CHAPTER V. 



THE DAIRY. 



IN this department, we shall present such hints and in- 

 structions as are entitled to entire confidence. All that 

 follows has been gathered from the best possible sources. 



MILKING COWS. 



The owners of cows should pay particular attention to 

 milking. Children should not be trusted with this busi- 

 ness, and there are many grown people who never milk 

 well, though they have been brought up to the business. 



If you would obtain all the milk from the cow, you must 

 treat her with the utmost gentleness ; she must not stand 

 trembling under your blows nor under your threats. She 

 may at times need a little chastisement, but at such times 

 you need not expect all her milk. 



Soon after the bag has been brushed by your hand, and 

 the ends of the teats have been moistened a liitle with 

 milk, it flows in rapidly, and all the veins or ducts near 

 the teats are completely filled. Then it must be drawn 

 out immediately or you will not get the whole. You must 

 not sit and talk you must not delay one moment, if you 

 would have all the cow is then ready to yield. 



The udder should be moved in every direction at the 



close of milking, and the hands may beat it a little, in 



imitation of the beating which the calf gives it when he 



is sucking. An expert milker will make the cow give 



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