The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-21
COLORED MILK.
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Frequently Discussed.
A correspondent has a fine COW, only
five years old, while feeding on a good
pasture, with an abundance of pure
water and shade, yet occasionally gives
milk of a pinkish tint, and thrice dur
ing the season there have appeared in
the milk small clots of blood, then all
trouble will disappear, only to return
with as much mystery as ever every
week or ten days. Can we advise a
cure for this ailment? This peculiar
trouble, VIC are sorry to say, makes its
appearance in dairy heads far more fire.
guently than dairymen are willing to
confess to, nor does it arise often from
injury to the udder, as some seem to
think. It must come from congestion,
a rush of blood to the udder causing
some of the smaller veins to burst, and
thus stain the milk. 1t probably does
no great harm to the milk it gets into,
though, of course, it would be far better
to avoid it if possible. The only way is
to keep a sharp lookout when milking
the COW, and on the slightest appear
ance of colored milk draw the remainder
on the ground. The farmers of the
island of Jersey have an excellent plan
for such COWS. They milk directly into
a sea shell that overfiows into the main
bucket or pail. This is done to prevent
the streams of milk from wearing holes
in the stra 'ner cloth, for the milk is
strained at the time of milking. But
the plan serves another excellent pur-
pose, which is to catch any objectiona-
BILE matter that may come from either
the inside or the outside of the cows
udder. 1t can, of course, her be thrown
away and not allowed to enter and con-
taminate the pail of milk. We have
seer an excellent plan, consisting of a
catch basin in a tight cover to the milk
pail, into which the COW is MIXED and
the overflow from this little basin runs
into the pail below.
So far as doctoring this COW is con-
ccrned, We are not very fond of pre-
scrib:ng for COWS withou. a personal in
spection of them. At the same time we
are only too glad to give such hints as
lie in our power in a general way. For
instance, a slight purgative, such as a
half pound of EPSON salts, with cooling
drinks and feeding more roots and less
meal, though good grass should do as
well, with every tendency to keep the
quantity and heat of the blood down.
We have often known cows to develop
this bloody milk trouble when compare
lively fresh, with an entire disappear
ance of the trouble at all other times;
but if she showed a disposition to con-
tinue this bad practice we would surely
! get rid of her to the butcher or other
wise, wen though she was the best COW
in the herd, as no man can afford to
keep cow with such abnormal and
Objectionable characteristics. Then it
will be found in many cases that this
pinkish tinge will often develop into a
bright red and from that a yellow pus,
and finally end in garget or caked bag.
In other words, pink milk is the first
sign of a weak udder, and one might as
well raise race horses with weak legs
rs dairy cows with weak udders.
Rather work off all such stock and con-
fine yourself strictly to entirely healthy
animals DajrunGu,