DEVICE FOR MILKING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3595, 7 November 1905, Page 4

DEVICE FOR MILKING.

If Applied to the Palis It Will Secure Good Results. Slovenly milking is often to be accounted for by the small size of the pail’s top. A good deal of the milk will persist in running down the outside. To make easier milking, have a top

made as shown in the cut. The Awing sides will catch the stream of milk and conduct it into the pail. It will be well to tie a piece of muslin over the bottom of this top piece, thus straining the milk as it goes into the pail. Let this flaring piece Just lit into the top of the pail.—American Agriculturist.

Keep Cows at Their Best. When a cow falls off in the flow of her milk she may, by Judicious management, be brought back to her average quantity, but the time lost can never be recovered, and there will always, in such cases, be an additional cost for food that will not give a return for the outlay. The time to make the cow pay is when she is at her best, and it should be the aim to keep her there as long as it is possible to do so.—Dakota Field and Farm, A Creditable Showing. A Chautauqua county (N. Y.) man has 13 cows which he claims produced 83,745 pounds of milk between April 12 and December 13. 1597. That is equal to t>,3(35 pounds of milk per cow during the eight months. This is probably about' five times the weight of the cows. At the lotv price' of r>o cents a hundred pounds for the milk the product of each cow was worth $38.19, showing a very fair profit on the cost ol keeping the