RULES FOR MILKING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12968, 7 May 1906, Page 2

RULES FOR MILKING.

The Danish. Control Unions place the following poster in their milking sheds:— 1. A cow is 1 x a living animal, •which punishes neglect through less milk. Kind treatment produces more milk and lessens work. •2. Use perfects the living implement. Complete milking develops the adder, increases .the quantity, and produces milk containing more fat. vi The; milk -wnibli is obtained last contains 'four times as. much fat.as the first: ; "•'.- , f ; ' ; .' 3. Milk properly; : by- seizing <•. the. teats with the whole hand, \m& ' do not forget the slight pressure on the udder above, by which you promote the:-flow of the milk. Caress the cow after milking. . 4. Cleanliness at milking.—Brush your cows daily, and more : particularly the udder. Wash your hands before you sit down to milk a cow. Milk v with dry hands. \ . 5. Report at once * if. the udder shows irritability or -ulcers, obstructions to the flowing of the milk,-or if" hard to strip, or unnatural appearance. of the milk. \ 6. Milk always at the : same time, and the cows in the same order. '■;•■• 7. Let it be a foregone matter of honour to carry on milking in the best possible manner. ,■-•.