The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19

Total receipts for the year from
twenty seven COWS ...,....... 81 4S4 81
Average income from each COW, milk
and calf Observation-Disclosures. 81 II
Hoard's Dairyman gives the follow
ing answer on milking COWS:
1T is almost impossible to put into
words anything like explicit direc-
tions for milking. OF course, the first
thing to do is to teach the cow to do
her part, which is to have such an i'm
plicit confidence in the mixer that
she will not only stand still, but will
regard him with an affection akin to
that she has for her calf
TO this end nothing contributes so
much as absolute silence and unVary-
ms kindness, no matter what provo
cation to the contrary may arise. Hav-
ing the cow we'll trained, the mixer
seats himself on a stool at her side,
and gently brushes the udder, TANKS
and belly to remove all dirt, hair, etc.
The effect of this is, also, to start the
milk flow. If in this operation the
hands have become soiled the mixer
should wash them clean, for, in milk
ing as in anything else connected with
dairying, nothing is more important
than absolute cleanliness These pre-
liminarieS having been properly at
tended to, the mixer grasps a teat
with each hand the order Is not ma
teriaD and, by gentle pressure, COM
menclng we'll up to the udder forces
the milk out in alternate streams. If
the finger nails are habitually kept
short, the hand may be closed so that
the ends of the fingers will press upon
the side of the teat. Otherwise, the
first joint shOuld be so slightly bent
that only the ball of the finger presses
upon the teat. 1t will be found, after
milking a few streams, that but little
milk VIII come down into the teats.
Change then to the other pair of teats
and very soon it will be found that
the milk comes down copiously. Now
is the time to hurry by partly opening
and closing the hands as rapidly as
possible, but without pulling, or 9TH
erWise roughly handling the teats. In
a very short time the milk from the
teats will begin to slacken, and the
mixer must change to the other again
Remember all the time that the teat
contains duct in which the milk COL
lects, and that it must be forced out
by pressure, commencing first at the
base, near the udder, and continuing
progressively to the end. This means
close the fOrefinger first the next sec
ond' and so on, but all so rapidly as to
seem almost simultaneous
The last issue of the Window Repor-
ter contained the following item:
! Minnesota is in line again. She
steps off the top rung of the ladder in
dairy exhibits at Omaha, even Eastern
men who pretend to be judges of butter
coEcedlng the glory justly earned by
Minnesota, where a thousand or two
creamery managers not only know
good butter when they see it, but know
how tc make and where to sell it. If
they get up any more Columbian. Cot
ton States or Trans Mississippi exposi-
lions they will have to add a few more
steps on the top of the ladder for Min
nesota to go up on. Still we have
farmers who think COWS won't paw
Shamel Raise wheat and populize!
Raise COWS, make butter patriotize 1t
Will help you to live better or all ex-
pertinent is a liar, success a fraud and
prosperity fake. But if everybody
makes butter it won't be worth ANY,
thing, SO keep on raising wheat and
helping the bulls and bears to live"
On account of his removal from the
state, Secretary Schuknecht, of the
State Buttermakers' association, has
resigned his office in the association.
President Parks, of OwatOnna. having
also resigned, the first vice president,
H. G. SOndergaard, has appoint
ed j. K. Bennett, of Clinton
Falls, to serve as secretary until the
next annual meeting of the associa-
ton.