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taken from the herd, as a kicking cow is too 

 severe a test on the milker's patience and the 

 disturbance has a bad effect on all the cows and 

 milkers in the stable. 



Profit from Clean Milking. — The difference in 

 milkers is both surprising and alarming. I am 

 surprised at the facts and alarmed at the results. 

 I have had milkers in my employ who would se- 

 cure from fifteen cows enough more milk than 

 other milkers to pay their wages. This may 

 seem a large statement, but it will surprise no 

 one more than the facts surprised me when I 

 discovered them. I demonstrated this matter 

 before I would believe it myself. I followed the 

 work of three milkers two and a half months to 

 convince myself of the truth of the statement. 



I test all my cows periodically, and at the 

 same time I watch the milkers. This takes no 

 extra time, except in the matter of looking up 

 the record, as each milker has his regular cows 

 to milk; and at the end of the season it can be 

 very readily calculated how each milker has 

 made his cows ''hold out," as we term it, with 

 their milk. The following figures are from my 

 books giving the record of the work done during 

 one winter: 



Milker No. 1, Dec. 17, cows gave 356 pounds; 

 Feb. 28, 258 pounds. 



Milker No. 2, Dec. 17, cows gave 298 pounds; 

 Feb. 28, 244 pounds. 



