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to the conclusion that in Connecticut, 

 at any rate, the annoyance caused to 

 cows by flies has been somewhat over- 

 estimated. In Virginia, flies were found 

 to be so numerous in certain localities 

 as to make necessary the use of an 

 effective remedy for getting rid of them. 

 After testing a considerable series of 

 mixtures, the Virginia experiment sta- 

 tion found that the best results could 

 be obtained from the use of a kerosene 

 mixture as a spray; after a few applica- 

 tions of this mixture at short intervals 

 to cows, the flies were so greatly reduced 

 in numbers as to cause little further 

 annoyance during the season. In order 

 to make the application of this remedy 

 under the most favorable conditions, the 

 cows were driven into a small spraying 

 shed and were there thoroughly sprayed 

 with kerosene emulsion so as not to 



men. The variations in the manipula- 

 tions which they apply to the cow's 

 udder are not always constant, and it 

 is frequently difficult to get a satisfac- 

 tory description of the method from the 

 individual milker. It has long been be- 

 lieved that the milk yield must depend 

 to some extent on the manipulation 

 which the udder receives at the time of 

 milking. 



Hegelund method — Within recent 

 years, Hegelund, a Danish dairy school 

 teacher, has introduced a new method 

 of milking, and has described it in a 

 satisfactory way. The method is every- 

 where known as the Hegelund method. 

 This method really consists of a series 

 of manipulations applied to the udder 

 as soon as the main flow of milk has 

 ceased, in order to secure all of the milk 

 secreted by the cow. This is the purpose 



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frighten the flies away before they were 

 touched with the spray. Likewise in 

 Massachusetts, a number of tests have 

 been made with fly preventives of a pro- 

 prietary nature. In these tests, ten dif- 

 ferent remedies were used and some 

 were found to be satisfactory, while 

 others were ineffective. Even with those 

 which were satisfactory, the cost is alto- 

 gether too great, although if other rem- 

 edies are not available, it is believed that 

 even an expensive proprietary remedy, 

 if effective, is an economic proposition. 

 Milking methods — All dairymen un- 

 derstand that there is considerable dif- 

 ference in the effectiveness of different 

 men as milkers. Some men will obtain 

 a slightly larger quantity of milk than 

 others, and even maintain the milk flow 

 at a high point for a longer period. 

 Little attempt is usually made to de- 

 scribe the different methods of milking 

 which have been adopted by different 



of stripping, the method in common 

 practice with farmers, but recent exper- 

 iments indicate that the Hegelund 

 method makes it possible to get more 

 milk than by any other method thus far 

 adopted. 



The method in question, as described 

 by Woll and others, involves the follow- 

 ing series of manipulations: In the 

 first place, the right quarters of the 

 udder are pressed against each other, 

 the left hand being on the hindquarter 

 and the right hand in front of the fore- 

 quarter of the udder and the thumbs 

 on the outside of the udder in the divi- 

 sion between the two halves; the hands 

 are pressed toward each other, at the 

 same time lifting the udder; after each 

 manipulation of this sort, the milk which 

 has collected in the mill? cistern is 

 milked out and the manipulation re- 

 peated until no more milk can be ob- 

 tained. The left quarters of the udder 



