Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
Women and Cows

Women are the best friends of th,
dairy industry. says the Tribun,
Farmer. Cows MIXED By womer
yield more milk than when milked
by men. The COW is an easy-going
ruminating animal that ieisurely
converts grass or food fnfo milk
Stabbed comfortably at night with
out a moufhful Of food she gives more
milk in the morning than after be
ing al pasture al day long. This is
because the pasture lacks the con
teDtment OF the stall Ia which to ru-
Fminase ana repose. In 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 mediate: both create
food for mankind.
1t i, physiological TACT that the
waste OF the body and the wear OF
the mind are restored by repose.
Tais IS the law OF nature. 1t is thus
readily seen that the undisturbed
life ot the COW is more productive of
milk. The gentle hand of woman
and the kind care of the cow by her
produce . larger aud a more perfect
product Hurried manufactures al
ways lack perfection. Milk produc-
ed by day, when cows are driven to
aud from the pastures by boys yell
ing and throwing 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 viii
smile upon it.
There is no milking machine equal
10 "a woman 5 hands. The ounce of
strippings-the last richest milk
that most men when milking leave
in the cow 5 udder, tells of loss of
many millions OF dollars to the dairy
industry annually. And every ounce
left in milking means q loss of the
capability of the cows production.
The lack of fostering the milk ten
dency is a far greater loss to the dai-
ry than is generally supposed, if, in
fact, tits ever thought of.
In some parts of Europe cows are
MIXED three times day, and with
economy. But as our custom is to
milk cows twice, we can only esti-
mate the loss by lack of thorough
milking at two ounces of the richest
milk daily. Multiply II, 900, 900 cows
by two and you have a total of many
gallons, as every gallon ofmilk should
weigh 10 pounds. Following up the
figuring, it will be found that we
lose two or more millions of dollars
every year by the want of women s
hands in milking.
Cows become strongly attached to
women who milk and feed them, and
if such cows were tested, it would
be found that they give more milk.
The family cow MIXED by woman
always yields more milk, and richer
in butter, than the same COW does
when turned into the dairy herd.
Many dairymen have paid high prices
for exceptionally good family COWS,
and found that with the ordinary
feed and care of the dairy herd they
degencrated into the low grade of
the other cows.
Itsecms that the dairymaid s hands
are full of the milk of human kind
ness. Gentleness and thoughtful
ness and care on the part of the wo-
men of the family for the dairy give
the COW extra feed-a crust, a nib
ole of corn, an extra measure of meal
or a portion of hay and extra straw
for bedding. These extras add milk
to the pail and put money in the
purse. Kindness to and care of an
imals pay a remunerative interest
on the capital invested.