The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-26
THE INFLUENCE OF PROPER
 MILKING.

THE INFLUENCE OF RNOPEH MILKING.
 The earning capacity of dairy COW
 is directly dependent on the amount of milk she Is capable of producing and | a relatively large secretion of milk ts | one of the main factors In profitable dafrying. For this reason the dairy
 men are always trying to develop | strains of cattle with a higher milking | capacity. Their efforts have been con | ceptrated largely along two lines feeding and breeding. The effect of the
 different food stuffs on the secretion
 of milk. with respect both to quantity | ad quality has been thoroughly inves- tigated and differences in their value and influence have been fully recog- nized. Along breeding lines much more l has been accomplished. The dairyman
 is able, by proper selection and mating. | to transmit certain desirable character | istics to the next generation and to avoid transmitting the undesirable with a fair degree of certainty but l only through the outlay of consider
 able time and expense. Even with a pure-bred dairy herd | the problem is how to produce milk
 with the least possible expense. There
 are two chief factors necessary to It's accomplishment; first. sufficient and l proper nourishment, which subject has been well worked out; second. the ex- l ternal influence which makes the func-
 tion active, which is simply exercise or use, and this subject has been
 largely neglected. It means perfect milking.
 Proper nourishment is, of course, the
 foundation of organic development, but | it has very little to do with specialize tion of the functions. The udder of
 the dairy COW is the organ whose spe- l cial develoment is desired, as 1t Is die
 rectly engaged in the secretion of milk. yet how few give any attention to in- creasing its development. A large
 number of so-called dairymen milk at
 irregular intervals and look upon the udder merely as a sort of reservoir to I be emptied when flIled. They do not
 consider the operation of milking of ' any importance in regard to secretion, | As a result, the period of lactation is
 shortened the quantity and quality of l milk lowered, and the future capacity | lessened. Very few realize to what
 extent the cows capacity depends on
 perfect milking. Milking is as import | ant as breeding, for without milking | the food would be distributed in other | ways, without stimulating the milk
 flow at all. Food only affects the milk
 flow as far as it may be converted into
 milk by the udder.
 The possibility of developing the ud-
 der by proper milking Is as great as of
 strengthening muscles by systematic
 exercise, and fully as necessary. Un- like the problems of feeding and breed- ing there is no guess-work concerning
 it's effect. It insures development with the highest degree of security. The
 extra expense is represented by the slight additional amount of work re-
 quired. All the capital necessary is StrenRth and determination.
 It Is well known that the last of the
 milking or "strippings" is much richer
 in fat. Thorough milking will increase | the per cent of fat in most samples,
 and this alone is sufficient reason for
 the added effort. Regular and thor-
 ough milking persistently carried out will prolong lactation and secure an
 even, high production throughout the
 period. When properly carried out 1t
 will excel any other line of effort in l improving the dry herd.-Farming.