Butterfat and Dogs.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 July 1910, Page 4

Butterfat and Dogs.

1 used to brag once on a line collie, who could bring tho herd and any loiterers in a hustle to 'lie milking .shed. An expert dairyman, my guest at the time, (|iiitely looked on without comment or praise for the dog. I remarked: "He saves a lot of steps." "Yes," said my friend, "and he pulls a lot of good money out of your pocket, .too. I. wouldn't have the best dog that ever breaithed aiouud my cows, or in the stables." "But," I said, "we weigh our milk, and there isn't an ounce shrinkage even when the dog runs them a little." "Thait is true," he replied, "but the leakage isn't there. You lose in butterfat. Your test will always go down. You will be one or two points ofT, and lay it to your butter-maker. A cow always dii.slikes a dog. Tie irritates and excites her: and 1 had <i good flon;. too. but I have no use for one now. She is fretted and nervous with a dog at her heels, and may cause Ihe loss of her calves. You set a Babcock tester, and T'll pay for it if what T say is not true." I just got to business all right with my testing, and experiment with doir or no doc. The results nroved that I was losing but!erl'al. I figured the whole thing out for a. yoar, and have no use for a laboursavins doff, at tlip exnense of costIv hut'ter-fat. Divi'V your herd, and test, for yourself as I did. Then t ir "ieh your cows to come at vour call, happy and contented, no do;r to bully and excite. keenm" veur herd nervous and fr-".Hi>d. Butter-fat is tn'i fii'e cold to f<";| n.wnv on dorrs. 8.J., in "Hoard'' 1 TWi'vnvnn."