CAKE AND MILKING 'OF COWS. 541 



equal parts of glycerine and tannic acid, mixed, and it will cure 

 the difficulty very promptly. Another important consideration is 

 to always treat your cow gently. If you find that she has a bad 

 temper and the kicking originates from this cause, then bend the 

 fore-leg so as to bring the foot up to the body; then put a small 

 strap around the arm and small part of the leg, near the hoof , 

 crossing between so as not to slip off over the knee, and buckle, 

 In this condition she cannot kick, and it is a good way to subdue 

 her. Never confine the hind legs, singly or together, for in doing 

 this there is danger of spoiling the animal. Never whip or abuse 

 a cow in any case. 



Parsnips Good for Milk Parsnips cause cows to pro- 

 duce abundance of milk, and they eat them as freely as they do 

 oil -cake, and the milk is very rich. Sheep, when lambing, fed 

 with them, produce much milk. 



To Increase the Quantity of Milk in Cold Weather 

 Slightly warm the water given to the cow, and to this add one 

 quart of bran to two gallons of water, and a little salt. Give at 

 least this amount three times a day. It will increase the amount 

 of milk of many cows twenty -five per cent. Never give them 

 slops from the kitchen. 



Fattening" Calves Calves will thrive better on milk that 

 is not exceedingly rich in butter, than on that which is. The reason 

 of this is, the nutritive elements of milk are chiefly in the caseine, 

 and not in the butter-making properties. 



If you have a cow that gives rich milk and one that gives a 

 quality poorer in butter, it is better to feed the calf on the milk of 

 the latter. The calf will thrive better, and you will get more butter 

 from the milk of the first cow. 



The following is an excellent food for calves : Take nearly the 

 quantity of skimmed milk the calf can drink and add two handfuls 

 of oatmeal boiled to a thick mush in water. When milk-warm, 

 mix with it the skimmed milk, and feed it to your calf. 



Drying- a Cow of Her Milk It is often necessary to 

 dry up the milk when cows are wanted speedily to fatten, and 

 this is now and then found to be a difficult matter, especially with 

 large and gross beasts. If the flow of milk is suffered to continue, 

 it may overload and produce inflammation of the udder, or garget, 

 or general fever, or inflammation of the lungs, or foul in the foot. 



Alum in the form of whey, or dissolved in water, will be the 

 most effectual. The whey can be prepared as follows: Take alum 

 one-half ounce, water two quarts; boil them together for ten min- 

 utes and strain. Give for a dose. 



Holding the Milk Laying a wet rag on the back of the 

 cow that holds her milk is a very good remedy. Another writer 

 says a weight laid on her back, as a bag of earth or sand, will 

 often make her give her milk. 



