Show A Wl pak HAk A AG 70 asa BREAKING KICKING COWS A of the country gentleman n aas aid Culli cultivator pator valor pas something like practical philosophy on M breaking kicking cows the first part of 0 hia hta communication la Is devoted to trev arev preview I 1 lew of tim tin cruelties cruel ties almost universally adopted in attempting to break the vi vicious clous I 1 which we pass over and clip the following C I 1 fethe rethe the writer of this artice has fie frequently met net witti directions in the tho papers for managing g in lacking bows such euch as strapping the legs I 1 and barioni other modes of hampering them while the process of 01 milking is going on I 1 haye have had boma soma experience in this line lint and hiie have found what I 1 think a much better way defecting a per permanent manert curo cure of the evil p ia there is 19 nothing easier than for an animal to be impressed with the idea of cause and effect the farmer who calls his pigs to dinner associates in their minds that call and a fine deai deal meal the ile shepherd te teaches achet his whole flock to come at his word for the salt or meal rhth h th he gives them andio and so ia lit a hundred I 1 eather kather instances it cause and effect may be ibus rhua pleasingly connected conne eted to together mether wether it may be also in the way of or penalty this brings firings me to my mode of 0 treating kicking lacking cows cowa I 1 first place them in a small yard and then make myself familiar to them if they are at all wild by stroking them or feeding them small lor bor morsels sels seis this maybe may be continued for tor some time it if necessary I 1 then commence mi milking placing a switch or rawhide under my idd left arm and the pail in the left hands handi hand BO so aa as to iliae neveria an any kick my ily great leading principle pe 1 13 3 never nevar to but once at a time no mattar tar what the provocation may be and always to keep per perfectly featly codi A single stroke always produces products terror but not excitement and end nd is therefore infinitely more dreaded than i a lt grm of blows which induce a reaction when I 1 milking if be the animal kicks or attempts to kick the whip 13 is quickly withdrawal withdraw a from under the left arm by the right or milbing hilbing hand kand and a single cut is applied to the baek back of the animal if she starts to run another bin alnie single 1 le out across the face brings her to a frari d still I 1 am especially careful never to tv strike but once and the whip is immediately returned to the left arm the animal ia is stroked keet kett or soothed in a firm pleasant voice aad axil the milking re recommenced commenced every livery repetition of the offense offence or attempt at tho the fuance is treated in precisely 14 the same may xay ay it ia is surprising to one who has h as not tr tried lei led this mode what a short time is re required forthe for tor ithee ether animal to understand exactly what is meant the kick always ia is sure eure to be followed oved by the single dreaded bow bov and the animal soon eom oom ato understand that it is j undesirable to t repeat it I 1 once met with a cow remarkable for the large quantity of aich rich excellent milk u hichi ahe abe gave give that hat was a furious kicker very few persons could endure her heg bad habits and she phe had llad been sold sod bod from owner to owner at guice euice successively diminished ji prices rices ibold I 1 tole told hw hopt last lait owner that hat I 1 could easily wasily cure hen her the remark of course was received jece pece jiede ved ived with perfect incredulity the them treatment I 1 have described describe was given at the first milking there wab waa seine pretty sharp blows frem trem her hoof boot ekich were evaded and ani the we single stroke of the whip given invariably in every instance before the milling milbing mii mil ring Bing waa vis via completed they had bad become much less frique frequent nf at the seco second ad milking the animal kicked waked only t twice trice rice vice and antt the third none at ai all in other words she sha was cured and in tw enoi only one oae third the time la which cert j oain faia t ain aln advertising preteR pretenders ders offer to te teach ah ih the lench bench language before the operation thi this s cow was waa a terror to t the hr hor legs were here faron iAron strongly gly strapped together a maii man stood at her head and the lauker laliker worked with a con stant fear of cema coma warlike demonstration now raw she became mild and gentle never stirred a foot sd with half closed eyes continued to chew her cud as long aa as the milking waa was going on arid and bhe she seemed herself enair entirely e ly satisfied with the change changed that had come 0 over er her I 1 never bever found but one eow BOW that I 1 could not entirely Ti break of kicking and this wag was an animal of extraordinary shrewdness s who se seeing nay tay erm firm and prepared manner would never kick hick walle wille I 1 had bad her in hand although treating every very oker other persen with warlike demonstrations rations it men who cattage domestic animas wo donld 1 uld nid exercise a moments moin moia enta reflection they would iee gee see that their arreg uler ular random and passionate treatment gould could do d bathing else than make them worse tacy asuat uit adopt a kind firm self belf controlled mannar manner and a complete system faithfully carrie carried I 1 out to produce the desired results |