The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-07-11
By LAURA ROSE.
Demonstrator and Lecturer In Dauy,ng
at the Ontario Agricultural COL
lege, Guelph, Canada.
A VERAGE percentages of constitu
"a entS of milk are:

| milk is the fat 1t is in the form of
minute globules averaging the ten
thOusa ndth part of an inch in diameter.
The fresher the COWS in milk the
softer and larger the fat g,obuicS are
! The longer in milk the smaller and
more taiiowy the globules. resulting in
''strippers," making very stubborn
churnngs and crumbly. tastc'ess hut
ter.
The food of the COW has marked
influence on the composition of the
milk fat White milk does not always
indicate poor milk: neither is yellow
milk necessarily very rich. Grass.
bright clover hay, carrots. pumpkins
and yellow cornmeal tend to deepen
the color Of milk.
Rich foods may stimulate the pro
duction of fat for short time. but the
COW will return to her normal percent
age and perhaps-due to forcing fall
below it for awhile. At the same
time the percentage of fat in milk is
by no means constant. In every 100
pounds of milk there are 81 pounds OF
water.
The CoIostrum.
The fluid the COW yields directly aft
er calving is known rs colostrum
which differs essentially in compost
ton from normal milk and is usually
considered unfit for human food
The milk gradually loses its colOs
trum character and in from five tn
ten days after the COW has freshened
is generally normal
Children or weak handed persons
) should never milk good cows.
y Did you ever think why II calf or a
: lamb bunts it's mother when getting
it's supper? Instinct taught it that by
giving a bunt or two the milk came
quicker-the nerves were thereby ex
- cited Some mixers might take les
son from the calf and instead OF try
: ing to get the udder as well as thu
q milk into the pail. let them press up
ward instead Of pulling down ward 81
'e hard The udder is less likely to be
come injured or unshapely.
!" Much night be said in favor of wo
ID men as mixers. The withdrawal o
, women from the COW stable has bee
i detrimental to the dairy industry. bu
il milking comes at such inconvenien
Il hours for the housewife. and her du
II ties are already so manifold she shOul
II not be asked to go to the stable t
Il milk.
Il Better to have a dirty floor than
II dirty atmosphere in stable at mill
II ing time The milk does not touch tn
II floor. but it passes directly through til
81 atmosphere If you want pure mil
sl the air must be pure in which 1t
Il MIXED. Some of the best dairies hav
81 separate milking sheds.
Sl To secure clean milk the cows shoul
al be brushed down. The stables shou
El be cleaned and ventilated and lit
y land plaster or other absorbent sprin
led in the cutters. Just before mil
hS ing begins the udder should be wipe
with damp cloth and. if soiled. was
lr- ed with warm water.
The mixer should have on a suit
ell washable material. which should
of washed when dirty The milkel
OF hands should be clean and free OF d
ter ease Do not milk with wet hant
i'm Some mixers have the bad habit
vs. moistening the hands with the I'll
IAN streams of milk The milk in the Y
Of der proper is practically free frc
ted germ life, but as the COW lies down
the never too clean floor. bacteria
init the worst form find their way throu
tra- the opening at the end Of the teat. a
al in the milk in the teat canal they G
OBJ riously thrive and multiply. This
all the milk that should go into SIN
dc tin for the barn kitty While bad
gh- the milk supply. | have never kno'
it to kill cat Do not milk 1t on
'un- barn floor or in few days you =
free have a most offensive smell arisi
ces good practice is to rub the hal
the with little vi>eline or lard
oad If either the fore or back portion
be the uddar is poorly developed n
are that part FIRST IN the hope Of stimu
nsa- ine the nerves and overcoming to 50
heir extent the deficiency.
ork Always milk tn" cows in the same
min der Milk as nearly rs son can at
re ne hour. having equal periods
oliar lime between The milkings Cows
the ing very neavy flow of milk arc Of
here MIXED three or four times during
. :wsnty-f0ur hours