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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
June  2,  1923 
“We  Prefer  the 
Burrell  Milker 
Because — 
“of  the  simplicity  of  the  teat  cup,  the  very 
little  rubber  to  wear  out,  and  because  the 
milk  does  not  touch  the  rubber  disc. 
And  we  have  very  little  trouble  keeping 
our  bacteria  count  well  below  the  require¬ 
ments  for  Grade  A  raw  milk.  Our  counts 
for  months  at  a  time  run  from  4000  to 
16000  ”  This  is  what  Mr.  H.  R.  Palmer, 
manager  of  Bellefonte  Farm,  Westchester 
County,  New  York,  says. 
“At  different  times,”  continues  Mr. 
Palmer,  “we  have  tried  three  other  ma¬ 
chines  against  the  Burrell  but  none  of 
them  did  as  well  as  the  Burrell”,  and,  he 
adds, “the  greatest  advantage  in  the  Burrell 
Milker  is  its  labor  saving.  We  figure  it 
takes  just  one-half  as  much  help  as  it 
would  if  we  milked  by  hand.” 
Neighbors  Who  Also 
Own  Burrell  Milkers 
S.  F.  Brink 
Demas  Mead 
F.  S.  Jayne 
E.  H.  Northrup 
Geo,  G.  Stuart 
David  Gardiner 
Claude  Burdick 
Chas.  Fredenburgh 
Smith  G.  Wilcox 
Harry  J.  Lovelace 
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H.J.  &.J.J.  Didell 
Oxford  Depot  Supply  Co. 
Bellefonte  Farm  is  the  home  of  one  of  the 
most  celebrated  Ayrshire  herds  in  the 
country,  headed  by  Kate’s  Good  Gift 
whose  dam  made  the  record  of  23022  lbs. 
milk  and  917.60  lbs.  fat.  He  has  fifty 
daughters  in  Bellefonte’s  accredited  herd 
— U.  S.  goverment  certificate  No.  39176. 
In  1922  Bellefonte  Farm  had  three  out  of 
the  seven  Roll  of  Honor  State  Champions. 
Eighteen  to  twenty  cows  are  always  on  test 
— milked  three  times  a  day  —  and  Mr. 
Palmer  states  that  “We  have  been  milking 
our  test  cows  with  Burrell  Milkers  ever 
since  we  started  Advance  Registry. work. 
In  fact  the  entire  herd  has  been  milked 
with  the  Burrell  continuously  for  six  years, 
not  missing  a  milking.  Without  the  ma¬ 
chine  we  could  not  do  A.  R.  work.” 
Remember,  the  Burrell  has  been  continuously  on  the  American  market  longer  than  any  other 
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AILING  ANIMALS 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Alexander 
Obstructed  Teat 
I  have  a  cow  with  a  bunch  in  one  teat 
about  the  size  of  a  small  bean,  and  I  can 
get  only  a  small  stream  of  milk  at  a 
time.  It  seems  to  be  getting  worse.  Is 
there  anything  I  can  do  for  it,  as  she  is 
a  good  cow?  E>1/. 
New  York. 
Roll  the  teat  between  your  fingers  and 
thumb  and  in  that  way  determine  the  ex¬ 
act  location  of  the  growth.  If  it  is  quite 
close  to  the  milk  cistern  or  reservoir 
above  the  base  of  the  teat,  we  should  not 
advise  surgical  treatment.  When  one  re¬ 
moves  such  a  growth  by  scraping  with 
an  instrument,  bleeding  is  caused,  and 
the  resultant  wound  and  coagulation  of 
blood  usually  becomes  infected  and  may 
set  up  ruinous  mammitis  (garget)  in  the 
quarter.  A  skilled  surgeon  can  cut  out 
such  a  growth  by  opening  through  the 
wall  of  the  teat  when  the  cow  is  dry,  but 
that  is  a  serious  operation,  only  to 
be  undertaken  by  an  expert  and  when 
the  cow  is  unusually  valuable.  It  scarcely 
would  pay  to  have  it  done  for  an  or¬ 
dinary  cow.  It  is  therefore  best  in  such 
cases  to  let  a  calf  nurse  or  to  dry  off  the 
milk  secretion  in  the  affected  quarter.  If 
the  growth  is  part  way  up  the  duct  of  the 
teat  it  is  barely  posible  that  it  may  be 
removed  if  you  pass  in  a  milking  tube 
that  has  been  cleansed  and  boiled  for  15 
minutes  or  more  and  then  work  the 
growth  against  the  tube,  back  and  for¬ 
ward  and  in  every  direction,  with  the 
purpose  of  scraping  or  rubbing  it  off. 
