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will affect the flavour of the milk, and of the 

 butter that is made from it. 



So you can see at once that, if your cow is 

 to give sweet-smelling, nicely-flavoured, rich 

 milk and butter, the greatest care must be taken 

 to make all her surroundings as clean and as 

 healthy as possible. Also, the pasturage and 

 food that the cow eats must be of a nature that 

 will give good rich milk, and that will not taint 

 either the milk or the butter. 



How to Treat a Cow. 



The cow herself, and this is most essential, 

 must be kept healthy, and free from disease, 

 and treated with the greatest kindness and 

 consideration. 



Many a cow has been ruined as a milker, 

 because she has been roughly handled while 

 milking, or been milked by one without experi- 

 ence of milking, or by one whose hands are 

 rough and hard, and who has not that delicacy 

 of touch that tempts a cow to give with pleasure 

 and ease all the milk that she has made. 



The cow house must be warm, well ventilated 

 and lighted, and free from draughts, it must 

 be well drained and built on a dry foundation, 

 and must be situated so as to catch as much of 

 the winter sun as possible. When she is fastened 



