IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN STABLES.
THE natural tendency of the average person, remarks the Public Health Journal, seems to be toward slackness and untidiness, thus making thorough cleanliness an appropriate war cry that should be constantly sounded in every dairy, great or small, in the land, without which it is impossible to produce those goods whose character will carry with them the impress of this very word, which is so much appreciated by the better class of consumers. And so we go with pail and stool for our morning and evening work, the stable being properly cleaned and good bedding supplied at all times; we whistle as we brush the side and udder for an instant to remove the dust, and with clean hands and dry teats we go merrily at our task. But suppose the stable floor is bare, save of filth, a too common case, what then? The whistle or song is peremptorily smothered, and the milker with his heart in his boots seeks a pail of water and a cloth to perform the disgusting job of cleaning the cow, which ten to one is more of a pretense than real cleaning; or, what is worse, his merriment is turned to muttered or outspoken cursing while he milks the cow as she is. This applies to those who have some sense of cleanliness, but not to those who habitually neglect all precautions of cleanliness, and milk the cows as they are, clean or dirty, it is all the same to them; they have no compunction of conscience in the matter; they are satisfied to live that way, and do not seem to realize but what everybody else is in the same happy boat.