Important to Dairy Keepers.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 13, 9 February 1870, Page 6

Important to Dairy Keepers.

" Agricola," writing in the Nv.w Zealand Jlcrald, says : 1 ' V A\\ keepers of dairy stock will liave ob>osWved that milkers (that is, the men or io ftwnen) generally are in the habit of dip. ' B jSirig their ban is in the milk and rubbing HM cow's udder with it, doing it repeatedly during the operation of milking ; and so .gammon is the practice, that no notice is of or heed given to it. Now, I set . (| t}hjs down as the cause of sore teats. Ask . ,aky r milkman why he does it, and what he tell you ? In nine cases out of ten Wsnys, "To soften the teats, sir !" My experience leads me to the opposite con--1 elusion. Through this practice the teats I become hard and dry, so that it is from he wets them to "soften " them. prevent sore teats, in the first place there must be an entire suppression of ; ".wet-handed" milking. I know of fanners at.home who will not have a " wet-handed" 'man or woman about their premises. Why jrs this ? Because they know the evils of such a practice In (lie next place, the ' milk must he pressed from the teat with the fingers and the palm, and not with the thumb ami linger, drugging the milk along the teat until it is " squirted" from it. 'That is not milking. [ have never seen the cow yet (hat I was not aide (o milk witbout having to resort to cither practice. A cow's teal in a healthy condition is as I soft as the finest kid glove, and lias a greasy. I or.ffloapy feeling about it, which always beLsjtoaks ils natural condition, and which is ™feft preventive of cracking and soreness. ''Destroy this condition, and sore feats will Xgr|ainly result. To cure sore teats, before " imi-lking wash I hem with warm water and 1 JHOftp (using a flannel) until they are free Wrtfii all dirty matter, grease, or oil, and 'Syui'e them quite dry. Then milk with n. *>i w y hand," and without "dragging" I'fcTbHt done, wipe the teals again, and with i 'jtl' "Rather apply "Row's ICmbrocation,'' 'iently rolling the teats between the hands. tfjLy.f application softens the scab, making Hthe teat mellow anil supple, and quickly -'ft'eijls the sores ; and, what, is best, of all, jftcpflics wm't touch it. As soon as the are well, discontinue the ,.*' ;, but ndhere to the dry-handed system, aiT'' ''there need be no fear of sore teats. < f .0