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were not on the alert, to chew up our jacket, to twist its 

 tongue around our hair, and to take whatever advantage 

 it could of our defenseless condition in the milking pen, 

 when it was disengaged and we were not. 



Now this has been our own experience in two other 

 cases, and therefore we speak whereof we knoAV ; gentle- 

 ness in handling cow and calf will insure gentle animals 

 and increase the yield of milk in the former ; few persons 

 are aware how directly the latter is affected by rough treat- 

 ment, "running the cows home," striking and exciting 

 them. 



We have been thus particular in describing the old-style 

 methods of milking and cow-penning, because it is a ques- 

 tion of but a few years more before they will be, save in 

 isolated localities, things of the past, to be remembered 

 with wonder and amazement, but practiced no more. 



The old style still prevails, however, over the greater part 

 of the State where the means and opportunity of improve- 

 ment are yet in the near future. 



