Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-07-11
AGRICULTURAL.



Iur following vprs sensible article we
huJ credited Goo tine Australian Times. but it.
.- %. applicable Co thi. eud ct the world as
though written Tor some New England
tanner. paper
The greatest drawback in dairy work Is
the difficult, 900 obtaining honest faithful
servants -u Tar u- ppcuniHry matters are
concerned there DE- generally no complaint
Co.. make but there i- another KIND OF hon
t-tN Vmrh 0, very scnrcc. The majority
ul mIkmru ARE neither strict nor particu
lar 900 the performance of their work when
tnr masters rNe Is not upon them The
ma-tvr cannot leave the milking shed 40
lItir .a.r charge aud he cannot trust the
servants Goo treat the cows with gentleness,
and tuml them quickly but without Hurry
uui ut tuc same umu tu do the work thor
uu-hlN Very few, ID any, people can hnd
pleasure iu milking number Of cows morn
m- aud evening for month alter month
uut Vet o. must be done with the most per
feet regularity and thoroughness The
uId,r must bee emptied 10 the last drop. and
u tins ls NOT done every time the supply
vII fail short every time that s ma
turv uudmL that more milk has been pro
durru than I- required viii abstain from
lo.d CO. the production OF fat or Of muscle
Almost anybody can milk COW, but there
are lrv who can do 1t properly. 1t is al
ur. aud the man who can practice 1t is
worth more to the darymau than any other
help The art of milking Is to draw 1t OIL
steadily. quickly Toy no means hurredly b.
and completely scarcely any two COWS
are exactly alike m disposition and III the
rhtractcror nature Of their teats and uddrr.
,,lu, are hard tp milk. aud have very small
uuritur,- SOME have tender teHts some
ufr quite easy 90 milk some COWS are
pnIvgmatIa. others are lively and nervous
Nov t is extremely difficult to lind ser
want who will trouble himself 10 study the
indI,iduahties of the various COWS, and try
tu humur their caprices or adopt his plans
{, their pecuharities lie wants To- get
through hls COB as quickly aud easily H.
possible The easy milk COW Is his tavorlte,
and comes ul 10y lar the best but lac sits
down beside the hard mixer with a kind Of
grudge against her supposed failing lie
expects some trouble with the tlmd one
aud tins very fact Is likely 10 make the
trouble appear The animals know him
aud his temper aud moods far better than
hr knows theirs They must he humored
and put INTO "a good humor They may be
stead To bc cuaNed or persuaded into will
my compliance If they are roughly han
died approached hastily and without any
cure for their mood, it lrritates aud wor
rie- Them the frettlng, the agitation and
the worry make them fall in quantity, aud
within tt very short time the decrease IN
yield Is quite marked
The worst of it is that a return to proper
treatment will not restore the former con
ditiou of things when the supply has falleI
of through wrong treatment, through tn,
employment of Il careless servant it can
not Toe restored by entrusting the cows I,
the care of even the most careful person
Under proper feeding and kindly treatmen
the udder of the COW becomes dstendet
with milk at regular intervals and whel
the time comes SHE looks forward 10 be re
he,td of her burden If the milkman un
dcrSiaud~ the COW She looks to him as he
friend, ana yields mp her milk with pleas
urc, because the dlstension of the udder j
painful to certain extent But when
COW becomes troublesome, tries TO kick owe
the pail, wuu give down her milk, and ST
On. there B, "a cause Tor it, and the caus
viii generally bee found outside the COW
she mas not been properly treated and sh
reseut- d. 10 her delivery is slow perhap
the mlkmau has been too hurried, an,
hurts the leafs in trying TO force the flow
Do umid. he may have been too hasty or al
rupt Al ANY rate, It Is always safe to loo
first for the fault IN the man and not IN tn
COW Cows Gu not like 10 be kept too Ion
,yaltu. To Ice MIXED. and they are even ga
pHhe OF lcalouslv If one COW is MIXED ou
of her turn t1 the neglect of another Reg
uIarity u feeding, IN milking and per
feet lsrutleues~ and kindness IN dealing wit
CONS are essential To success ANY breac
of these dr-iderata Is inevitably marked b
falling nn lu the yield and coneeqner
dmmuuon ui profits. In large dairy
where perhaps 80 or $50 cows are MIXED,
would pay wei! TO give salary TO IA for,
man of the mixers, whose sole duty
shuud he to see that the cows are pruperl
treated and carefully MIXED He won
test each COW, and also keep IA perfect yiel
of each at every milking. The scales ulor
should tell HIM whether the milkmeu wei
DONG their duty faithfully