118 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Monrad: It is a question of sympathy between the cow and the 

 milker. 



A. That is it. 



Mr. Monrad: And I claim that the offering was not for milking 

 quickly, but milking clean, and thereby keeping up the flow of the milk. 

 If the man comes home tired, he is apt to skip a little and not milk clean 

 and then the cows dry up. 



Mr. Gurler: And that is the reason that the woman is a better milker 

 than a man. I mean they are kinder naturally than men. It is a mistake 

 not to have the men milk regular cows. Every cow in her regular stall 

 and milked every morning in that stall. It is a mistake to allow the milk 

 to stand around in the pails, for it will absorb ordors to a remarkable de- 

 gree. I will tell you a few incidents. The mOst marked one I remember 

 was one at the Vermont Dairy School when I was there. We were test- 

 ing; I was training a class in testing milk to detect any odors in th«3 

 milk. One morning we detected the hog pen in the milk. We found this: 

 The night's milk was put in an open vat near the hog pen and the window 

 was lowered and the milk absorbed the odor. I don't need to recite more 

 instances on that line. I know of a case where a butter convention met 

 in Boston and they detected a skunk odor in a tub of butter. A skunk 

 had been near the creamery where the butter wi s made and the oder had 

 been absorbed. 



Milk will convey odors. I remember years ago when I was in the 

 grocery and butter business of detecting a certain weed flavor in butter 

 just as plainly as though I had the weed in my mouth, and when red. 

 clover was growing rank we would detect that in the butter. That is 

 something hard to guard against, but I mention it to show the need of care 

 along this line and the susceptibility of butter to absorbing odors. 



Mr. Monrad: I have known Mr. H. B. Gurler a long time and never 

 heard him make a mistatement until today. He said that he did not work 

 on the farm now, and I know that Mr. Gurler works harder than any 

 other man on the farm. His brain is doing harder work than his labor- 

 ers. 



