FARM DAIRYING 



purities. It will be getting closer to Nature's way. 

 The calf, when allowed to go with the cow, drinks 

 the purest of milk — direct from the producer to 

 the consumer. 



The principle is much the same in nearly all 

 milking machines. 



There are four bell-shaped cups in which the 

 teats are placed. A tube from these connects with 

 a covered pail, and to the pail is attached another 

 tube connected with a vacuum pump. As the air 

 is drawn from the pail by the pump, the suction 

 causes the rubber cups to press or squeeze the teats, 

 and this pressure forces the milk from them. 

 Then as air is admitted, the cups relax a little and 

 the milk flows from the udder into the teats. A 

 glass fixture on the pail-lid shows when the milk 

 has ceased coming. Heavy milkers are after- 

 wards stripped by hand. Where herds of fifty or 

 more cows are kept, the milking machine is fast 

 growing in favor, especially as it becomes harder 

 each year to secure good milkers. 



I may not be sanguine enough, but to me the 

 human hand, with its firm, yet gentle, sympathetic, 

 adaptable touch, will ever remain the best and 

 most reliable milking machine. 



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