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Show I I. DAIRYING B , THE MILKING MACHINE. LslK Hk A mcchunicnl milker has long been H ! desired by farmers and dairymen to H relieve them of the drudgery of milk- Hi ing the cows twice a day. Many do- H? icos of this kind have been invented, H few of which have proved practical ' under prolonged tests. The advance m ; toward securing a satisfactory device Hi of this sort has been constant, and at m ' present there arc several milkers that i may be classed as practical machines. B Power is supplied by an engine or H motor to run an air pump, which pro- W vides the necessary suction and vac- H num. This suction is intermitted to H imitate pressure iUy the hand in milk- H ing or by the calf in sucking. Ex- H trcmc cat is needed to keep the rub H her tubes, teat cups and other parts B 1 lean, otherwise the milk will be con- H taminatcd worse than by the hand, milking. But where such care is tk B en cleaner milk can be secured. B It is only in large dairiesthose W containing a dozen or more cows H that will fnd the milking nncirine H rofitable.' Tt cost 1 $7 to $iqo to H jut in the n "'sary outfit for a dairy H of this size, besides the power. The H small farmer, keeping a few cows. H can hardly afford to put in a milWug machine, but then the milking of a few cows is not a serious task. One of the long-time readers of V & H, Ralph L. Hinman of Madison Co., N. Y. has invented and perfected perfect-ed a milker. He writes of it: "We have had this machine in operation since Sept. 25, 1907. The results are excellent. We find with the aid of this machine one man can milk two or three times as many cows in the same length of time as by hand. The milk is kept perfectly clean and the cows take kindly to it. In fact, we find nervous cows arc milked with a .great deal less trouble than by hand." |