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him if her teats were not chapped, and he said 

 not. I told him to get some linseed oil and 

 apply a little after milking to her teats. He 

 did so, and the next time I saw him he told me 

 his cow was all right. The oil had performed 

 a cure and helped him to discover what the 

 cause of the trouble was. This was during 

 August when the flies were troublesome, and 

 the cow to get rid of the flies had been in the 

 habit of getting into a pond of water in the 

 pasture, where she kept her teats wet fighting 

 the flies, and caused them to chap, but not 

 enough so the owner who milked her had dis- 

 covered it until they commenced to heal, when 

 he discovered the trouble. 



When you have a kicking cow study the case 

 and learn the cause, and if you cannot learn 

 and remove the cause you should remove the 

 cow, as a kicking cow is too severe a test on the 

 milker's patience and the effect is not good in 

 the stable, as it affects the whole surrounding 

 atmosphere. 



Effect of disturbances. When I first began 

 to apply the Babcock test to separate herds and 

 individual cows I had some experience that was 

 surprising and instructive. I have traced a low 

 daily test of herd milk to the cattle breaking 

 out of their pasture and being chased by men 

 on horseback until they were excited and wor- 

 ried. 



