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of milk in their udders never hurt them, if it was a little long"er time be- 

 tween nig^ht's and morning's milking'. They had also observed that 

 whenever the Hired Man had to attend to them and do the milking at 

 five o'clock in the morning, he was usually in a bad temper. He pinched 

 their teats, and sometimes hit them with the stool, which made them 

 feel cross and they did not give so much milk, nor did they put so much 

 fat into it. Mrs. Holstein and Mrs. Ayrshire said, in their case if 



they were not milked at regu- 

 lar hours and the same num- 

 ber of hours aoart, that the 

 milk in their udders hurt 

 them, and they would enter a 

 strong protest against the 

 views expressed by the pre- 

 vious speakers. When, how- 

 ever, they gave less than two 

 gallons of milk a day, they 

 said it did not make so much 

 difference to them about milk- 

 ing exactly the same number 

 of hours apart 



Mrs. Tidy-Cow said she would like to make a very strong com- 

 plaint against being milked in stables where the air was foul, where she 

 could not keep herself clean, and against owners who made no effort to 

 improve the cow-houses in winter. She had found that it was better for 

 the person, when milking, to wipe the udder and teats with a clean, damp 

 cloth, before commencing to milk, and to milk with dry hands especially 

 in winter. She believed in milking quickly, milking out clean, and kind 

 treatment at all times, especially 

 while milking, as this caused the 

 cow to give more milk. 



Mrs. Cow-Curious would like to 

 see a milk-sheet, scale, and test- 

 bottle in every stable, so that she 

 could see what her neighbors were 

 doing. 



All agreed that it would be excell- 

 ent, if each one could know how 

 much milk and butter her neighbors 

 gave in 



FM4. 



A\ rsliire. 



Fig. 39. — Cream Strainer. 



a year. Now that their 

 curiosity was aroused, it was resolved to find out how their milk was 

 made into butter ; and, if at all possible, they would go into their owner's 

 dairy, and watch operations. 



No. 4. — The next meeting was held in Mrs. Busy's dairy, soon after 

 milking As there were no chairs suitable for the guests, each one stood 

 on the floor of the dairy, being careful not to get in the way. It was 

 also agreed that they talk very little during the visit to the dairy, but 

 keep their eyes open and see what was done with the milk which was to 

 be made into butter. 



