The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-12-29
Agriculture.
OruHr Gov. 10 ~ frp VHiin
IuNa NugFp

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question. sai decides 10 the negative. si'
lag the folio sin tessops.
The ecre.ion OF milk 10 peen'isilt 10
der tss eontrol OF the coz. III daify
h,ud fall sics the sapply Of milk item
the co.s oil of % diniri,a eeeansi the
animal csn retsin OF part xiih It's milk.
aud ro, yield il TO ssr.ine'r " esiins
When being MIXED the coss ste ntvtr 90
trspQDn a. II their rack o. tronshs are
empty. Their sttention gill be siven to
eating, rather THAI TO giving down oitbeii
milk. The general opinion 10 that during
prsgnstcy. the Gov ought 10 be LETT to
complete Ute Of rsPos., aud fed dolly
.ltsr being MIXED.
Here /. scmeilias worth ih'lkins
about. II 10 true thai The qnsbiity a
milk 10 10 . grtst extent under the con
troll Of tue Gov. There Is reason to be
lieve th.t even within hlits the peioelt
age Of butter IA il under the same con
troll, aud t.uce IL 10 very imporiant
question how to p,rsusde The COW to give
aown the quantity Of mill, and the rich
est possible TO her. We say persuade :
Tor there /. no way possible OF forcing htr'
| The point is to concentrate her attention
| on the one all important matter OF giving
foil fiow, With the full percentage oil
butter i.t Tie above We believe to be
. correct statement OF the known fsots IN
the case, bot iheae 10 rom for = wide dii
ference OF opinion between men and men
aud cows and co~s IS TO the beet method
OF persu ssion. ! 10 sgreed that there Is
no persuation 10 the boot heel or the milk
stool applied on the back, nor is there any
benefit in using cues words, although We
have heard II said that whistling and the
"merry heart that d1eth good like med
cine" are potent with the COW while milk
ing /. gong on: Having forgot en- how TO
whistle, We don't know how that is The
poiut to be decided is will the Gov give
her mind to the business Of giving down
when she hiss fine mess OF feed before
her. or is the attitude Of impatient wit
ipz and expectancy the best persuaderf
We can see Of once that il the COW Is ex
pectipg feed and does not get it, she Is
cot likely t, keep her mind on the subject
OF giving down. II, however, she has
been accustomed to have an elegant feed
as soon 90 milking is over We would e1
pect to give due attention and give down
a. fast 90 possible. The main thing, II
seems 10 us, Is how to get the COWS undl
yidsd attention TO the supreme work OF Tue
moment, ths. Of giving down rich mix
and lots OF ii,
Have OUT readers ev,r tested the din r
ent m eth DDS in general way, and, II 80
what have been the resuls2 1t is really
matter OF more importance than 1t appears
TO be Of first sight. We think it quite
ltrue that with tue advent OF the new
mixer COWS may begin to fiji IN their
milk, both 10 quantity and IN rlchn,s'.
We are quite sure there are some men
who would put the COVE dry BY their bsd
methods OF milking We can readily see
bow bad TEN per,d msn or profane
man might decrease the yield twenty i've
or tbir per cent. T mixer must be
zen rsppor = that is. IN iuil sympa't
with the COW, il she is TO do the best Of
her pail. Now Gao that sympathy, tbs'
cooperation, th,t ombinsiion OF thof''
fer the acc, mplisbmeut Of u definite pni
pose be best seeu,od by allowing her st
eat while being MIXED or notp That II
the question Oh witch We would like &c
have the experience and observation Of
OF our readers