48 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



stable; there would liave been a bigger shrinkage than ever. At the end 

 of the year we would have been saying that dairying dont pay any- 

 way. 



Cows must be used with the utmost kindness. You have no idea 

 of the power of kindness over the brute. It is just as great over the 

 brute as over the horse. In fact you can't get along without kindness^ 

 and do well. There is no cow on earth that will do her best for a man 

 that she hates. If the man hates the cow the feeling is reciprocated. 

 They must love him or they will not do their best for him. 



I have written instructions how to milk; how to take hold of the tit, 

 which to milk first, the front or the hind ones. There is no use talking 

 any such thing. All you want is to best please the cow, you will get 

 the milk quicker. Don't keep on stripping when you have got the milk. 

 You must milk at regular times, and it is a poor thing to change milkers. 

 Milk in regular order. 



Here is a row of cows and you have been in the habit of commencing 

 at this end of the row. If you will notice that about the time you have 

 got done milking this cow the milk is commencing to drop from the next 

 one. She is expecting to be milked and is ready. Don't miss her and 

 go to another, because if you do you won't get as much, and what you 

 do get won't test so high. I have seen that tried and been telling that 

 to an audience and a man got up and said, "I do that very thing and I 

 was testing the milk and I didn't know what in the deuce ailed it." 

 That is a fact. If a cow is chased by dogs or anything else, you decrease 

 the flow as well as the butter fat. 



Q. What is the idea of the voice you speak to a cow? 



A. Speak to a cow kindly; there is something soothing in a good 

 natured voice. They know it just as well as can be, especially if you are 

 in the habit of getting mad. If j^ou swear at a cow you don't get much 

 milk. 



Q. I would like to know if it is possible to speak in that way when 

 your cow has kicked you over? 



A. Do you suppose a cow would kick such a man over? 



