. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PRODUCTION OF MILK OF LOW BACTERIAL CONTENT. 39. sent practical conditions on the farm; therefore the following ex- periment was conducted under actual farm conditions to determine their value when used by the average dairyman. A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION ON SIX FARMS. In order to demonstrate the practical value of the three essential factors previously mentioned they were applied on six farms in the vicinity of Grove City, Pa., with the voluntary coop- eration of the dairy- men. Five of the farms sent m
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PRODUCTION OF MILK OF LOW BACTERIAL CONTENT. 39. sent practical conditions on the farm; therefore the following ex- periment was conducted under actual farm conditions to determine their value when used by the average dairyman. A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION ON SIX FARMS. In order to demonstrate the practical value of the three essential factors previously mentioned they were applied on six farms in the vicinity of Grove City, Pa., with the voluntary coop- eration of the dairy- men. Five of the farms sent milk and one sent cream to the experimental cream- ery operated at Grove City by the Dairy Division. It seemed advisable to have one producer of cream, ill order to determine whether these factors would improve its quality. Tlie scores of the six farms, according to the dairy-farm score card used by the Dairy Division, United States Department of Agricul- _ ture, were as follows: ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ , and out of a possible 100. The in- teriors of the barns are shown in figures 17 to 21, inclusive. The plan was to de- termine, first, the bac- terial content of the fresh milk and cream on the farm under the existing conditions; then to place in opera- tion the three factors, namely, sterilized utensils, clean cows with clean udders and teats, and small-top pails. For the work small-top pails of the type shown in figure 2 were lent to the farmers, together with simple steam sterilizers which are described in Farmers' Bulletin 718. The method of operating the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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