Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-03-08
Number Z.

left behind in the udder is reabsorbed
into the system and consequently the
next milking will be so much the less
in quantity. But another reason whv
every drop of milk should be taken
away TO be found in the we'll known
fact that the last milk is doubly as
good as the first milk; hence, if not re.
moved, there is not merely equal but
double loss.
I'd. Milking should be conducted
with skill and tenderness-all chuckinr
or pIucking at the teats should be avoi-
ded. A gentle and expert mixer will
not only clear the udder with greater
ease than a rough and inexperienced
person, but will do so with far more
comfort to the COW, which will stand
pleased and quiet, placidly chewing the
cud, and testifying by her manner and
attitude that she experiences pleasure
rather than annoyance from the opera
lion.
Cows will not yield milk 10 a person
they dislike or dread | have taken
some trouble to acquire the art of milk.
ing in order that | mi CHIT be able to des-
cribe it. You take the teat in YOUR
palm. enclosing it gradually in your fin
gers, tighter below than above; but not
absolutely tight anywhere: portion of
The upper part of the hand-the thumb.
is Observation-Disclosures a portion of
the udder and the whole hand is drawn
as gently downward, toward the ex-
tremity Of the teat, between the thumb
and the fore-fnger, very little practice
enables the mixer TO do this with ease,
rapldlty, and tenderness. | need not
say let the hands be carefully washed
before each milking; but dare say it is
seldom thought necessary TO wash the
cows teats. This, nevertheless, should
be done, and it will then be found that
the milk will flow more freely with any
teats than if you wet them with the
milk; at least, ! find it SO, and think my
self an expert mixer.
We now require 10 consider u7ten tie
cocs are to BE- milkel-a question again
resolving itself into two minor ones,
viz, al what hours, and how often?-
The ordinary practice is. TO milk cows
twice daily--at about o'clock in the
morning or, in winter, as soon after day.
light as possible, and again at the same
hour in the afternoon, thus leaving IL
hours interval between each milking.
Some recommended milking three times
daily during the summer months, sta
ting as their reason that cows are then
after calving, and flush of milk, and that
the three mIlkings are calculated 10 in
crease the quantity Of the secretion.-
Some even recommended four milkings
during the season. There can be no
question but that, when fed in proper
! ton, such constant demaud would me-
ccssarily increase the quantity of milk
secreled; but that it is likely that the
same causes might produce such de-
preston in the secretory system-natu.
rally consequent upon unusual excite
ment-as would cause a decrease of
milk in autumn and winter, in about
equal rario.-Ayr. Agriculturist.
An interesting discovery has been
made in the Arctic Ocean, one that NAV
possibly lead TO new tropic. Captain
Boyce, a whaleman of Sag Harbor, has
recently returned from a voyage in
which he explored a new whaling ground
and made important discoveries North
of Bherings straits. During his cruise
in July and August, he saw no ice, and
the weather was ordinarily SO pleasant
that his men could work in light cloth
ing, and it was so light through the
night, that whaling might have been car
ried on during the entire "a hours
Captain Boyce found the whales numer-
Gus, and of different species from any
} he had before seen, and of three differ
ent kinds--all very tame. Both The
American and Asiatic shores he found
inhabited by numerous tribes of Indi-
ans; some of whom he saw passing
from one continent to the other, in large
canoes. Good anchorage was found in
most parts Of the ocean, from Is 10 35
fatboms. Capt. Boyce was induced to
seek this new ocean by the representa-
inn Of Cnntnir, Paonh. q. III a xu;.;tal L..