MILKING. 407 



In breaking young heifers to the pail, harsh treatment is sel- 

 dom necessary. If they have been carefully handled in calf hood, 

 and as yearlings, they usually come quietly to the hand of the 

 milker. Scarcely one in a dozen is ever troublesome to break 

 in, or to have difficulty with afterwards, and seldom do they need 

 a harsh word spoken to them. We know this method to be a 

 good one, by practice in our own dairy, and commend it with 

 confidence. By thus treating cows, they become orderly and 

 systematic in their habits. Each one goes into her own stall 

 quietly as she enters the stable, without huddling, hooking, or 

 quarreling, and they become orderly as a file of soldiers when 

 going on duty. Perhaps we have been more fortunate in this 

 line than many others who could not have the immediate super- 

 vision of their cows, as our own herdsman has been in his present 

 employment with us sixteen years. His practice has uniformly 

 been as we have written. 



