Tltc Murchland Milking Machine. 647 
turn with the little teat-cups (rig. 5), provided for holding the teats 
of the animal to be milked. The cups are made of tinned iron. 
The short stem shown on the side view is provided with a stop-cock, 
and is fitted for attachment to elastic tubing. The pail, besides its 
handle (c, tigs. 3 and 4), is fitted with two hooks (d, tigs. 3 and 4), by 
means of which it is suspended a little in front of the animal's udder 
■ — see fig. 1 — a broad band of girthing, with several links at either 
end (to allow of the adjustment of the proper position of the pail), 
being laid over the animal's loins for the purpose. 
When all is ready for a start the pump is worked, and the air is 
thus exhausted from the pipe. Then a pail is adjusted under 
the cow, the long tube is attached to a connection overhead, the 
