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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
6
A historical dairy guidance piece urges ordinary common sense in milking hygiene to prevent contamination. It emphasizes clean barns and milking, proper udder and flank care, washing udders, quick milking, immediate cooling, clean hands, and accessible soap and towels to keep milk free of bacteria.
Modern dairies favor small-top milk pails to limit dust and dirt entering milk and to reduce bacterial counts. The design allows only a small opening. Ordinary pails cannot be converted into small-top pails by adding a hood or timer.
The guidance urges limiting disease spread by restricting entry to cowsheds, requiring milker hand washing, clean overalls and white jumper or suit, sterilization with steam or hot water, and sanitary small top milk pins. Wilkers should be allowed to milk.
The piece stresses sunlight and open air as essential to pig welfare during farrowing. It advocates warm, draft-free, well-ventilated housing with ample frost air and outdoor exercise. Buildings should be designed with six key requirements in mind, ensuring no neglect of these factors.
A travelogue lecture titled America First and the people of Lawrence First Americans will be held tomorrow at Fraser Hall at 4 PM. C. Williamson of California will illustrate slides showing France and American Expeditionary Force memories. Attendees from the University and local residents are invited.
The article stresses locating the dairy stable away from poultry houses manure piles and other sources of pollution, with a connected but sealed silo feed room. It recommends south-facing roofs for drainage, a clean, well drained yard, and a ventilation system giving at least 500 cubic feet per cow to keep air fresh and reduce odors. It also notes most farm lightning losses occur in rural areas and cites the U S department of agriculture for fire prevention guidance.
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