Rules for Daymen.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 62, 10 September 1897, Page 3

Rules for Daymen.

1. Be sure that your cows are treated kindly by those who have the care of them. 2. Never allow dogs or stones to ba used to hurry them from the pasture at milking time, as it heats the blood and thus injures the milk. 3. Do not let them feed in swamps or low, boggy lands. 4. Have plenty of good, sweet, running water where stock can reach it conveniently, and where it will not fail in hot weather. 5. Have them pastured where there is Bhade, as they f,'ive better milk for not being overheated. 6. Before milking, have the udder washed off in luke-warm water. 7. Sco that the milkers have hands perfectly clean before milking. 8. Do not allow a cow to be kicked, pounded or sworn at because she chances to step while being milked. 9. Keep the mUk barn clean and sweet. having all filth carefully removed every day. 10. Be equally careful that the milk room be kept free from odors of am- kind if you desire sweet, rich cream and good butter. r Combine these general directions with a careful thoughtfulness and well-directed observation, and success in the dairy busineßS is assured. Of one thing be certain : Too great attention cannot be paid, both to the care of the cows and the milk. Much of the loss of stock com plained of is due wholly to a neglect of simple rules and precautions in regard to every day living and treatment of animals. to which we owe so many of the comforts of life. __^______