The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-04
COWS.
How they Should be Milked-The rervor-
sity of the Creatures.

There are many diverse opinions
about rearing COWS. Some experts be-
lieve that cow should be trained so as
to have no preferences, and some
others think it best TO cherish all the
whims of the animal Cows can be
trained cit err way The writer has
chosen the former plan, and from its
birth cow is made a wholly artificial
animal. 1t is never permitted to suck
its dam, and is removed from her as
soon as it is dropped and attended to in
an appropriate manner by whomsoever
may happen to be the most convenient
help-the owner or a hired man. 1t is
taught to drink, used to be tied up, to
be led by halter, to be tethered, to be
carded and b.ushed and handled all
over, and when it is cow it is as docile
and tractable as any well-trained rea-
sonable animal could be. This Is con-
venient, and convenience in q dairy
conduces to comfort and profit
On the other hand, there are cows
which are full of whims and concets.
having been trained to be self-willed
and to have their own way in every
thing. If this is not done they hold up
their milk, kick over the mix pals and
the m iker5, and are source of con-
slant worry and trouble. An instance
of the result of this kind of training is
afforded by State prison COW of Mis-
souri,, which was MIXED for some years
by conyicts in the usual striped dress.
When sold and changed for another
COW this animal utterly refused to let
down her milk until a striped dress was
procured and worn by the mixer.
There are many cows who will fail
large in their milk if a strange person
ofliciates at the pail Some cows are so
peryerse in this respect as to wholly
ruin themselves by Withholding their
milk until the udder has been spoiled.
Much OF the comfort and profit of milk
ing depends upon the training to which
the COW has been used, and it is
quite q mistake to give the cow
an advantage over the owner, which
will make him slave to her inclina-
tons. This is to be avoided by proper
training, which should be begun with
the calf or even with the dam, for this
kind disposition which results from
continued discipline becomes an inher-
tied quality.
1t is in the milking that so much
trouble occurs, and it is in regard to
milk ng that the most patient training
should be given. The young calf should
be used to hand ing and to the manipu.
laton of the adder and teats from the
first month. This should he dore gently
and cautiously at first By rubbing the
udder and pull ne the teats gently the
milk organs become better developed,
which is another advantage. When q
calf thus trained becomes a COW she
submits quietly to be MIXED and will
not kick or withhold the milk. Thu:
the most troublesome vices of cOw'are
evaded. The manner of milking should
be easy and gentle A soft, small hand
does this work the best. 1t is well tC
vary the methods. Hand milking should
be changed for stripping or finger milk
ing now and then; this relieves The
wrist of the mixer and nearly approach
es the natural drawing manner of ;
sucking calf. When the teats are shor
another method may be used; the thumt
is bent and the teat is taken beween the
bent fore-part and the two fingers. 4
teat half an inch long may be MIXED il
this way. The milking should be done
as quickly as possible and the teat
drained dry. Slow milking has a baC
effect upon the COW, as u habit of drb
bling the milk is formed. Twelve o.
fourteen quarts of milk can be takel
from cow-and should be-in iiv,
minutes ten COWS should be MIXED il
less than an hour when in their full
flush. 1t is a good plan to change tn,
m lkers occasionally, and if u strange
mixer is brought in he should feed thu
COWS few times and brush and handle
them and pet them and talk to them
and so get well acquainted with then
before he milks. When cows are thu
trained the methods should not b
changed, but regularly adhered to. Thi
regularity in all the works OF the dair,
in feeding, watering, cleaning an,
milking-is indispensable to success
Lastly, it is best to make a habit of Civ
inc the cows a small bite of hay befor
milking, and 10 give the regular mea
after milking The morning milkin
should be done at about five O'Clock
and the evening at the same hour Thi
gets the morning work all done up Will
breakfast is preparing. and the eyenm
work may be finished by six or 500
after, giving q twelve hours work.n
day, which is long enough for an
reasonable farmer to exact OF himself O
his hired men. Henry StelCart, IN y
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