CHAPTER XIV 



SUGGESTIONS AS TO PROPER MILKING 



Milking by Machinery. 



IN these days of mechanical ingenuity when many 

 devices are used to save labour, it is not surprising 

 that milking machines are fast coming into popu- 

 larity. Good hands for milking in a thoroughly 

 clean manner are very scarce in South Africa. We 

 therefore look for mechanical helps. While the 

 milking machine on a small scale has not yet been 

 perfected to bring it within reach of every dairy 

 farmer, there are several motor-driven machines at 

 work in South Africa by which a great number of 

 cows are milked, thus saving labour and time. 



The milking machine, as seen on the South 

 African market principally the " Omega " is 

 quite effective, and by the use of a motor-driven 

 pulsator the cows are milked as thoroughly and as 

 comfortably as though their own calves were at 

 work. 



The advantages of milking cows by machinery 

 are : 



