Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-10-25
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should, therefore, be carefully cleaned be-
fore the milking commences. The mixer
may begin gradually and gently, but she'd
gradually increase the rapidity of the ope-
ration till the udder is emptied, using
pail sufficiently large to hold all, without
the necessity of changing Cows are very
sensitive, and the pail cannot be changed,
nor can the milk er stop or rise during the
process of milking, without leading the
COW more or less to withhold her milk
The utmost care should be taken to strip
to the last drop, and to do it rapidly, and
not in slow and negligent manner. which
is sure to have its effect on the yield OF the
COW. If any milk is left, it is reabsorbed
into the system or else becomes caked, and
diminishes the tendency to secrete full
quantity afterwards. Milking as dry as
possible is especially necessary with young
COWS with their first calf, as the mode of
milking and the length of time to which
they can be made to hold out, viii have
very much to do with their milking quail
ties as long as they live.
At the age of two or three years the
milky glands have not become fully devel-
oped, and their largest development will
depend very greatly upon the management
after the first calf. Cows chould have,
therefore, the most milk producing food
be treated with constant gentleness; new
er struck or spoken to harshly, but coaxed
and caressed and in ninety-nine cases out
of a hundred they will grow up gentle and
quiet. But harshness is worse than use
less. Nothing does SO much to dry COW
up, especially young COW.
The longer the young COW, with her first
and second calf, can be made To hold out,
the moro surely will this habit be fixed up
on her. Stop milking her four months be-
fore the next calf. and it will be difficult
to make her hold out to within four or SIX
weeks Of the time of calving afterwards
Induce her if possible, by moist and sue
culent food, and by careful milking, to
hold out even up to the time Of calvine, if
you desire to milk her SO long, and this
habit Will be likely to De fixed upon her
for life. But do not expect 10 obtain the
full yield of COW the first year after calv-
ing. Some Of the very best COWS are slow
to develop their best qualities aud no
cow reaches her prime til the age of five
or six years.
The extreme Importance of care and at
tention to those points cannot be ovores-
timated, The wild COWS grazing on the
plains of South America are said to give
only about three or four quarts day at
the highth of the flow and many an own
er of large herds in Texas. it is said, has
too little milk for family use, and some
times receives his supply Of butter from
the New York market. There is, there
fore, constant tendency to dry up III
mich COWS; and it must be guarded a.
gainst with special care, till the habit of
yielding large quantity and yielding it
long, becomes fixed in the young animal,
when, with proper care, it may easily be
kept up.
If gentle and mild treatment is observed
and persevered in, the operation appears
to be one of pleasure to the animal. as it
undoubtedly is; but if an opposite course
is pursued-i: at every restless movement,
caused perhaps by pressinga sore teat, the
animal is harshly spoken to--she will be
likely to learn to kick as a habit, and it
will be difficult to overcome it ever after
wards. To induce quietness and readi-
ness to give down the milk freely, it is bet
ter that the COW should be fed at milking
time with cut feed, Or roots, placed within
her easy reach.
have never practiced milking more
than twice day, because in spring and
summer other farm work was too pressing
to allow of it; but there is no doubt that
for some weeks after calving, and in the
highth of the flow, the COWS ought, if pos
sible, to be MIXED regularly three times
day-at earl y morning, noon and night.
Every practical dairyman knows that COWS
thus MIXED give larger quantity of milk
than if MIXED only twice, though it may
not be quite as rich and in young COWS,
no doubt it has a tendency to promote the
development of the udder and milk veins.
A frequent milking stimulates an increased
secretion therefore, and ought never to be
neglected in the milk dairy, either in the
case of young COWS or very large mixers,
at the highth of the flow, which will ordi-
nalily be for two or three months after
calyihg
The Charge of this branch Of this dairy
should generally be intruSted to women. -
The same person should milk the same
COW regularly, and not change from one
to another. unless there are special reasons
for it.
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