DONT’S FOR DAIRYMEN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3888, 27 December 1928, Page 4

DONT’S FOR DAIRYMEN.

Don’t race the cow to the yai’d with a dog; it will cause cowy flavour in the milk. Don’t allow the cows to drink impure water. Don’t use the milk until the cow has been calved at least four clear days. Don’t star milking without first washing your hands. . Don’t start milking without first have washed and dried the cow’s udder and teats, using clean cloth, clean water and a clean bucket. Don’t use milking l machines without drawing some [water through first. Don’t allow fowls or calves or pigs in the shed. Don’t use a cloth strainer without boiling it daily. Doh’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 —use a brush. Don’t use lukewarm water where boiling water is specified. 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 the oil-engine. • Don’t put the lids on the cream cans until just before sending them away. Don’t .leave the cream standing in the sun. Don’t make the state of your neighbour's djairy an excuse for neglecting your own. Always cool the milk ,as soon as it is drawn. Always cool the cream as it leaves the separator. Always 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. Ahvtays ''wash cans immediately they come back from the factory. Always skim cream so that it contains not less than 40 per cent, of fat. Always wash the separator every time it is used. Always .wash utensils in boiling water. Always wash the milking machine as soon as milking is finished. Always take the releaser down for washing daily. Always take the lid off the vacuum tank daily. ~ Always wash out the vacuum tank. Always remember that water boils at 2120 F. * Always remember that our reputation for dairy produce depends on quality.