CHAPTER V. 

 DISEASES PECULIAR TO THE MILKING SEASON. 

 1. Small Round Lumps in the Passage of the Teat. 



Causes. — A bruise or injury to the passage of the teal 

 causes in some way, when healing, the thickening or lump 

 to form. 



Symptoms. — There is a small lump in the teat which can 

 be felt between the finger and thumb when handling the teat. 

 These lumps may be anywhere along the milk passage. The 

 first summer that the cow is affected with these lumps in the 

 teat they interfere greatly with milking, but if bred again, 

 when she calves these lumps will entirely block the teat and 

 cause a great deal of trouble in getting the milk down. The 

 bag becomes swollen and inflamed, and in a great many cases 

 she loses the affected quarter. 



Treatment. — Generally speaking the milk can be drawn 

 from the bag in the usual way during the first season the 

 cow is affected. It is advisable, however, not to breed an 

 affected cow again. The best plan is to fatten her, as in all 

 probability she will be worse the next season. 



When it is impossible to draw the milk from the bag 

 with the hand, pass a teat siphon* or milk tube into the 

 passage of the teat, through the lump and sufficiently far 

 enough to reach the milk. About one-quarter of the milk in 

 the bag will run out in this manner. Use the tube each time 

 the other teats are being milked. 



When using the teat siphon proceed as follows: First 

 tie a colored string in the small ring at the side so as not to 

 lose it if it drops out in the straw, then oil it. Take hold of 

 the teat with the left hand and with the right pass the teat 

 siphon up through the passage to the lump, and when it is 

 felt gradually force it through. This is easily done. Con- 

 tinue passing it gently up until the milk runs out, and leave it 

 in until all the milk is out. 



*Teat siphons are very useful in all cases when it is impossible to 

 get the milk from the bag in the usual way. They may be had from 

 the company whose announcement appears on the latter pages of this 



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