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[Re product J hy spt•ci,zl permission of tJz,· f>roprietors (I f " Pzm(h. "]
1• arm er (booming his l1111d to inquiri11 ~ str(lnt:ct). " TH.\1 THERE t~\:'I.D u1. \\'ORlll llRh'"F. 11\"\I>RilJ> t•oc~n
\:\ \C R1~ I F IT BE \\'OR lll .\ PE~ ''~ · IT HI.:. \\'l.in; V>l' 1111:\Kl~G 0' El'\1:\1 • . \:\' SEl1LI:SG HER£;.''
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Regular Hours for Milking.
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udde r eon ... i .. G of nunwrou-; g land-. and deli-
cate membrane ... , a nd i n th<' procc::.-. of milkin;..!'
tlw-.<• g-la nds arc ..,timulat<'<.l into action, a" in ... t.ttlt'\!d
b~ the flow of mil k o btail1{:d.
-.hould b~
milkl'd at preci . . c l) regular hour-, and in the .... tmc
ordf'r, the common pr.tctil'<" hl'i n~ to mtlk l'' icf' in
t~\~n ty-fou r hours , .tnd thl' mort" equallv thl' tim(' i-.
ell\ J~cd, the more un iform ''ill be the quanti!~ and
qualtty of the milk.
. It io.; fr<'que ntlv impo-. .. ible to <-arry out tlu~ pt milk ha -; to h P delivned in tO\\ n ...
before breakfast. Thi-. ma\ r<>sult in inlf' rvnl..; of
.thout fifte en hours and nitl<' ho urs nsp<'(tiv<'l). in
<'? 1 N.'qu ence of whkh it m.\y hnpp<'n that thf' milk
' 11 ld.f'd in the morning is inf<'rior in qu.llitv to th.tt
obtam{'({ at the <'VE'ning':. m ilk ing. Heavy milkN...,
~nav b<' all the bett<·r milked t hr('(' tim<'" :1 d,n
tnstl'ad of twice, in o rder to relieve t he pre-. ... un on
the udde r, as when cow~ a re left too long without
eo,,..,
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lx'ing milkf·d th• uddr r-; Jy.l ome \'t'r) dh1r nff, ci, .md,
ne; a r*'"ult, th<> animal .. mn) suff1•r d1 uhlt• p.lin, ;,..,
ma\· be fb-.f"nr·J wht>n cow-. off{'r('() for ... tit• in publk
auction ar<' .,t, ·' k~'d up for the purpo...;c of f'Xt<'ndin~
tht' udder to 1 ' utm\)-<.t-a prarticP which ... hould be
d "<"Ouraged.
Young h~ifc'" with thr'r fir-..t <'alf m.t~ d('\<.'lop
the habit of kicking- durin~ milking tinw. hugl'l~
due to the1r trat ... bPing '-('O'iitive. and h< n• it may
()(' c;aid th:tt kind trl'atmf'nt and g<'ntl•· hanr!ling
.. hould ~ adoph d. 1f tlwir tNHs :tr<' .tttt•lldt•d to,
thi" b:td habit m«>mc nf'n ml';, t h1· milk
will not be g-hl'n down, Hnd finally -.hi' lll.ty h.1w
to bP fath'ncd {Hit.
:\hm good cow... are oftPn ruin0