160 GUIDE TO DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



analyses of milk [by Boussingault] drawn from a 

 cow at six different stages of the same milking : 



ANALYSES OF ONE MILKING. 



Speed of Milking. 



The slow milker is to be condemned, for the 

 cow may go dry before her time and become 

 restless ; while on the other hand very fast milking 

 is liable to set the cow kicking, and she may, with- 

 out warning, kick the milkpail and milker into the 

 manger or scuppers. There was a Fries cow on 

 the Government Farm, Elsenburg, which was a 

 good cow and yielded her 8 gallons daily. But 

 many a student had cause to regret trying to milk 

 her, for while she was generally quiet she would 

 often kick the full pail over together with the hasty 

 student in the most unexpected manner. This was 

 because the milk was being forced down the passage 

 quicker than the stream could be conveniently 

 taken, thus causing the cow the most acute pain. 



" Drying off" the Cow. 



This advice is hardly necessary in South Africa, 

 where the average cow dries naturally and all too 



