milk which contains small lumps of a curd-like matter, 

 that indicate the existence of garget or other diseases of 

 the udder. 



After milking cows that have garget or other dis- 

 eases of the udder and teats the milker should wash his 

 hands as some of these diseases may be transferred from 

 one cow to the other by milking. For this reason it 

 seems a wise precaution to clean the hands regularly 

 when moving from cow to cow, and to milk the visibly 

 affected cows after all the others have been milked. The 

 wet towel mentioned above, will prove very handy for 

 this purpose if kept clean and disinfected properly. 



The milking is preferably done with the whole hand, 

 or if the teats are small, by using one, two or more fin- 

 gers, closing well around the teats. 



Stripping between the thumbs and the first fingers 

 can not be recommended as it may cause injury to the 

 muscles of the teats and weaken the same to such a de- 

 gree that the cow cannot hold its milk up and loses a 

 part of it between the milkings. 



The milking should be performed with strong regu- 

 lar streams and not be interrupted. When the milking 

 process is often interrupted the cows may acquire the 

 habit of holding the milk up and will dry up too soon. 

 For this reason the stripping usually following the ma- 

 chine-milking, should be performed immediately after 

 the latter has been done, so that the whole proceeding has 

 the character of one uninterrupted process. 



Milk of Kicking Cows 



It may happen that during milking one of the cows 

 kicks and that her foot gets into the pail. It is self- 

 speaking that the milk which is in the pail at that mo- 

 ment, is not fit for delivery to the creamery. The pail 

 should be emptied and cleansed before being used again. 



Milkers to whom such an accident happens should 

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