Hegelund System oe Milking. 



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The ''after-milking" now follows, and is conducted in three 

 different manipulations. In the first manipulation the right 

 quarters are pressed against each other (if the udder is very 

 large only one-quarter is taken at a time), the hind quarter being 

 held from behind with the left hand, ;.nd the fore quarter with 

 the right hand, in front. The hands are now pressed toward 

 each other, while the milker at the same time lifts them toward 

 the body of the cow. This pressing and lifting is repeated three 

 times, and each time the hands are lowered in order to squeeze 

 out the milk collected in the milk cistern. The left quarters are 

 then manipulated in the same way. 



In the second manipulation the quarters are pressed together 

 from the opposite sides. The fore quarters are milked separately 

 by placing a hand, with fingers spread, on each side of the 

 quarter ; the hands are pressed against each other three times 

 and the teats then milked. When no more milk is obtained 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 under the quarter, just in 

 front of the hind teat. The hands are lifted and grasp into the 

 gland from behind and from the side, after which they are 

 lowered to draw the milk. The manipulation is repeated until 

 no more milk is obtained. 



The third manipulation consists in grasping the fore teats 

 with partly closed hands and lifting the hands with a push up 

 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. The 

 milking is then finished. 



Experiments have been undertaken by Mr. F. W. Woll, at the 

 Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station,* to ascertain pre- 

 cisely what results this method would give with the cows in the 

 herd at that station. As soon as the regular milkers had finished 

 milking in the ordinary way, the additional amount of milk was 

 drawn by the manipulation described above ; and the weights 



* Nineteenth Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the. 

 University of Wisconsin, 1901-2. 



