. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. MILKINCx PAILS. 57 so f;ir as its quantity is cdiifpi-ned, nioro favouvalily than twice miliiing'. ^. Under certain circuin- stanees, in the case of cows that are hirge milk- f^ivers and are highly fed, and are yet in the early period of lactation, milking three times a day may be absolutely necessary for their health, especially with a view to the prevention of diseases of the udder. 3. The shorter the time that has elapsed since the last milking, the richer and fatter is the milk; s
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. MILKINCx PAILS. 57 so f;ir as its quantity is cdiifpi-ned, nioro favouvalily than twice miliiing'. ^. Under certain circuin- stanees, in the case of cows that are hirge milk- f^ivers and are highly fed, and are yet in the early period of lactation, milking three times a day may be absolutely necessary for their health, especially with a view to the prevention of diseases of the udder. 3. The shorter the time that has elapsed since the last milking, the richer and fatter is the milk; so that in milking thrice a day a milk richer in dry substances is obtained than is given on the twice-a-day system. On the other hand, the following points require to be taken into con- sideration :—1. Milking three times a day neces- sitates a greater demand on the strength of the jiropcrly and an improperly constructed mdking- l)ail, so far as the milker's comfort is concerned. Decj), narrow cans are not only difficult to hold between the knees, but they are generally awkward and uncomfortable. Milking-i^ails slioidd always be narrower in the bottom than at the top, as in Fig. 10. Some people still prefer wooden pails to milk in, but they are objectionable chiefly on account of the greater difficulty of keeping them sweet and clean. In Fig. 11 we give an illustration of one of these pails, to which is attached a pair of ears which, resting on the milker's knees, are very useful in sustaining the pail between the knees. In Fig. I'Z we give an illustration of a newly- invented milking-pail, for which se\'erai advantages. Fig. 11 10. Milk-Pails. cows. Only where this is compensated by a cor- responding amount of nourishment can milking three times a day be of lasting advantage. The better the cows are fed, the more likely is thrice- a-day milking to be more profitable than twiee-a- day milking. 2. The better milk-giver a cow is, and the less she is advanced in lactation, the g
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