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4. Some of our young cows have given very good results with the 

 m.. chine, indicating that it may be possible to breed and train cows which 

 will give fairly good results under this system of milking, though they 

 are not likely to be so good as if trained to hand milking. 



5. Special care needs to be exercised in the cleaning of the machine, 

 otherwise the milk is liable to be tainted. Simply sucking water through 

 the parts is not sufficient. All parts of the machine that come in contact 

 with the milk must be thoroughly scalded or steamed, at least once a 

 week, and for good results this should be done daily. 



6. On average farms, where ten to twenty-five cows are kept, we do 

 not believe that it would pay to install a milking machine at present. On 

 farms where fifty to one hundred or more cows are kept, and where labor 

 is very expensive, and difficult to get, and where the owner of the cows 

 is not so particular about maximum yields from individual cows, the 

 milking machine is worthy of careful consideration. However, we do not 

 consider the machines at present on the market as anywhere near perfec- 

 tion, and we look for great improvement in them during the next few 

 years. 



