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THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



339 



The Illinois Farmer. 



BAILHACHS & BAKEE PUBLISHERS 



M. I. DMLAP, EDITOR. 



SPRINGFIELD, NOVEMBER, 1862. 



Editor's Table. 



"JTovember's surley blast 

 Laid Field and forest bare," ' 



The above is not quite true of our vast corn- 

 fields, that still rustle with the golden ears. 

 Nearly all other crops are housed — the ma- 

 nure heap should not be forgotten, and it is yet 

 time to set out trees. Do not put off your tree 

 setting, but set them now if possible. Bank 

 them up well with earth and they will stand the 

 winter unharmed. Look to the drainage of your 

 winter wheat. Don't have your cattle and hogs 

 wallow in miry yards. And if you grew any 

 corn, see that it is housed. The corn crop is 

 light at best, and you will need it all— so take 

 good care of it. Cellars will need banking up — 

 stables put In order, and stock of all kinds looked 

 after ; for a coM autumn storm will never fatten 

 stock of any kind, however much exposed to it. 



(From the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.) 



Cow Milker. 



1. TiTCKKR & Son. — Observing an inqviry in 

 (he number of the Co. Gent, for October 16tb, 

 from a correspondent at Deerfield, Mass., about 

 the patent cow milker. I reply, that, as agent 

 for the manufacturers, I have been sd ing these 

 cow milkers occasionally, during the past season, 

 and expect to have the "improved machines.^ 

 which received a premium and attracted so much 

 attention at the late International exhibition, for 

 Bale in good season for the early spring trade. 



It was only a short time before the pateiitee 

 eft this country to attend the exhibition, that 



he perfected the "cow milker" so as to be able 



to recommend it with entire confidence. 



He took with him one hundred machines, 



which, after a most tliorough trial in the best 



cheese and dairy districts of England, proved an 



entire success. The patent was sold, (the United 



Stafes only being reserved,) for $25,000 cash, 



with a royalty of $5.00 on each machine to be 



made and sold. 

 Between four and five thousand were disposed 



of before one of the partners left, the other one 

 remaining a short time to superintend for the 

 purchaser of the patent the manufacture of 

 10 000 milkers. 



This patent cow milker, rather ridiculed at 

 first, Fith inquiry "what is coming next ?" hav- 

 ing passed the ordeal and close practical exami- 

 nation and trial of thousanSa of farmers in the 

 best dairy districts of England, may benow con- 

 sidered a fixed "American institution," 



It consists of a simple but fixt'd attachment on 

 the fide of the regular milk bucket, the India 

 rubber valves of which, opc-ating bj simple suc- 

 tion, are worked by a couple of levers with the 

 two bands, till the last drop of milk is drawa 

 from the udder. The teats are inserted in India 

 rubber tubes or cups, which are adjustible to 

 suit different udders.' It is contended that the 

 milk is drawn out more thoroughly than it pos- 

 sibly can be by hand, and also with more ease to 

 the cow, and ia a shorter time. 



There has been cases where unruly cows, 

 who would not stand to be milked by hand, qui- 

 etly submit to this last scientific process, which 

 puzzle them a little at first, but before recover- 

 ing from their surprise their milk is all drawn 

 into the bucket. 



It is well known that many fine cows are ruin- 

 ed by bad milking, and the extreme diflSculty of 

 procuring good milkers is felt by every dairy- 

 man. This invention, therefore supplies what 

 wants, and it is the intention to have them man- 

 u''actured on a large scale, so as to supply every 

 section of the country..' Pascal Moeeis. 



Wifh all due reference to Mr. Morris, we have 

 little faith in this machine, as we believe that it 

 will ruin any cow that it is applied to, in the 

 course of a feWweeks, making her leak her milk. 

 We do not propose to discuss the point, for all 

 that we could say would have but little influence 

 in preventing it being extensively sold ; nor 

 would we interpose any obstacle to its thorough 

 trial, for it is possible that it may yet be so mod- 

 ified that it may become a practical reality, and 

 we would call attention to this defect, and 



