The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-13
Rules for Milking Sheds.


Milk regularly, and, as far as posi-
bic, let the intervals between the milk
ings be of equal length. ''.
Wash the hands before milking, and
be careful to keep the finger nails
short.
Wipe the udder and teats, and if dir
ty, wash with chilled water, and dry
thoroughly.
Never strike or kick a cow The re-
suit of so doing will be to lessen the
yield of milk. D.
Speak to the COW before milking;
this often prevents her from being
startled. I'll, -, ss."
Milk diagonally. The near-hind and
far-fore, and the far-hind and the near
fore. teats should be MIXED together
alternately.
Take care to strip the COW carefully,
as the strippings contain the most but
ter-fat, and any milk left in the udder
tends to dry the COW up.
Never dip the fingers into the milk
when milking.
Never mix the milk Of a newly -calved
cow, or of a very stale mixer with
that from the others The milk from
a newly-calved cow should not be sent
into the dairy until at least five days
after calving.
In milking heifer for the first time,
be very careful not to harm her in
any way, as bad habits, difficult to
correct, are often formed during the
first few milkings.
Kicking COWS should be placed at the
end of the shed.
If the teats are affected by warts, -
dress the sore parts with vaseline i'm
mediately after milking. :..
Strain the milk, carry to The dairy,
and set it while warm from the cow.
1t should never be allowed to cool be-
for setting (or separatng).
Keep the milk pals clean. h..
Always clean out the managers after
every meal. 49, N,~."
Keep rock-salt in the manager
Allow the cows access to pure water.
Prevent over-driving, and never al
low the COWS to be gathered by dogs.
Keep the yard and approaches there
to clean and well Uttered.
Make your cows comfortable if you
wish them to pay for their feed
Every herd should contain one Jer-
sey or Guernsey to every eight animals
Of other breeds.
When at grass cows should be al
lowed two to three pounds daily Of
extra food.
Cabbages In Winter.
Gardeners are now quite busy with
their cold frames, getting them filed
with cabbage and caulifower plants
for next springs use. While this is a
very common practice it is an expensive
and poor one, as the plants named
| can be wiRtered with far less work,
at the same time much better For
plants to winter over, the seeds should
be sOWed about the middle of Septem-
Der in any good soil in field or garden
Sow thinly, in order to get good, stocky
! plants Upon the approach Of cold
weather make trench, six inches deep,
of any required size, in which place the
plants upright with roots down, in
the same manner as the fulI-grown
plants are put away for seed purposes
Place upright in the center of the
| plants small bundle of straw, say four
inches in diameter; this is for the pur-
| pose of allowing the warm moisture
from below to escape, which will pre-
vent the plants rotting; then cover
them with foot Of earth, which will
be amply sufficient to keep out the
frost or at least freezing. In this
trench. the plants will make an unin-
terrupted but sic growth the entire
winter, coming cat perfectly healthy
in spring such plants will perfect their
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