cow when the condemnation should not be laid op the cow herself, but upon the individual individ-ual who provides filthy suiTOUiidinp.. The cow, AVhile naturally a cle-tn animal ani-mal is sometimes forced to acquire unclean habits from the very nature and condition of the yards and stables in which she is confined. Grooming of the ojw is an important import-ant matter which receives scant attention. at-tention. Proper use of the curry comb and brush or cattle card promotes tho health of tlie cow materially, for it stimulates .the action nf the skin, and a clean, active skin, with the cow, as in all our domestic animals, is an important im-portant factor in health. Where cattle are properly looked after, careful grooming is a matter which receives regular daily attention. With a clean cow in clean surroundings, surround-ings, the next thing to receive the attention at-tention in the production of clean mi Us is the milker himself. He should be a person of cleanly habits and not clad in foul or dirty working clothing. Milking is not dirty work unless it is made so, and it is more often made a piece of drudgery by reason of the attendant at-tendant dirty conditions than what it should be the production of human food in clean and sauitary surroundings. surround-ings. There is no higher art than the production of a superior article of hu-aan hu-aan food. |
