The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-12-19

The greatimportance Of having COWS
properly MIXED is very forcibly illus
trated by facts stated in the following
article, copied from the Boston Culti-
gator: - s.. ~ -
When l first commenced farming, l
MIXED all my cows with my own
hands; and the result was that no one
in town could boast of having made
more butter, according TO the number
of COWS than we / well remember of
having a very noble COW for milk,
which would fill twelve quart pail
twice a day; and that friend while
visiting us was anxious to milk her.
As was well aware of the bad results
OF permitting poor mixer to milk
cows that are accustomed to he MIXED
by one faithful, regular hand, ata,oiH-
isgly consented that he might milk her.
The result was that he obtained about
ene-quarter less milk, than she was ac-
custOmed to give; and although l tried
faithfully to draw more milk, after he
had finished milking, my efforts were
in vain; and it was several days before
] could obtain from her the amount
which she had been accustomed to
give.
My manner of milking was to milk
as fast as possible, until a COW was
MIXED entirely clean. l was obliged
at one time to stop milking for only a
few minutes, and found that the COW
had drawn up her milk, and could not
get it that evening.
His manner of milking was very slow
and easy; and after he had been milk
ing about as long as was accustomed
to be milking her, she withheld the re-
mainder, aud nothing that have heard
of could induce her to let it down again.
This Taught me the Importance of en-
ploying one steady, regular hand at
milking.
In the season of 1853 and 1859, my
wife complained very much, when
did not superintend the milking, that
we did not get near as mnch milk as
when was there to attend to it. Of
course / could not be always there, at
milking times. Then the milking
would devolve upon young man in
my employ, who could milk as well
and quickly as myself, when he had a
mind to do it. But as he had inherited
almost every characteristic of the hui
man race, but the faculty of pleasing,
or trying to please, or of making him
self agreeable, even TO the society of
cows, when was not there, for the
slightest offense he would fall out with
the cows, and beat them, and have
them all in commotion. Then, of
course, they would not give down their
milk for cow has complete control
of it, and she will not give it to being
she hates. All that could be said to
him about being gentle with them, and
milk fast while he did milk, and keep
ing his finger nails cnt short, &C., had
no more influence than this communi-
cation will have on hundreds of other
boys in their boyhood, who think they
will make COWS and everything else
obey their commands.
In the spring of 1859, my wife in
sisted that / should do the milking.
attended to it as long as it was cxpedi-
ent, and then told this young man that
he must attend to the milking and try
to do it right, and to have no difficulty
with the, COWS. Well, in less than two
days, my wife said, What is the mat
ter with the cows, that we get only
about one half AS much milk as usual %
The truth on this subject is, cows
know much more than some persons
think they do; aud they will not love
a mixer who has nothing lovely about
him, and who will not treat them kind.
ly; and they will give him as little as
possible. S. E. TODD.