410 FARMING FOE. LADIES, [chap. xxi. 



milk gradually and regularly through the 

 teat, and force it from the orifice ; but with a 

 little practice that is easily learned. A me- 

 tallic syphon was a few years ago invented 

 by a Mr. Blurton, of Uttoxeter, for the pur- 

 pose of facilitating the process of milking by 

 inserting it in the orifice of the teat, and 

 might — if practically effectual — be useful in 

 large dairies ; but a good milker can extract 

 every drop from the udder of a cow within 

 ten to twenty minutes, according to the quan- 

 tity of milk which it may contain : in small 

 establishments very little time could, there- 

 fore, be saved ; and we have not lately heard 

 anything of the implement. 



The method of milking is too well known 

 to need any very detailed description, but 

 we may just remark, that the dairy-maid 

 must take a lesson from the calf, if she means 

 to perform it correctly. The teat is a mem- 

 brane of great elasticity, somewhat resem- 

 bling a funnel both in shape and office, which 

 she presses between her fingers and thumb 

 until she unloads the udder : most commonly 

 pulling the teats with great force towards the 

 close of the operation, for the purpose of 



