The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-02-21
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
BY JAMES ARNOLD.

we'll sheltered cows to make good but
ter, it is equally necessary to have
good intelligent labor. Good labor
IN dairy farming is one of the most
difficult things to obtain. Few men
like to milk; 20 good general farm
hands can be obtained easier than one
good man for the dairy. In most of
the European countries, the women
do the milking, and provided the
barn or place of milking is kept in a
fit state, see no valid reason why it
should not be done here, for they GER
tainly have softer, gentler hand for
the business. Milking should always
be done with dry hand having first
cleaned the udder from all dirt and
bits of bedding. Now grasp the left
front teat in the right hand, the right
hind one with the left, proceed to
empty them as quickly as possible, so
as not to hurt the COW. As soon as
you have emptied the one in your
right hand, change to the other teats
and do likewise, and you will almost
invariably find some left in the hind
ones, reach under to the left hind teat
with your right hand, and you will
then find the work of both hands
come out even. Be sure to strip every
drop of milk from the udder, for the
last milk drawn is the richest, and if
not MIXED clean your COW will dry
up, for slovenly mixer will spoil the
best of cows. The quicker you can
milk your COW without giving pain, the
more milk you will get, and the clean
er you milk her, the longer she will
hold out. A good COW should give a
good mess of milk at least ten months
Of the year, and she should have six
or ei light weeks rest before coming in
again. l will name a few qualities
necessary for a good dairyman. LIST.
Punctuality, for a COW is as sensible
as barometer, and she must be fed,
watered, and MIXED, almost to the
stroke of the clock, or she will begin
to get restless and there will be a
shrinkage of milk. I'd. Cleanliness,
for good butter does not come out of
a stagnant slough and manure pile;
therefore, our COW must have clean
water, clean feed, clean bed, be
made clean before milking, MIXED in
clean milk bucket, with clean hands
and the milk strained into clean YES
sells and kept from all unclean smells
Few people have any idea how milk
and butter will absorb unsavory smells
| have seen good butter taken to stores
which was fit for wagon grease in q
few hours. Dumped out en- the coun'
ter within few feet of the kerosene
tank, soap or tobacco, every odol
makes a bee line for the butter. But
ter as soon as made should be kept in
some vessel as near air tight as posi-
BILE, land for home use jar of strong
brine, made for the purpose, will keel
small quantity of butter sweet til
consumed,) but our butter in the stor'
lies around till enough accumulate
for shipment; it then arrives at tn
commission merchants off flavor, ant
has to be sold third or fourth grade o
perhaps as grease. Then the farme
is blamed because the merchant los
money on it, when the mutton hea'
who bought and shipped it ought t
be made to live on such butter till b
learned how to handle butter properly
Sd. Thoroughness, for there must b
no guess work in the dairy. A dairy
, man should be as exact in all he doe
as a first-class merchant. He mus
know how much each COW gives, b
should therefore weigh it, he mus
know whether rich or poor, he mus
therefore test it, he must know ho'
, long she holds out in her milk, b
must therefore keep a journal, and b
must also weigh the feed she eats, t
know whether he is getting paying n
suits. An ordinary journal ruled II
to spaces, and headed at the top te
this purpose would do we'll enough
then name or number each COW, an
give her fresh page each montl
make your entries daily, and at tn
end of the year you will have a recort
and can tell whether you have mad
or lost, and which of your COWS
! worth keeping. As further qualitie
IOr Udlryudu,l WOu4u Aou0 PoCA0A>
J, and gentleness. A COW is slow mo-
ing animal, and it really is not necessar
. to pound her over the hips with tt
= milking stool to make her stand owe
D a tap with the back of your hand wi
do just as we'll, and will not fetch I
: much fire into her eye, or as swift
r movement into her hind leg to kie
your pail over. Cows kindly treate'
will rarely, if ever, become viciou
i and when the bag is full they like
Q be MIXED. I have seen COWS folio
their mixers around the yard tt
MIXED, and exhibit considerable jea
ousy if another MIXED was out of b
turn. If you should happen to ha,
: q COW which has been made vicious
the training, don't go to work an
pound her, and so make a brute
yourself, but use your brains "thusly
r Take piece of webbing, (such as
used for horse surcingles,) lor
s enough to go around your COW, put,
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