The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-11-22
AGRICULTURAL.
Women and Cows.

Women are the best friends of the
dairy industry. Cows MIXED by wo-
men yield more milk than when MIXED
by men. The COW is an easy-going,
Illuminating animal that leisurely con-
verts grass or other food into milk.
Stabbed comfortably at night without
a mouthful of food she gives more milk
in the morning than after being in past
ure all day long. This is because the
pasture lacks the contentment OF the
comfortable stall in which to ruminate
and repose. 10 this respect the cow is
like the poet. The COW supplies milk
for food for the body, while the poet
creates food for the soul. Both medi-
tate; both create food for mankind.
1t is a physiological fact the waste of
the body and the wear of the mind are |
restored by repose. This is law of |
nature. 1t is thus readily seen that the |
undisturbed life of the cow is more
productive of milk. The gentle hand
of woman and tae kind care Of the COW
by her produce a larger and more per-
fleet product. Hurried manufactures
always lack perfection. Milk produced
by day, when cows are driven to and
from pasture by boys yelling and throw
ing stones at them or worrying them
with barking dogs, is never so perfect,
nor abundant, nor good, Remove the
ANNOYANCE of boys and dogs and rough
men from the dairy, and prosperity will
smile upon it.
There is no milking machine equal to
a woman's hands. The ounce of strip
pings-the last richest milk-that most
men when milking leave in the cows
udder, tells of loss of many millions
of dollars to the dairy industry annual
lly. And every ounce left In milking
means a loss of the capability of the
cows production. The lack of foster
ing the milk tendency is far greater
= loss to the dairy than is generally sup
posed, II, in fact, it Is ever thought Of
10 some parts of Europe cows ar
y MIXED three times a day, and will
y economy. But as our custom Is to mill
COWS twice, we can only estimate tn
loss by lack of thorough milking at tw
- ounces of the richest daily. Multipl
! II, 900, 0OU COWS by two, and you have
\ total of many gallons, as every gallol
] of milk should weigh ten pounds. Fol
I lowing up the figuring, it will be foun'
! that we lose two or more millions o
! dollars every year by the want Of We
! mems hands in milking.
! Cows become strongly attached to th
\ women who milk and feed them, and
] such COWS were tested, it would b
found that they give more milk.
The family COW MIXED by woma
always yields more milk, and richer
] butter, than the same COW does whe
I turned into the dairy herd. Many dair
! men have paid high prices for exec
7 tionally good family COWS, and four
that with the ordinary feed and care
] the dairy herd they degenerated in
the low grade of the other COWS.
] seems that the dairymsid's hands a
\ full of the milk of human kindnes
!. Gentleness and thoughtfulness and ca
on the part of the women OF the fami
for the dairy give the cow extra feed
: a crust, nibble Of corn, an extra mes
ure of meal or portion of hay and e
ira straw for bedding. These extr
. add milk to the pail and put money
the purse. Kindness to and care
animals pay remunerative interest
the capital invested.-Dr. A. S. Heat