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a corner and he approaches, there is a dash to escape, and perhaps some 
young animal is maimed. Such stock soon acquire the habits of their 
master : they are morose, ugly, often vicious ; for in a herd under bad 
management animals sometimes get the better of the master, and are apt 
to become breachy, tricky, and generally unmanageable. 
Training to Milk. 
In 'training to stand quietly while being milked, the udder should lie 
often handleu while the heifer is growing up ; the bag should be rubbed ; 
it should be p ressed and the teats gently pulled. This need take but very 
little time. The real work comes when the animal is to be milked. There 
are many things to be taken into consideration here. The heifer must be 
put in a pen where she cannbt hurt herself, and where the milker can op- 
erate easily ; a pen just long enough and just wide enough for the heifer 
to stand in, five feet high and tight enough so there will be no danger of 
the heifer injuring herself, and with an opening for the milker to operate 
through, will thoroughly subdue the wildest. Generally, all that is needed 
will be to tie the heifer 
by the head, and then 
patiently show her that 
she will not be 11014:. 
She will soon come to 
associate the act of 
milking as casing the 
udder and thencefor- 
ward will stand qui- 
etly, unless the bag 
fiv teats hurt her. If so, seek the cause of the difficulty and cure it. 
1 If the animal has never been tied up, but has been handled in the yard, 
one person may take the heifer by the horns, while another milks. If 
she be very refractory she may have to bo “nosed.” Seize the off horn 
firmly with the rig.it hand, and thrust the two first fingers and thumb of 
the left hand into the nostrils, clasping the membrane tightly if she 
' struggles severely. So soon as the struggles cease, ease the pressure of 
the fingers in the nostrils. If she again struggles, again tighten the 
grasp. Let the milker use gentleness. It does no good to kick an 
animal ; it may do much harm. If the heifer kick, it is probably because 
ehe is hurt. A person of ordinary strength need not be kicked while 
milking, unless in the case of a cow of extraordinary strength and 
Ticiousness. The wrist of the left hand holding the teat, if kept well 
against the stifle, and pressed firmly back when the foot is raised, will 
RESULT OF BAD HANDLING. 
