SUGGESTIONS AS TO PROPER MILKING 155 



1. Cleaner milk is obtained. 



2. No waste of milk. 



3. It imitates nature better than hand milking. 



4. It saves labour and time. 



5. The cow is milked completely dry. 



6. Bacteria is eliminated by 90 %. 



7. Milk keeps longer. 



8. Does away with irregularities of natives. 



9. The machine being a fixture is always at. 

 hand. 



10. Cows like it. 



11. The working cost is smaller than where 

 five or six boys have to be employed. 



12. There are no chapped or sore teats. 



13. When once used the old style is never again 

 adopted. 



14. More intelligence is required to work it; 

 but this is an advantage, for any extra knowledge 

 spent on a dairy cow means cash. 



15. Dust and dirt in the stable do not get into 

 the milk. 



Milking by Hand. 



In South Africa the general practice with regard 

 to milking is to have it performed by native boys. 

 This is peculiarly a South African method and one 

 adopted from the black population, and this system 

 is entirely different from any other dairy country 

 in the world. In Africa the men milk and the 



