24 A AVec Dairy Industry. 



notable and injurious effect on the milk production, 

 which will be the more easily noticed the higher the 

 nervous system of the cow, as an individual, or as a 

 member of her breed, is strung. Also the sexual 

 functions are often seriously affected, postponed or 

 obliterated by this irritation. 



Having" now acquired a cursory idea of how milk 

 is formed, and how it should be drawn, let us turn to 

 the influences which tend to spoil it, the methods 

 employed to counteract these influences and give milk 

 good keeping qualities. 



