Our practice is to clip the whole body. This, while involving 

 some expense to begin with, has, we consider, in the long run, proven 

 by far the cheapest help in keeping cattle clean. 



KINDNESS IN TREATMENT OF COW. 



Kindness is an efficient aid in increasing milk yield and costs 

 nothing. The more a cow likes a milker, the more milk she will 

 give him. Investigations show that it is probable that a considerable 

 portion of the milk is secreted during the operation of milking, 

 especially the rich milk which comes last. Abuse and excitement 

 reduce the .secretion and not only lower the quantity of milk yielded, 

 but often lower the percentage of butter fat. Kindness makes the 

 cow contented and puts her nervous system in such a condition that 

 the fullest yield is given. Hurrying cows, running them with dogs, 

 beating them or speaking roughly to them, will reduce the quantity 

 of milk and percentage of butterfat. A change of milkers will often 

 lower the quantity and quality of the milk until the cow becomes 

 accustomed to the new milker. For this reason, it is usually advis- 

 able, in large stables, where milkers are sure to be changed from time 

 to time, to so arrange matters that no particular cow is milked for 

 any considerable niuimber of days by any one man. A good plan is 

 to start the first milker at the first cow, then take the cows in order 

 as each man is ready for a new one. 



SUMMARY. 



To condense the above remarks, it might be said that proceeding 

 according to the following suggestions will do much toward insuring 

 ' clean milk ' being produced in any even fairly well-arranged stable. 



1. Do not disturb manure for at least one hour previous to 

 beginning milking. 



2. Do not feed dusty feed or scatter dusty bedding for some 

 considerable time before milking. 



3. Ten minutes before milking, clean off all dust from cows to 

 be milked. 



4. Just before milking, rub right flank and udder with a damp 

 doth. 



5. Draw first two stream's from each teat into separate pail. 



6. Use narrow-mouthed pails. 



7. Wash hands after milking each cow. 