This  may  be  better  accomplished  with  a 
special  cone-shaped  scraping  and  cutting 
instrument  on  a  small  rod  fitting  in  a 
milking  tube,  the  blind  end  of  which  has 
been  cut  off  square  to  form  a  shoulder 
against  which  the  sharp  base  of  the  cone 
fits  exactly.  The  instrument  is  inserted 
until  the  growth  is  touched,  then  the 
cone  is  pressed  past  the  growth,  the  lat¬ 
ter  worked  between  the  cone  and  shoulder 
of  the  tube  and  the  cone  then  pulled 
down  tight  to  scrape  and  cut  off  the 
growth.  This  is  most  easily  accom¬ 
plished  when  the  growth  is  right  at  the 
end  of  the  teat.  Sometimes  it  may  be 
reamed  out  with  a  small,  sharp  scalpel, 
or  the  veterinarian  may  prefer  to  burn  it 
out  by  inserting  a  pledget  of  cotton  bat¬ 
ting  saturated  with  full  strength  carbolic 
acid.  On  no  account  should  an  owner 
try  the  latter  treatment.  In  some  cases, 
too,  it  is  found  best  to  slit  down  through 
the  obstruction  in  four  different  direc¬ 
tions  by  means  of  a  sterilized  teat  slitter 
or  bistoury.  It  would  be  best  to  have  a 
qualified  veterinarian  examine  the  cow 
and  decide  which  treatment  will  be  most 
likely  to  succeed. 
Drying  Off  a  Cow 
Is  there  anything  I  can  give  a  cow  to 
dry  her  up?  I  have  one  that  persists  in 
giving  a  quart  or  so,  although  I  milk 
her  only  every  other  day,  and  lately  let 
it  go  2%  days.  I  am  afraid  the  udder 
will  cake  if  I  let  her  go  any  longer. 
Connecticut.  c.  b.  v. 
This  is  an  important  matter,  and  every 
cow  owner  should  practice  a  safe  and 
intelligent  method  of  drying  off  the  milk 
secretion.  In  the  first  place,  it  should 
be  remembered  that  a  full  ration  tends 
to  keep  up  the  milk  flow;  therefore,  it  is 
practically  impossible  to  stop  it  safely 
while  the  usual  allowance:  of  silage  mixed 
meals  and  rich  hay  is  allowed.  The  first 
step  should,  be  to  cut  the  silage  allowance 
in  half,  or  as  greatly  reduce  the  allowance 
of  roots,  and  at  the  same  time  stop  all 
concentated  feed  other  than  a  little  bran 
and  oilmeal  to  regulate  the  bowels.  In 
persistent  cases  it  is  even  better  to  stop 
all  concentrates.  If  clover  or  Alfalfa 
hay  is  being  fed  it  is  also  best  to  substi¬ 
tute  for  a  time  Timothy  hay,  straw  and 
corn  stover.  If  it  is  the  grazing  season, 
the  cow  must  be  kept  off  grass.  At  the 
same  time  gradually  increase  the  periods 
between  milkings  until  the  milk  secretion 
materially  diminishes;  then  discontinue 
one  milking  and  go  on  increasing  the 
periods  between  milking  as  before  until 
the  yield  is  so  reduced  that  it  becomes 
safe  to  milk  every  ether  day.  Finally, 
when  the  milk  secretion  is  reduced  to  a 
pint  or  two,  milking  may  be  discontinued 
entirely,  but  the  udder  must  then  be  care¬ 
fully  watched  and  at  the  slightest  sign 
of  inflammation,  such  as  swelling,  redness 
and  sensitiveness  of  the  udder,  milking 
will  have  to  be  resumed.  At  the  same 
time  it  is  well  to  give  the  cow  a  dose  of 
Epsom  salts  (12  ounces)  in  three  pints 
of  tepid  water  well  sweetened  with  mo¬ 
lasses.  and  to  he  administered  very  slowly 
and  carefully  from  a  long-necked  bottle. 
Also  rub  into  the  udder  once  or  twice 
daily,  as  seen  to  be  necessary,  a  mixture 
of  one  part  each  of  pure  turpentine  and 
fluid  extract  of  poke  root  and  belladonna 
leaves  and  eight  parts  of  warm  melted 
lard  or  sweet  oil.  If  the  swelling  persists 
also  give  in  food  or  water  once  daily  one 
tablespoonful  each  of  powdered  saltpeter 
and  fluid  extract  of  poke  root  until  the 
symptoms  subside.  Drying  off  will  then 
have  to  be  started  again.  It  is  rarely, 
however,  that  garget  starts  during  the 
drying-off  process  if  due  care  is  taken. 
Defter  milk  your  cow  daily  for  a  few  days 
until  signs  of  garget  subside,  and.  if  neces¬ 
sary,  also  treat  as  wq  have  suggested. 
