MILKING BY BAND. US 



and the best results cannot be secured unless 

 this is the case. When the cows and the men 

 enjoy one another's company we may be sure 

 that good work is being done, work that pays 

 the owner of the cows in dollars, and pays the 

 man that is doing the work by the reputation 

 that he is making, as it will certainly bring him 

 an advance in wages. 



When I discover that my cows are afraid of 

 the men that are caring for them I know there 

 is something radically wrong. I know the cows 

 have been abused some tirsce just as well as 

 though I had seen it done. 



Cleaning and Washing before Milking. — ^We 

 are coming to realize more and more the im- 

 portance of cleanliness about the cows, the need 

 of keeping the stable clean, and the cow clean as 

 well. The consumers of milk are realizing more 

 and more that pure milk has no unpleasant 

 odor, and that the so-called animal odors are 

 filth odors. There are seasons when it is hard to 

 keep the cows out of the mud in the pasture, but 

 we must plan to have the. cow clean when she is 

 milked; and if we cannot keep her out of the 

 mud and filth we must clean her before we milk 

 her. For many years I have practiced having 

 each milker wash the udders of his cows before 

 milking when they are not clean. The only ob- 

 jection to this is that the manipulation of the 

 udder in washing stimulates the secretion of 



