Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-30
The COW or NEW MGuco AND
now Shg IS MllkGO.

HOW SIZE IS MllktO.
II may seem strange a. Eastern people
that milk and butter are .o little used on
the great cattle rancho. ~ the West and
Southwest whcr, thousands of cattle
may be seen any DAY In the week. Hut
when We consider that these cattle run
AZ large, living on the natural hay of the
plains, that they are half Wild aud src
difficult to msnagr, no one will wonder
that milk and butter are regarded ne un-
necessary luNurles. ~ an example;
recently witnessed ranchmsn aud hi.
family milking bunch ~ these range
cows. II was In the Gusdsloupe Mount
aims In Southern New Mexico, almost on
the Texas border. The man was mod.
ersiely wcll-to-,iO ranchman With a fcw
hundred head ~ csttle and y fair range
In a most beautiful spot, well up In those
rugged mountains. Both h. aud his
Wife were good types 80 the Western
people. They entertained me for several
days, and did Il well, AZ all people ~
that section do; aud as !. usual. when !
left refused a. allow me to pay them
snyihlng. cannot testify too strongly
to the honesty aud generosity of the
ranchman ~ the Southwest.
when I arrived AZ their hous" the en-
tire family wss assembled about the cor
raj In q state ~ Intense excitement and
hustle. From the corral constant h.l-
owing ls.ue,i forth ani clrcllng around
u In mad CAREER were about dofcn
COWS, followed by the whole family.
- rode up the performance tcmPorari-
lv ccas~i, and while the other members
~ the family stared al me, the ranchman
.alutci me With the conventional "iiow-
dy. stranger; Won't you gct downr'
gu, down aud the family resumed
their work. had interrupted th-m In
corrsllng the cows. IN. corral Was dl-
yilcd Into two parts. la Que 10 which the
CIV. wcr- shut. and In the other dorm
very Young calves. the sourvc ~ th. bel.
lowing, which .till contlnu~i. The cat
tie had been out feeding since morning
and the csl,r. had been temporarily
weanei during that time. Their below
Ing resulted from hunger.
The milking was rather an exciting
scene. Zach COW had to - lAssocd and
tied horn aud foot anil even then the
mliker was In considerable danger. The
children lassOssi aud tieSi the cows, sud
I NNa aNIItfNsNl w ~
the little fellows, each ~ whom was un-
der twelve year. 20 agr. IN. wife Was
even morr 1eNterous than the husband
In milking the unrlly animals. aud .hc
seemed Ia have soothing effect upon
them.
Finally the mllking was done and the
gsic- ot-nej. sni In rushed the calves,
aud theu such sc"n"' They must have
l--n nearly starved. Sometimes two
would ~ a. the same COW, bat she
would stand none ~ that. aud both
would D. driven away. The calSc. were
so hungry that they did not always stop
to SEEK out their own mother, though
some went from cow Ia COW until they
came Ia their own place. In lees than
,hr,c minutes al WAS quite, the COW.
chewing away contrnt~lly AZ their cuds
and the calves sucking vigorously AZ the
nearly empty tcat. In the vain Effort io
satisfy their hunger. There was little
fear of thrlr gorging themselves.
Thls surely va. milking under dihcul-
tie.. and the total product ~ all that
Work Ia milking Twelve or thirteen COW.
was ies. than . gallon ~ milk! No
wonder that most 10 the bachelor ranch
msn u.s canned conirnseSi milk, or go
without altogether. which u more fire.
yuently the oa.c.-Cot. American Agr'-
cultuhst.