The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-12-21
Rules for Milkins Sheds;


Rules for Milking Sheds.
Milk regularly. and. as far as posi-
ole. let the intervals between the milk
tngs be Of equal length.
Wash the hands before milking, and
be careful to keep the finger nails
Bhort.
Wipe the utidcr and teats, and II 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.
Speak to the COW before milking:
this often prevents her from being
startled.
Milk diagonally. The near-hind and
far-fore, and the far-hind and the near
fore teats should he MIXED together
alternately.
Take care to strip the COW carefully,
AL the strippings contain the most but
tcr-fat. and any milk left in the udder
tends to dry tile COW up.
Never dip the fingers into the milk
whcn milking.
Never mix the milk of newly. calved
COW. or Of very stale mixer with
TINT from the others, The milk from
a newly-calved cow should not be sent
into the dairy until Mt least five days
utter calving.
In milking n heifcr for the first time,
be very careful. not to harm her in
any way, rs bad habits. difficult to
correct, nrc otter formed during the
lrst few milIings.
Kicking cows should be placed ut the
Il the tcafs are affected by warts"
dress the sore parts with vaseline I'M
meliatcly after milking.
Strain the milk, carry to he dairy,
and set 1t while warm from the COW.
1t should never be allowed to cool be-
tor setting Tor separnting).
Keep the milk pals clean.
Always clean out the managers after
every meal.
Keep rock.salt In the manger.
Allow the cows access to pure water.
Prevent Over-tlriving. and never al
, low the cows tn he gathered by dogs.
Keep the yard and approaches there
to clean and well Uttered.
Make your cows comfortable IL YOU
| wish them to pay for their feed.
Every herd should contain one Jcr-
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.
| Cnbbages in Winter.
Gardeners arc now quite busy with
their cold frames, getting them filled
with cabbage and caulifiower plants
for next springs use. While this is a
very common practice 1t IL an expensive
and poor one, us the plants named
can be wintercl with far less work,
Mt the same time much better. For
plants to winter over, the seeds should
be s0wetl about the middle of Septeln-
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 full-grown
plants are put away for seed purposes.
Place upright in the center of the
plants small bundle Of straw, shy 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 q foot of earth, which will
be amply sufficient to keep out the
frost or Mt least freezing. In this
trench the plants will make IN unin-
terruptcd but slow growth the entire
winter, coming out perfectly healthy
and fresh III the spring. When set
In spring such plants will perfect their
heads In two weeks less time than
/ those grown in hot-bcd or from those
that have been wintered in cold.
frame.-American Gardening,