. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 258 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS should be wiped with a damp cloth just before milking. Hay should not be fed previous to milking, as it fills the air with dust. Care should be taken to feed clean, nutritious foods and such as will not contribute an undesirable flavor to the milk. The drinking water for the cows should be clean, fresh, and the tanks protected from possible contamination. Furthermore, Fig. 81. — Brown Swiss Cow "Vo- t
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 258 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS should be wiped with a damp cloth just before milking. Hay should not be fed previous to milking, as it fills the air with dust. Care should be taken to feed clean, nutritious foods and such as will not contribute an undesirable flavor to the milk. The drinking water for the cows should be clean, fresh, and the tanks protected from possible contamination. Furthermore, Fig. 81. — Brown Swiss Cow "Vo- the COWS should be healthy. One Hinsdale° m''^ ^^ ^"^^''^ ^'"'"''' ''^^^"^ produce sanitary milk and keep diseased cows. Each animal composing the herd should be tested for tuberculosis once each year and the diseased cases removed. The stables. — If one is to produce sanitary milk, the stable must be kept clean. This applies to dust, cobwebs, and the like, as well as to the manure and litter. Much light and good ven- tilation are essential. The floors should be of cement. The gutters and litter should be cleaned out twice daily, and the material hauled to the field, or placed in a protected water- tight pit outside the barnyard and of sufficient distance to pre- vent odors from reaching the stable. The covered shed, if one is used, and stable-yard, must be clean and well drained. It is a rather common practice to house other animals, such as horses or sheep and sometimes swine, in the same stable with cattle. If sanitary milk is to be the product, no other animals should be placed in the same stable with the cows. The cows should be bedded liberally, particularly if the floor is of cement. The bedding should not be permitted to become foul, as this not only lessens the comfort of the cattle, but makes it more difficult to keep them clean and it promotes disease. Old straw makes the best bedding material, but when high in price, it may be replaced by man
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