The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-01-04
Gum a''D GARY.
nrying of the Cows.

IEFJIHg Oh tle lows.
The season has now come when tht
herds arc 10 be dried Of their milk, anC
it is one Of the mcst important oTerr
tions connected with the successful
management of the dairy. Inmenss
losses are sustained annually from al
improper ma oner Of drying of cows. ]
milk is allowed Ia remain in the uddel
even in very small quantities, it be
comes thick and caagg,lated aud acts a,
foreign substance, producing irrita
ton, and Is liable to affect injuries o.
destroy some of the parts Of the bag ans
teats. The whole structure Of the I'd
der is a complicated and delicate affair
The arteries going to the udIer are both
large and numerous, and the branches
Of each vessel freely ana>tomose togeth-
er, 50 that no interruptions to The reg
ularity Of the supply Of blood to every
part Of the gland NAV take place. The
several vessels which colne off from
these arteries penetrate into the sub
stance of the manm@, within which
they freely rami,y hy numerous division
and subdivisions. Ultimately, by for-
ther splitting up aud consequent dini-
mutton Of their cali5re, they form vessels
so minute as to he undesirable to the
naked eye, and vIich have been desig-
mated capillaries They are distributed
to the iolhclos or coccal extromitics Of
the lactiferous ducts, upon which they
form minute retc Of vessels, and fur
nish blood, both in a sufficient quantity
and also in a condition fitted for the
secretion Of milk From the coecal ex-
tremities the milk, rs it is formed finds
its way along the minute eXcrctory ducts
TO which they are attached into large
tubes, and thence into various-sized cav
tiles, which are termed reservoirs. The
arrangement Of this portion of the gland
may DC compared to lunches Of currents
as connected with or growing upon
their fruit stocks The fruit would
here repre-. ent the milk secreting folli-
cles, AMI the stocks the tubes by which
it is conveyed away.
1t will ne seen from the above that
structure 50 complicated and delicate
is liable to become dcranged in some of
its parts by improper usage, and
that it cannot well maintain its integ
rity when milk Is allowed to accumulate
and reman to dccompoSa and become
rotten as it often does when there has
been neglect in properly drying off
the animal When cows begin to fail
in their milk, the supply Of blood to
the glands becomes less, and when mill
is left in the udder portion of it will
be absorbed in the system, Nature tax
ing tits way to rid the glands Gf a sub
stance which requires to be removed
But when the milk coa-ulatcs, the easel
nous portions become hard and remain.
Thus, when the COW again comes in
milk, We find this foreign substance
acting as an irrirant, inducing, not an re
quentiy, violent Inflammation, and we
have 'sweled bae garrett, or some
disease ofthe uddcr which causes trouble.
Often PARTICLES of coagulated milk fill
up the milk duet at the base OF the .eat
or lower down, caustng stoDpagc Of
milk through the duet. and hence spoil
ing the teat for further use. OF late
years large number Of cows throughout
the dairy districts are found which have
lost the use Of one Or more teats, and
they are generally among the best cows
Of the herd. The cause is largely owing
10 neglect 10 properly drying OFT,
Cows cannot be drieo! Of their milk at
once, and some cows continue to seerete
milk IN small qlan:itic, for long time.
Bat IN all eases where the animal has
ceased to give milk, or is what Is termed
dry, she should have her ul Ter ex-
amined from time to time AMI the tc Is
tried to see if any milk cla be drawn
At first the trial sioail be ma lie at in
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