—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18,1978 112 This morning Andy Martin was in my office, and I made the mistake of asking him what seme of his current problems are. Next to the fact that he couldn’t keep hi® hair combed with all the wind we have been having, one of the basic problems he has to deal with is low quality milk as a result of dirty long-haired cows. As a dairy sanitarian for a large cooperative, Andy knows that long hair on udders and flanks is not only against the rules, but makes the production of high quality milk very difficult. Clipping cows goes beyond just keeping your “milk inspector” happy. The length of hair on the udder, tail, flanks and topline can also greatly influence the amount of mastitis and other Lancaster County DHIA (Continued from Page 111) Vernon R. Umble & Son R&GrH 27 68.0. Jacobs. Stoltzfus GrH 28 Marvin Reed R&GrH 30 John U. Stoltzfus R&GrH 21 M. Irvin Eberly R&GrH 28 Ivan Bowman Jr. R&GrH 31 William P. Arrows] Mix 22 James G.Kreider R&GrH 36 Nelson H. Hershey RH 31 Nathan E. Stoltzfus RH 65 Emanuel L. King R&GrH Melvin R. Eby RH 35 Alvin M. Martin R&GrH 31 ,| HESSTOIV FARM EQUIPMENT LIQUID MANURE SYSTEMS Unique tank-type spreaders let you load, transport and spread manure slurry and never leave the tractor seat Ask About Our Winter Warmup Bonus MILLER’S REPAIR 1 Mile North of Bird-m-Hand 8 miles East of Lancaster RDI, Bird-in-Hand, PA Phone 717-656-9013 ityAgent Lancaster, Pa. herd health problems that you can experience. No; I have not come up with a new form of “long hair” mastitis. But consider what happens when you try to wash an udder with a lot of long hair on it. To get the udder clean and stimulated you must wash it. To wash the udder obviously you must get it wet. Therein lies the problem. Attaching milking machines to wet udders is asking for mastitis problems. Not only will you get more machine damage to the udder, but when the teat cup is removed, a drop of bacteria laden water collects on the end of a wide open teat - Bingo, coliform mastitis. I think you will 80.9 41.9 30.0 87.0 52.6 29.9 88.4 46.9 34.5 83.0 48.1 32.7 86.1 43.7 94.2 31.1 ith 60.2 46.4 86.7 34.1 146.1 92.2 45.8 36.5 91.9 43.8 61.2 84.9 42.4 41.0 90.0 47.5 54.4 86.7 48.9 45.0 84.9 42.7 agree, well clipped udders are easier to wash and dry. Clipping can also go a long way towards controlling other winter health problems such as lice and barn itch. These very little critters can cost you a lot of milk because they generally weaken the cow and make her uncomfortable. Our local veterinarians tell me that each winter they treat numerous cows for udder injuries that were sustained when the cows were violently scratching against some piece of equipment. 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