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Show Dairymen advised io crotch mild harvest What harvest goes on year round and pays more dividends divi-dends than most any other farming practice? Dr. Don Thomas, Extension Dairy Health Specialist, USU, said "It is your daily milk harvest." har-vest." Dairy farmers are not as ' close to the ' milk- and properly without causing caus-ing undue stress on the cows. Pay attention to the milking procedures, the sanitation, and the environment. Note the washing process in preparing the cows for milking. That is a pretty good indication of what the total milking process will be. The washing can be done quickly if the long hair has been clipped from the cows udder and flanks and the lounging stalls or sheds have been kept clean. Avoid over wetting the cows. Use your watch. See that at least 40 to 60 seconds and no more than two minutes min-utes are allowed after the washing and stimulation of the cows udder are started before the milking machine is put on. Work with the cows natural physiological process, not against it. See how long on the aver-aee aver-aee it is takine to milk a now ing harvest as they should be for their own good. They are hiring it done because they feel the actual milking washing, is more a mundane mun-dane chore and less desirable desir-able than other jobs on the farm that they prefer to do. They don't stop to think that the milk harvest is where they make most of their money from the dairy farm. Dairymen can get the best results if they get involved themselves and spend considerable con-siderable time even if they have someone hired to do the milking. He advised; Make sure the milking machine ma-chine is operating efficiently and how many cows are m ilk -ed per man hour. Check some of the cows after they have been milked to see if they, have been milked out and to observe the teat ends . for abnormalities indicating indicat-ing stress or teat dip that is too harsh. Realize that two to eight squirts of residual milk left in the udder is normal. But . no more.' - Use non irritatingteatdip. - An4 make sure this is stopped stop-ped when the temperatures drop below freezing. Strive for a calm, pleasant plea-sant atmosphere in the milking milk-ing parlor. Cows will do their best in the milk harvest har-vest if they enjoy the milking milk-ing process. And the atmosphere at-mosphere will be enhanced enhan-ced and a better job will be done if mutually agreeable incentive payment is provided pro-vided for anyone employed.. |
