T)4 HINTS OX DAIRYING. 



KEKP QTIET. 



If a cow is suddenly disturbed, so as to get excited, or 

 gets tired and out of patience, the flow of milk may be 

 prematurely stopped. If this disturbance is continued 

 from time to time, the effect will be to permanently les- 

 sen the flow, or "dry up" the cow. Any tiling that irri- 

 tates a cow, while being milked, reduces both quality 

 and quantity. Hence, milking should be clone in a quiet 

 and orderly manner. Treat the cow very kindly and 

 gently, so as to gain her confidence, and be as careful ns 

 possible not to hurt her teats by unnecessarily tearing 

 open any cracks there mmy be, or pinching any warts, 

 and be sure to not dig your finger-nailr. into the tents. 



REGULARITY. 



It is a good plan to milk cows regularly in the same 

 order, taking the same one first, and winding up with the 

 same one every time. Regularity of hour in commenc- 

 ing the milking of the herd is an advantange in securing 

 the best results, since animals as well as men are greatly 

 the creatures of habit, and when the time comes around 

 the cow will desire to be milked and all the functions of 

 her system will concur in this desire. 



KEEP DOWN THE FOUL ODORS. 



The milking should be done in a sweet, clean place 

 either a stable kept scrupulously clean, and piaster or 

 other deoclerizer freely used, or in a row of stanchions 

 in an open shed, with barely a roof to keep off storm and 

 sunshine, and no filthy deposits allowed to accumulate 



