. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. JCLY 5, 1902] ®he $rj>efrer tmfc gpovt&man 18 Right Milking. A matter of farm economy often over" looked ia that of right milking. Anybody on the farm who can squeeze a stream of milk out of a cow's teat is set at the task, says Homestead. And those who don't know how, provided they are part of the farm's working force, are made to learn. Milking is a chore not requiring much strength, and on the ordinary farm con- sidered as not requiring great skill. If the cows have any milk the ordinary milker can get it. What more is asked? When butter is sold
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. JCLY 5, 1902] ®he $rj>efrer tmfc gpovt&man 18 Right Milking. A matter of farm economy often over" looked ia that of right milking. Anybody on the farm who can squeeze a stream of milk out of a cow's teat is set at the task, says Homestead. And those who don't know how, provided they are part of the farm's working force, are made to learn. Milking is a chore not requiring much strength, and on the ordinary farm con- sidered as not requiring great skill. If the cows have any milk the ordinary milker can get it. What more is asked? When butter is sold for twelve cents per pound there is no incentive to painstaking milking. But where milk o~ butter has become one of the farm's staple products care in mileing is worth while. The large number of cows on some farms, to be sure, requires all the help available. But the youngsters and inexperienced men should be well taught before they become regular helpers. The first principle of teaching should be cleanliness A milker with clothes so grimy that particles of dirt and dust fall into the milk, and whose hands could be benefitted by soap suds, needs a lesson; ditto the person who sticEs his fingeri into the milk pail or milks on his hands so as to wet the cow's teats. In addition to cleanliness on the part of the milker, care in thoroughly brushing off the cow's uddera should be insisted upon and par- ticular care that neither through kicking, switching or otherwise, none of the stable's filth gets into the milk. The best way to guard against such accidents ie to have the stable clean. After cleaning cornea efficiency. It in- cludes good ways of holding the teat, rapidity and thoroughness of milking. The teat, if not too short, should be grasped with the whole hand, the index finger and thumb pressing, as the hand closes, a little more firmly than the lower fingers, thus forcing the milk downward instead of up ward. Milking with the thumb and one or two fingers, slipping them down
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