Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-11-14

spoken to until the COW is finished. If
one speaks to you, the milk streaming
into your pail make so much noise you
stop in order to hear; them the milk
which began to flow SO freely, goes
back again into the ducts that supply
the udder, and you lose your opportu-
nifty. Like the sap Of the maple, you
must take it WREN It flows, or its jul
ces go TO enlarge the tree; SO COW
half MIXED will gain more flesh, at the
cost of your milk and cream. Move
the udder at the close of milking, in
every direction, to be sure you have all
the milk, but do not spend long while
in stripping, lest you get fhe COW into
lazy habit Of ekeing ont the richest
portion of her bounty.
"In the morning the cows should be
driven gently two or three times round
the yard before milking, they will yield
more for the exercise and they will be
less likely to scatter manure in the way
to pasture. We have seldom hired
good mixer. Females are better than
men-they have more patience. A
good mixer will obtain at least one
quarter more than one that miiigs Slow
ly. We have often proved this: we
hired one summer man from New
Hampshire who had managed a farm
for several years. He was clever, but
extremely moderate; we then had four
cows in milk, and discovered our slow
mixer was fast drying up our cows;
we concluded to give him our aid, and
let him milk only two; on the first trial
he obtained the same quantity that we
did. In one week we obtained one
quart more than he at a milking; he
said his COWS were not equal lie ours;
we then shifted and obtained. within
nine days, more milk from his COWS
than he did from ours. This was
wholly to be ascribed to his moderate
milking, for he left none in the udter.
We have forbidden children, and
cats, and dogs, and takers Of all de-
scription to enter The yard in the milk
ing season-for all should be quiet if
you would get all the best Of the cream;
but if childrdn enter not, how will they
learn to milk? If you have an old COW
that you intend to dry soon, lei your
freshman-or freshwoman, as they are
styled at female colIeges-make trial
on her. Teach him to sit close by to
the COW, for the nearer he sits, the less
will he be hurt by kick He should
sit so far back as to front the side of
the udder, and his left arm should con-
stan'ly rest against The cows right leg
then if she raises her foot, his arm
will keep it off the pail; she cannot kick
him for two reasons--her limbs are so
formed that she must either strike for
ward or bacll-and if she could kick
out directly towards him, be would re-
ceive no blow while his arm rests firm
ly against her leg-tEe most she could
accomplish would be to push him a
way.
"The child should grasp the teat
close to its extremity, and the milk
will be earsier drawn.
"Sometilnes in cases Of malic ious
kicking, the cow should be whipped
with birch, ba, this should instantly
follow the offence, or she will not well
why she is punished-still !
it is better to fatter them in their duty
as the Gun ming schoolmaster did his |
scholars, for you must expect no full
pail at the time Of using compulsory
measures.
"Well bred cows seldom kick; but
they often raise up foot to brush the |
flies off OF to give you hint that you
give them pain. When there is the
least doubt in your mind whether
kick, was intended, by all |
means put the most favorable construc-
ton on her conduct, and treat her &C
cordingly-asreal gentlemen always do
on the conduct offemales of all descrip-
TONS"