HEGELUND METHOD OF MILKING. 



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Methods of Milking. 



Milking the cow is such a simple operation and one that occupies in the 

 aggregate so much time, that it is easy to become careless about it and to 

 look upon the operation as one not requiring skill nor demanding scien- 



Fig. 1. — First manipulation in the Hegelund method of milking. 



tific investigation. The feeding has received careful attention, both by 

 investigators and farmers, until it is now probably correct to say that the 

 cow in the hands of the progressives is more scientifically fed and nour- 

 ished than most children. The ventilation and sanitation of stables has 



Fig. 2. — Second manipulation in the Hegelund method of milking. 



also been the subject of much discussion, but it is certainly a fact that the 

 art of milking has not received the attention it deserves, at least not until 

 very recently. 



