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been devised which may be described as consisting 

 simply of thorough stripping at the end of each 

 milking period. Recently considerable interest has 

 been awakened in a new method of milking rec- 

 ommended by a Danish dairy expert, Dr. J Hege- 

 lund. The method is accordingly known by his 

 name. This method of milking has been tested 

 throughout the country and somewhat contra- 

 dictory reports have been given out concerning it. 

 The Hegelund method may be described as follows : 

 The right quarters of the udder are pressed together 

 by the two hands, the thumbs being held on the 

 outside of the udder and the index fingers in the 

 division between the two halves of the right side. 

 In producing pressure by the hands a slight upward 

 motion is also given to the udder. This motion is 

 repeated three or four times after which all of the 

 milk in the milk cistern is removed and the manipu- 

 lation is repeated, the same treatment being, of 

 course, given to the right and left sides. Fol- 

 lowing upon this, the two front quarters and 

 the hind quarters are treated similarly, and finally 

 the teats of the four quarters are manipulated so 

 as to secure all the milk which has been secreted 

 at the time of milking. In a dairy herd kept at 

 the Wisconsin University, the yield of milk was 

 increased four and five-tenths per cent, by means 

 of the Hegelund method and the production of 

 fat was increased from three to thirty per cent, 

 with an average of nine and two -tenths per cent. 

 The large increase in the milk fat obtained is 

 obviously due to the fact that by this method the 

 rich milk yielded at the end of the milking period 

 is obtainea more completely than by the ordinary 

 method of milking. This increase in the yield and 

 in the fat percentage was maintained throughout 



