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is weighed and recorded each time before being run through the 

 separator, and a sample of the original milk is taken for the butter 

 fat test. 



MILKING BY MACHINE. 



Colonel Phelps does not like to "pail a cow" any better than 

 you or I, and having satisfied himself that the machines would do 

 the work, installed the milking system. He uses two machines 

 which thoroughly milk 20 cows an hour and absolutely prevent any 

 foreign substance getting into the milk to contaminate it. He is 

 convinced that the cows are producing more milk since the machines 

 were installed, as no milk is ever left in the udder. He says that 

 the cows seem to like the new plan better than the old way of 

 being milked by hand. The machines do not injure a cow's udder 



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Clearing the himl and scoiriiif? best of hiiilding material on tlie Phelps farm. 



if left on for a considerable time after her milk has all been taken, 

 and he has not had a case of sore teat since he started the machines. 

 That is one feature which pleases him very much. 



A St. Louis dairy, which wants high grade cream for exclusive 

 customers, has offered Colonel Phelps a premium of five cents a 

 pound, butter fat test, for his cream, but as he is interested in the 

 Carthage creamery and wants to help encourage local business, he 

 has declined the offer. 



The litter and manure are removed from the barn twice a day 

 in a special litter carrier, which operates on an overhead track 

 behind the cows. The litter box can be lowered to within a few 

 inches of the floor for convenience in loading and quickly raised out 



