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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2165, 19 August 1920, Page 4

REMINDERS FOR DAIRYMEN.

The following reminders tor dairymen are from the Journal of Agriculture:—

Don’t race the cows to, the yard ivi lll a dog: i! will cause cowy 11avour in the milk. Don't allow the cows to drink impure water.

Don’t use (he milk until the cow has been calved at least lour clear hays.

Don’t start milking without at lirst washing your hands. Don’t start- milking until you have washed and dried the cows udder and teals, using a (dean cloth, clean water, and a (dean bucket. Don't use milking-machines without drawing some water through first.

Don’t allow fowls, calves or pigs in the shed.

Don’t use a (doth strainer without sealding it daily. Don't use kerosene tins for milk

or cream. Don't use a wooden stirrer for milk or cream. Don’t use a cloth for washing utensils. Don't use the separator room for a general storeroom. Don’t separate in the milking shed. Don't mix hot and cold cream together. Don’t keep cream in the same room as an oil-engine. Don’t pul the lids'on the cream cans until just before sending- them away. Don’t leave the cream standing in the sun. Don’t expect to keep the separator and milking machine clean unless yon have a proper set of brushes. ■Don’t make the stale of your neighbour’s dairy an excuse for neglecting your own. Aiwa vs coo! tlm milk as soon as it is drawn. Always cool the cream as it.leaves the separator. Aiwa.;.- keep milk and cream in a pure atmosphere. Always keep milk and cream stirred with a metal plunger. Always distribute the night’s milk over all the cans in use. Always wash cans immediately (hey come back from I'm.* fa ('lory. Always skim cream so that it contains not less than -10 per cent, of fat. Always wash the separator every time it is used. , Always wasli utensils in warm water, and scald in boiling water. Always wasli the milking machine with cold, warm, then boiling water. Always wash the milking machine immediately milking is Jinishcd. Always take the releasor down for washing'daily. Always take the lid off the vacuum tank daily. Always lake the milking machine to pieces and wash thoroughly twice weekly. Always boil the milk tubs once weekly. Always wash out the vacuum tank. Always remember that water boils at 212 degrees Fahr,