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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
August 1, 1908 
Kailor and Outfitter, 
JUST ARRIVED. 
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Overcoatings, 
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Feeding while Milking. 
Most farmers claim that cows will 
stand quieter and let down their milk 
more freely if they are given something 
to eat while they are being milked. But 
those who have adopted the plan of 
milking before feeding are seldom, if 
ever, anxious to go back to the old 
method of giving the cows something to 
eat while they are being milked. Few 
cows seem to be able to divide their 
attention between the. two operations. 
When the cow has nothing to attract 
attention she stands quietly when she 
sees the milker approach. She also lets 
down her milk more freely than wher 
she is attempting to eat at the same time. 
The cow that has her head in the manger 
seldom sees her milker approaching, and 
the first intimation she has of his presence 
is when she feels the milking-stool against 
her flenks. If she has a neryous disposi- 
tion, which is the case with most good 
dairy cows, she will either jump or kick. 
and then continue to annoy her milker 
by switching her tail antil he has finished 
milking. : 
If the cow is fed at the same time that 
she is-being milked, she is in so great a 
hurry to get her feed that she becomes 
restless, and will not give down her milk 
reely. To make a change from the old 
ractice of milking the cows while they 
ating, to feeding them after they have 
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been milked, will probably canse much 
restlessness on the part of the cows, but 
as soon as they become ascustomed to it, 
which will not take long, they are much 
quieter than where both operations are 
conducted at the same time. 
Not only is it pleasanter to milk before 
the cows are fed, on account of their 
better behaviour, but from a sanitary 
standpoint the keeping qualities of the 
milk are much better when the feeding 
is done just after milking. Dry feeds . 
contain a large quantity of dust, which 
is thrown into the air by handling end is 
generally very heavily laden with bacteria. 
As the dust settles into the milk pail, it 
carries with it thousands of those bacteria, 
In addition to this, the restlessness of 
the cows, resulting from being milked 
while eating, dislodges dust from them- 
selves as well as from their milker, which, 
lagen with bacteria, falls into the milk. 
—— 
To have the heifer develop into a profit- 
able cow, her first milking period must 
be extended as long as possible,'in order 
to produce a fixed milking habit. 
In teaching a calf to drink it always 
is best to use two fingers, holding the 
two while in the calf’s mouth slightly 
apart, 
Vicious habits are easily induced in 
horses by teasing them when they are in 
the stable. 
The interior walls of the dairy should 
be kept clean and light-colored. If white- 
wash is used, a fresh coat should be ap- 
plied at least three times a year, and 
oftener if necessary, to keep the walls 
Many spots should not 
clean and white. 
be permitted. 
M. L. Tomlinson, 
(LATE J. G. ORAM), 
Manufacturing Jeweller, 
Watchmaker, 
Diamond Setter & Engraver. 
Repairs to Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery 
of every description accurately, artistically. 
and promptly executed at moderate prices’ 
72 Grenfell St., Adelaide. 
