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appear to enjoy the company of the one who 

 cares for them. When this is the situation 

 there need be no fear so far as kindness is con- 

 cerned. 



Cleanliness. The cows must be kept clean in 

 the stable and also out of it, so far as is prac- 

 tical, but there are times in wet seasons that 

 it is impractical in some pastures to prevent 

 the cows getting their teats and udders muddy. 

 When this is the case they should be washed 

 when put into the stable. This is the best way 

 I have found to remove the mud or filth, which 

 must be done before milking. My practice was 

 to furnish each milker a pail for water and re- 

 quire them to wash their cows' udders before 

 commencing to milk if they needed to be 

 washed. By the time the milker was through 

 washing the first washed would be dry and 

 ready to milk. This is the quickest and best 

 way I have found to accomplish this object. 



Regularity. Each cow should have her reg- 

 ular stall, be milked by the same milker, and 

 at regular hours, night and morning. It pays 

 just as well to systematize with the cows as it 

 does in any business. A business man that is 

 irregular about his business loses by it. We 

 can all call to mind instances to prove this, and 

 it is just as true and more with the cows, as the 

 business man may not lose every time he fails 

 to open his store until an hour late, but every 



