74 AMERICAN DAIRYING. 



tend strictly to their milking, doing the work 

 as fast as they practically can, being careful 

 not to hurt the cow in any way and particular 

 to milk the cows clean. If the cow is not 

 milked clean the richest part of the milk is 

 left, and this kind of milking will cause the 

 cow to shrink her milk. This point must be 

 looked after carefully. 



Always milk with dry hands. Do not dip 

 your fingers in the milk or allow it to be done. 

 A person can milk better with dry hands as 

 soon as he becomes accustomed to doing so. I 

 was taught to milk with wet hands but broke 

 myself of the bad habit. Dipping the fingers 

 in the milk or froth is an uncleanly habit. 

 Don't do it. 



The writer has milked fifteen to twenty cows 

 regularly for months together, and once milked 

 thirty-five cows for several days, the cause be- 

 ing a strike of milkers. The whole bunch of 

 strikers got left and I got better ones as fast as 

 I found them. 



Experiment station work. The Wisconsin 

 Station (Report 1889, page 44) reported experi- 

 ments on the effect of change of milker, rapid- 

 ity of milking, manner of milking, milking 

 tubes vs. hand-milking, and milking one teat 

 at a time. Differences were noticed between 

 good milkers which were attributed to the 

 manner of milking, since the cows were all 



