Show time and work saved by use of milking machine the man labor used la in caring for dairy cows in nevada varies all the way from 81 hours to aso hours a year for each cow as indicated by 44 detailed farra farm records secured by the experiment station of that state the average chore time for or herds berda which were machine milked was hours as against hours for or I 1 all herds of 0 15 or more cows milked by hand the average time required lo in all hand milked herds which on the whole had fewer cows than the machine milked herds was hours which showed that where laborsaving labor saving equipment was not available labor costs were higher for a 25 cow herd a mill milking ing machine win wil make a net saving in labor of each year according to this experiment peri ment station this calculation assumes that labor Is valued at 40 cents an hour and allows an expense of 00 annually tor for the machine |