96 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 1,1977 Farts for % dairymen v By Alan Bair Assoc. County Agent t Lancaster, Pa. How does a dairy specialist end up washing a dairyman’s bulk tank? I’m still not sure how it happens, but while Steve Spencer and I were at a farm recently to check out a mastitis problem, Steve ended up washing the tank. It’s fairly safe to say that most high bacteria counts are ’ the result of dirty equipment. A high bacteria count may or may not be associated with a mastitis problem. The farm that Steve and I were working on had two separate and unrelated problems - dirty equipment and a mastitis problem. Failure to practice proper sanitation for farm bulk tanks is causing more raw milk quality problems. Every bulk tank should be washed and samtitzed each time it is emptied. Ap parently, this does not always happen during Spring and Summer months. A thorough rinse job may look satisfactory, but the result is spoiled milk and consumer complaints. Most farm bulk tanks can be manually washed using only a gallon or two of concentrated solution. Use a plastic or rubber pail and two to four ounces of chlorinated cleaner per gallon of water. Soak the entire tank surface using a bulk tank brush, then scrub covers, walls, agitator and valve. If you are using an automatic tank washer you are not immune to dirty tank problems. For circulation cleaning use about one ounce of cleaner per gallon of hot water. Circulate at 120 degrees F. or wanner at the end of the cycle for about 10 minutes. Rinse with a hose to which an acid dispenser is at tached. It should meter in about one ounce per five gallons of water to prevent a white film. Sanitize your bulk tank before the first milking. Use a hose and sanitizer meter to provide chlorine at 200 ppm or iodine at 25 ppm. The particular problem on the farm mentioned earlier was brought about by a busy dairyman trying to do a 10 minute job m five minutes with half the cleaning compound. 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