The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-20
RIGHT MILKING.
Some Advice n VIII Pay All Dairy
men 20 Consider.

Some Advice n VIII Pay All Dairy
men to Consider.
A matter of farm economy often
overlooked Is that of right milking.
Anybody on the farm. who can squeezI
stream Of milk out OF 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 IL
chorc not requiring much strength aud
on the ordinary farm considered as
not requiring great skin, Tf the cows
have any milk, the ordinary mllker
can get H. What more Is asledi
When butter Is sold for - cents per
pound, there II no incentive TO palms
taking milking, but where milk or but
ter has become one Of the FARMS sta
pie products care In milking Is worth
while. The large number Of cows on
some farms 60 be sure, requires all the
help available But the youngsters
and Inexperienced men should be we'll
taught before they become regular
helpers.
The first principle Of teaching should
be cleanliness. A mllker with clothes
so grimy that particles OF dirt and dust
fall into the milk and whose hands
could be benefited by soapsuds needs
n lesson; duo the person who sticks
his fingers into the milk pail or milks
on his hands so as 10 wet the cows
teats. In addition 10 cleanliness on
the part Of the mixer, care IN thor
oughly brushing of the cows udder
should be insisted upon and particular
care that neither through kicking,
switching or otherwise none Of the
stables nth gets into the milk. The
best way 90 guard against such acci-
dents Is tO have the stable clean.
After cleaning comes efficiency It
Includes good ways Of holding the teat
rapldlty and thOroughness OF milking
The teat, II not too short, should bo
grasped with the whole hand, the In.
dex iinger ana thumb pressing as The
hand closes. little more firmly than
the lower fingers. thus forcing the milk
downward instead OF upward. MIX
ing with the thumb and one or two
fingers, slipping them down the teat'
Is to be condemned since II Is neither
quicker nor easier than the whole hand
way aud calls for the filthy practice OF
wetting the teats. Thoroughness means
getting the last and richest drop, II Is
necessary TO milk dry, all dalrymen
know. II the COW II 10 be Kept up with
her milk Rapldlty Of milking, un-
less II be violent, stimulates the hOw
Finally comes the treatment Of the
COW. II II OF great importance, with
the nervous COW perhaps OF first iln-
portance. Singing OF a boisterOus kind,
Whistling. chattering. loud talking, 20
say nothing OF rough handling, GER
tainly does not make the COW more
comfortable and therefore cannot be
conducive 10 full, steady dow Of
milk, and do not treat the COW 10 an
Indifferent mixer every day and 10 lr-
regular hours Of milking. Because OF
mere changing about of mixers We
have frequently noticed IN herds OF
hfleen or twenty cows decrease OF
10 per cent Ia days milk Let each
COW become acquainted with her milk
&C.. aud let the mixer stick boy her.
Al Of these things cleanliness. en-
c.ency and careful treatment Of the
cOw-are matters Of economy, FOR II
an the COW has Is to be got from her
aud the product Is to be marketed IN
nrst class style she must receive at-
tcntion. She must be taught the new
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