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Domestic News
July 6, 1853
Grant County Herald
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
A farmer shares a remedy for a wild cow withholding milk after calf separation: weighting her back with a bushel of grain in a stable, later just a hand touch sufficed.
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Cows Holding up their milk--The certain Remedy.--
A few years ago I bought a young cow, which proved to be very wild, and when I took away her first calf she would not give her milk. I heard it remarked, that putting a weight on the cow's back would make her give her milk down. I accordingly drove her into a stable, got a bushel of grain and put it on her back. While kept in this position the cow had no power to hold up her milk, for it came down freely.
— After doing this a few times, and afterwards putting my hand on the back of the cow, it would give way and she would immediately give down her milk.--[Cultivator.
A few years ago I bought a young cow, which proved to be very wild, and when I took away her first calf she would not give her milk. I heard it remarked, that putting a weight on the cow's back would make her give her milk down. I accordingly drove her into a stable, got a bushel of grain and put it on her back. While kept in this position the cow had no power to hold up her milk, for it came down freely.
— After doing this a few times, and afterwards putting my hand on the back of the cow, it would give way and she would immediately give down her milk.--[Cultivator.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Cow Milk Withholding
Farming Remedy
Agricultural Tip
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Event Date
A Few Years Ago
Outcome
the remedy succeeded; after a few repetitions, placing a hand on the cow's back caused her to release her milk freely.
Event Details
A farmer bought a wild young cow that withheld milk after her first calf was taken. He applied a remedy of placing a bushel of grain on her back in a stable, which forced the milk to flow. After repeating, merely touching her back achieved the same effect.