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herds, where hired milkers have to be employed. I think it 

 is a fact that the mechanical cow milker is almost in sight. 

 Perhaps I said " in sight," this morning. If I did, I will 

 stick to it, and say that I think the successful mechaoical 

 cow milker is in sight. I would rather stop there as far as 

 my record goes for 189G. 



They cost from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dol- 

 lars for a machine to milk one hundred cows. You can get 

 a machine that will milk ten cows, but it would not make 

 very much difference in the cost. One hundred and fifty 

 dollars pays the expense of putting the machine up. Some 

 parts of them are fixed in the stable, and do not have to be 

 moved after they are once put in. 



Adjourned at 3.30 p.m. 



