CATTLE, training and working. 
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Known fact that self-sucking cows are 
generally good milkers. It is quite 
certain that they acquire the habit 
from the fact that the milk pressure in 
the bag hurts them, and in rubbing 
the udder with the nose they at length 
get a taste of the milk, and thus be- 
come fixed in the habit. Hence the 
necessity of regular milking, and of- 
ten enough to keep the udder from 
being unduly strained. There are vari- 
ous devices for preventing this vice. ' One is a halter and nose piece, with 
spikes, similar but larger than those used upon calves to prevent suck- 
ing. It is given below, but besides hampering the animal to a consider- 
able extent in gathering her food, it is not always effectual. 
A very simple, and said to be effective 
means, is to take a tough hickory stick, 
fourteen inches long, three-fourths of 
an inch thick in the center, sharpened to 
a point at each end ; cut a grove around 
thtj center, half an inch wide, and half 
the depth of the thickness of the wood. 
Whittle each end nicely to a point, or 
leave it somewhat blunt, and insert a 
sharpened piece of wire in each end. 
Make a hole in the animal’s nose, in the 
soft portion, but close up to the hard 
membrane of the nostrils, as you would 
for ringing a bull, and small enough so it 
will require considerable pressure to slip 
the bulge of the stick until it reaches the middle notch, when it will 
remain fixed. This does not prevent the animal from feeding, nor 
being fastened in stanchions, and it must bo an invoterato sucker that will 
draw her milk with this jewel in her noso. Still another but more coo 
plicated yet quite effectual plan is given in the cut on next page. 
Hooking Cows. 
Another vicious habit sometimes acquired by otherwise excellent cows. 
Is the vice of attempting to gore every animal that comes near, that they 
can master, and even individuals. Various devices have been recom- 
mended to prevent this. One is a bar across the horns, to which la 
TO PREVENT SUCKING. 
TO PREVENT A COW FROM KICKING. 
