Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-02
Method Of Milking.

Milking should be done regularly, uui-
city and thoroughly, yet quickly. Twice
a day is often enough, and should be
done as nearly six o'clock in the morn
ing and six in the evening as possible.
There are some instances where cows
require to be MIXED III the middle Of
the day to relieve their udder, but as
general rule it is practice to be avoid
ed, as it's tendency is not to further re-
tention OF the milk in the udder. Milk
ing should be done quietly, without any
scolding or kicking or hurting the ami
NAL, and she will often habitually come
gladly for the operation, stand quietly
and let down her full flow. 1t should be
done thoroughly and as nearly as posi-
BILE always by the same person. There
is a great difference in mixers; some
will get the last drop, while others will
leave the richest part in the udder. It
has been well proved that the strippings
will yield from ten to twenty per cent
more cream than the rest Of the milk;
how important it is then the COW should
be MIXED clean! Besides, if she is not
made to yield all she has daily, she will
dry up sooner and gradually fail in the
quantity until it decreases perceptibly.
Cows should never be hurriedly driven
to the milking shed, as it agitates and
heats the milk, and sometimes makes it
bloody, and makes the COW nervous and
over-heated, at which time she will not
let down the flow SO readily. Milking
sheds are now used on most well-order-
ed farms, as they are cooler, cleaner,
and the animals are less worried by the
flies.
Tie best plan for milking houses is to
have nearly the whole sides in open
doors and windows, which can be open
ed in summer and make the place airy
and cool, and closed in winter, and then
used as stable for young stock. About
tEYsa d v sthainchons on each SIDE
and managers fitted to hold bran or cut
feed. The floor is best made of hay
well rammed. The entry way between
the two stalls ought to be wide enough
to drive a cart through. The house,
with very little extra cost, may be made
two stories high, for the storing of hay.
1t is astonishing to see how regularly
each one goes to her stall, as they soon
learn from habit. They should either
be chained to an iron ring sliding up and
down on an iron bar attached to the
stall or put in stanchions. The latter
are the easiest and best, though we do
not approve of them for the long winter
as too combining. A lump of rock salt
in each trough is good thing to keep
them quiet while milking. 1t is doubt
full policy to give them any feed while
milking. Some advocate it, as it brings
them more willingly to the stall and
keeps them quiet, Others again, and
justly, assert that it distracts their at
tention and they will not let down then
milk so freely and regularly. It Ger
tainly does seem, if their attention is ia
ken off from the milking to the eating
they will pay more attention to the lat
ter, and be apt to be more nervous a
the interruption. The salt will answe
the purpose, and occupy them jus
enough to keep them quiet. Kickin.
cows, though they often prove to be tn,
best, are certainly not the pleasantest
they are vicious from some hidden caus,
of suffering or pain caused by the oper
alton Of milking. Various remedies an,
inventions have been suggested, but per
haps strap buckled around the legs i
; about as eficacious as any.
The COW must be looked after as sool
as she comes in; and if the calf does no
take all the milk from her, she must b.
MIXED sufficiently after to prevent he
bag from becoming feverish and caking
as one milking from feverish GOV
would spoil a whole churning, and tina
would spoil an entire frkin in which i
was packed, though it might not be per
ceptible for immediate use, and non
but the skillful butter-maker would per
ceive it in the churning. Such mill
froths and foams; and when it does thi
as well as from other causes, it is Away
safest to sell the butter from it for i'm
mediate use, or pack it separately in
firkin to sell for what it will bring
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