The Goodland republic., 1902-08-29
POINTS ON RIGHT MILKING.
Milking Cow n skiIIfuI and Intelligent
PrOeess-CleanIinessa Necessity
For Best Results.

/ For Best Results
] A matter Of farm economy often over
looked IS that Of right milking. Anybo.
dy on farm who can squeeze a stream
OF milk out Of a cows teat is set at the
task, says Homestead. And those who
don't know how, provided they are part
Of the farms working force are made to
learn. Milking is chOre not requiring
much strength, and on the ordinary farm
considered as not rquiring great skill. If
the COWS have any milk the ordinary milk
er can get it. What more is askadg
When butter is sold for twelve cents
per pound there is no incentive to pains
taking milking. But where milk or but
ter has become one Of the FARMS staple
products care in milking is worth while
The large number Of cowson some farms,
to be sure, requires all the help available.
But the younsters and inexperienced
men should be well taught before they
become regular helpers.
The first principle of teaching should
be cleanliness. 8 mixer with clothes so
grimy that particles of dirt and dust fall
into the milk, and whose hands could be
benefited by soap suds, needs a lesson;
ditto the person who sticks his fingers
into the milk pail or milks on his hands
SC as to wet the cows teats. In ad-
ditOn to cleanliness on the part Of the
mixer, care IN thoroughly brushing of
the cows udder should be insisted upon
and particular care that neither through
kicking, switching or otherwise, none of
the stables filth gets into the milk. The
best way to gaurd against such accidents
is to have the stable clean.
After cleaning comes efficiency. 1t in
cludes good ways of holding the teat, "a
pidity and thoroughness Of milking. The
teat, if not too short, should be grasped
with the whole hand, the index finger
and thumb pressing, as the hand closes,
a little more firmly than the lower fingers
thus forcing the milk downward instead
Of upward. Milking with the thumb and
one or two fingers slipping them down
the teat, is to be condemned, since it is
neither quicker nor easier than the whole
hand way and calls for the filthy practice
of wetting the teats. Thoroughness
means getting the last and richest drop
1t is necessary to milk dry, all dsirymen
know, if the COW is to be kept up with
her milk. Rapidity Of milking, unless it
be violent, stimulates the milk flow.
Finally comes the treatment Of the COW;
it is Of great Importance, with. the ner-
vous COW, perhaps OF first importance.
Singing ola bOisterous kind, whistling,
chattering, loud talking, to say nothing
Of rough handling, certainly does not
make the COW more comfortable and
therefore cannot be conducive to full
steady flow of milk. And do not treat
the COW to an Indifferent every day and
to irregular hours Of milking. Because
of mere changing about Of mixers We
have frequently noticed in herds Of If
teen or twenty COWS adecrease Of 10 per
cent in days milk. Let each COW be
come acquainted with her mixer and let
the mixer stick by her.
All Of these ethings-cleanliuess, eficien-
cy and careful treatment of the cow-are
matters Of economy; for if all the COW
has is TO be gotten from her, and the pro
duct is to be marketed IN frstclass style,
they must receive attention. They must
be taught the new mixers.