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Sore teats are more frequently caused by the uncleanliness of the milker, and leaving 

 the teats wet after the milking, than from any other cause. This makes them chap and 

 crack, rendering the milking process a painful one to the poor animal. For the treatment of 

 sore teats, see CHAPPED TKATS, in the department of diseases of cattle. 



Various kinds of milk pails have been invented, all of which possess more or less merit. 

 The Perfect Pail, of which we give an illustration, is one of the best we have seen, since it 

 combines pail, milk stool, and strainer all in one. It cannot be kicked over nor knocked over 



THE PERFECT MILK PAIL. 



DODGE 8 TRIPLE STRAINER. 



by the cow. The pail is made of the best tin plate, will bear weight of 300 Ibs. or over, 

 holds fourteen quarts; its cover makes a seat for the milker; the funnel which receives the 

 milk is supported by a rubber tube which returns it to its position if moved by kicks or 

 blows from the cow. A strainer is placed in the lower end of the tube. Any impurity 

 falling upon or into the funnel can at once be removed and the funnel or the strainer 

 cleansed if necessary, by a stripping of milk. 



The Dodge Strainer consists of a series of three strainers put into the cap resting upon 

 its internal ring, the cap being secured down tight upon the permanent ring, the intersec 

 tions forming an irregular passage for the milk. 



Teat Tubes and Milking Machines. These are a nuisance on the farm, and 

 should never be tolerated, except perhaps it may be the former in rare instances, when the 

 teats of the cow are so sore, from cowpox or other cause, as to render the drawing of 

 the milk by this means a necessity for a few days. &quot;We have never yet seen a milking 

 machine that has been invented that was not without serious objections, and we know that 

 many valuable cows have been ruined for milking purposes by their use. The only milking 

 machine that should be utilized in the cattle yard is a clean, quiet, gentle, intelligent man or 

 woman, who, knowing how to milk, and always milking the same cow or cows, can draw the 

 milk in the best and therefore easiest manner, and in the shortest time. 



Milk Houses. A good, cool, well ventilated milk house is one of the essentials of a 

 well regulated dairy. Such a house may be made of wood, stone, or brick, and if properly 

 constructed, the kind of material is not essential. Some prefer a wood house to stone or 

 brick, as the former will better retain an even temperature. A leading authority on dairying 

 says of such a milk house: 



&quot; A frame house must be well constructed, otherwise it will soon begin to decay at the 

 foundation, and this will at once destroy its usefulness. The frame house should be 

 supported upon brick foundations, and if the soil is suitable the foundation should be sunk at 

 least four feet below the surface. 



