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additional work and time, which is an additional expense and 

 considerably diminishes the profit derived from the increased yield 

 of milk, and may even nullify it, since it involves the employment 

 of additional help. The principal advantages of Hegelund's meth- 

 od lie in the fact that the milkers are held down to thorough work, 

 and the milk glands are subjected to more correct and appropriate 

 handling. 



A modified form of Hegelund's method is the so-called "New 

 Algauer milking method, ' ' which combines the acts of the Algauer 

 method with those of Hegelund. The massage of each quarter 

 is carried out with both hands. The method of Sondergaard aims 

 to simplify the time-consuming work of "clean milking" inasmuch 

 as the residual milk is obtained by a wide extensive hold of the 

 halves of the udder at their bases, and pressing at the same time 

 and stroking downwards. The principal factor in each method 

 of milking is that the udder should be thoroughly emptied, and 

 this can only take place when each part of the milk gland is stimu- 

 lated by massage to the limit of its production. 



