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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



The Hegeliind method of milking, which is really a series of manipu- 

 lations of the udder, is described as follows: 



First Manipulation. — The right quarters of the udder are pressed 

 against each other (if the udder is very large, only one quarter at a time 

 is taken) with the left hand on the hind quarter and the right hand in 

 front on the fore quarter, the thumbs being placed on the outside of the 

 udder and the four fingers in the division between the two halves of the 

 udder. The hands are now pressed toward each other and at the same 

 time lifted toward the body of the cow. This pressing and lifting is 

 repeated three times, the milk collected in the milk cistern is then milked 

 out, and the manipulation repeated until no more milk is obtained in this 

 way, when the left quartei-s are treated in the same manner, (Fig, 1.) 



Second Manipulation. — The glands are pressed together from the side. 

 The fore quarters are milked each by itself by placing one hand, with 

 fingers spread, on the outside of the quarter and the other hand in the 

 division between the right and left fore quarters; the hands are pressed 

 against each other and the teat then milked. When no more milk is ob- 

 tained by this manipulation, the hind quarters are milked by placing a 

 hand on the outside of each quarter, likewise with fingers spread and 

 turned upward, but with the thumb just in front of the hind quarter. The 

 hands are lifted and gra.^p into the gland from behind and from the side, 

 after which they are lowered to draw the milk. The manipulation is re- 

 peated until no more milk is obtained, (Fig. 2.) 



Third Manipulation.— The fore teats are grasped with partly closed 



hands and lifted with a push toward 

 the body of the cow, both at the 

 same time, by which method the 

 glands are pressed between the 

 hands and the body; the milk is 

 drawn after each three pushes. 

 When the fore teats are emptied 

 the hind teats are milked in the 

 same manner. (Fig. 3.) 



In trials of this method on 142 

 cows the average amount of residual 

 milk oljtained was about 1 pound 

 per head daily, the average butter 

 fat in the milk. The average fat 

 content of the herd milk obtained 

 in the regular milking was 4.29 per 

 cent, of the residual milk 10.32 per cent, or 2.4 times as large as the 

 former. The time required for after-milking by the method was from 

 two to three minutes. 



Fig. 3. — Third manipulation in the 

 Hegelund method of milking. 



