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contained in milk has the qualities of glucose and is directly assimilable. Glucose and butter form a quantity of calories. Nearly all mineral substances are contained in milk.
It is therefore no exaggeration to say that milk is our most important alimentary product, for which reason its production is worthy of the most scrupulous attention.
In some countries the collection and distribution of milk has been centralised in big establishments with controlling apparatus, pasteurisation and storing, ensuring the milk reaching the consumer in perfect condition. These establishments have everywhere increased the consumption of milk, not only on account of the guarantee they offer the consumer that he is obtaining a genuine product, but because their purpose is also to propagandise the nourishing qualities of milk, making the benefice of consumption coincide with that of agriculture.
A few pictures should be shown, illustrating the nourishing qualities of milk and how it is handled in the milk centres, in the interest of the maintenance of its purity. This is important both from the hygienic and commercial point of view.
As the first condition of procuring good milk, is stable hygiene, it is obvious that the accommodation of animals assumes many new aspects.
As regards the construction of the stables, it should be pointed out that their exposure has the same importance for the well-being of the animals as that of a house has for that of its inmates, especially as regards the development and spreading of infectious disease.
According to the instructions of the British Government, the stables should be built in an elevated position, on dry ground with easy draining facilities.
As cleanliness is the first requisite of a modern stable, hygienic details making for cleanliness with a maximum saving of labour, should be shown by a few pictures.
Designs for modern stables should be shown, featuring : i) A dry and clear entrance for the cattle.
2) A separate exit for the milk, removed from all contaminating influences.
3) An entrance for the fodder, and to the departments where the various alimentary substances are prepared.
4) An exit for manure, unless it can be removed by a crane.
In the smaller establishments the exit for the manure may also serve as entrance for the cattle.
Provisions should be made for keeping the stable as free from flies and dust as possible. There should be ample light and ventilation, draughts should be avoided.
It should be demonstrated that the size and height of the stables cannot act as a substitute for proper ventilation, for no matter how big the stables are,