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April 9 , 1021 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Speaking Up for Jerseys 
Jersey cattle breeders have not given 
np the breeding or pushing of Jersey cat¬ 
tle. They stand very firmly united, and 
are behind the best, cow of any breed, as 
'the fat and butter records will prove. 
The Jersey cattle breeding has not waned 
one particle, as the supply has never been 
able to keep up with the demand. There 
are no other cattle that can intrude on 
the Jersey cattle for first-class milk and 
butter production. - 
The Jersey cow has proved her worth 
in all climates, namely, in Northern Can¬ 
ada and in Southern Florida. We have 
records that we made in both of these ter¬ 
ritories which prove that the Jersey is a 
producer in all climates, which a Hol¬ 
stein cow has never done. 
I am rather of the opinion that M. O. 
11. is now probably living in a very thick- 
lv populated Holstein section, and per¬ 
haps no Jersey cows as yet have been 
given the right chance to make good. We 
are aware that the Holstein milk pro¬ 
ducers only want milk, regardless of qual¬ 
ity or butter fat. When the time comes, 
which is fast approaching, for all milk to 
be sold according to the butter-fat per¬ 
centages, there will be no question but 
that the Jersey cow will stand out in 
everything, and will lead the procession. 
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Milking a Cow; Horn Rings 
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Will vou tell me what is the right way 
to milk? Which two teats should be 
held? What are the rings on the horns 
of cows for? G. D. 
In milking a cow the “right teats to 
take hold of” are the ones you can get 
the best grip on. Some cows, especially 
heifers, when they first freshen and their 
udders arc swollen, have very short hind 
teats, and it is practically impossible to 
milk the two hind ones at the same time. 
In such a case it is generally practical 
to milk the right-hand hind teat and the 
left-hand front one first. The reason for 
this is that one sits by the cow with his 
right shoulder nearest her; therefore Ins 
right hand can reach farther than the 
left, and can easier reach the left side of 
the cow. .... i 
Somet imes the cow s udder is so large 
and swollen that it is very difficult to 
reach the two farther teats. In such case 
T milk the front and hind one nearest me, 
then go round on the other side and milk 
those. I have a heifer that I am milking 
that, way at present. An old cow that 
had alwavs been milked on the right side 
might object to one’s tackling her from 
the left; but a little patience will gen¬ 
erally overcome her objections. When 
there is nothing to prevent. I usually milk 
the two front teats first. That i«. as 
long as the’- give a good full flow. Then 
I milk the two hind ones in a like man¬ 
ner, then go hack to the front ones and 
finish them up. It really doesn’t make 
any difference which are milked first. A 
calf milks one at a time, and changes a 
dozen times in getting his breakfast. A 
machine milks them all at once, and does 
just as good a job of it. The main thing 
to milk a cow successfully is to get a 
hump on yourself and milk her just as 
quicklv as you can. 
The other question, “What are the 
rings on a cow's horn for ? T shall have 
to give up. I haven’t the slightest idea 
why nature made rings grow on cows’ 
horns, and the only use I have ever been 
able to make of those rings has been to 
tell the age of the cow. I ou see, the 
first ring comes on a cow’s horn when 
she is nearly two years old, and then one 
every year after that. So a cow will be 
just’about, a year older than the number 
of rings on her horn. I remember when 
T was a little boy that an old man of the 
neighborhood used to tell about another 
neighbor who rented his farm and fur¬ 
nished the cows. He declared that this 
man used to keep his cows on that farm 
until they got so old that lie had to graft 
mullein stalks onto their horns for the 
rings to grow on. Rut that was a long 
time ago. and T only hoard it second-hand 
at that, so it might not have been so. 
J. GRANT MORSE. 
Feeding for High-grade Milk 
Would you advise me what to feed a 
cow which supplies milk for a baby? 
Gluten and silage are barred from the 
diet as causing digestive disturbances. 
The cow has been having silage, and it 
was necessary to cease feeding it, and of 
course the cow is shrinking in her flow of 
milk. G. C. D. 
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digestive disturbances in this cow, they 
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perhaps cabbages may be used to furnish 
succulence. Before discarding good silage, 
I however. I should need pretty good evi¬ 
dence that it was responsible for any di¬ 
gestive disturbance from which the cow 
seemed to be suffering. M. B. D. 
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