. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. 64 BIGGLE COW BOOK. To grasp the teats of a cow just after she has arisen from the bed in her stall, and to milk dry, is the other extreme. Dust, dirt and manure particles tumble freely into the pail. The teats and udder should not be washed off, but wiped off with a dry cloth before milking. If water is used the teats will likely crack. A rough, loose cloth is best. Gunny-sack r^is splendid for this purpose, i Then milk with hands dry. It is strictly true that many a favorite. so
. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. 64 BIGGLE COW BOOK. To grasp the teats of a cow just after she has arisen from the bed in her stall, and to milk dry, is the other extreme. Dust, dirt and manure particles tumble freely into the pail. The teats and udder should not be washed off, but wiped off with a dry cloth before milking. If water is used the teats will likely crack. A rough, loose cloth is best. Gunny-sack r^is splendid for this purpose, i Then milk with hands dry. It is strictly true that many a favorite. so-called good dairies send oat unclean milk; milk made unclean by the milkers. It is not only unclean, but is seeded with bacteria, which are the germs of decomposition. I fear that a great many good milkers are guilty of carelessness. The proof is in the bottom of the milk- man's serving can and in the bowl of the separator. The consumer too often finds black specks and worse in the bottom of the pitcher. The good milker does not allow the full pail to remain in the stable, but carries it at once into another and cleaner atmosphere. He is not content with a coarse wire strainer, but uses a double thick- ness of good cheese cloth, which catches all the hairs and dust particles and other impurities , which reach the pail under even the most careful management. The newly drawn milk is at once cooled to say 500 F., either by placing the can in ice water and stirring with a paddle or by means of a. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co
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