' Supplement to the Tr&pical AgrieuUuritt.*' [Mat J, 1900. 
The Queensland Agricultural Journal, quot- 
ing the following from the Danish Milk 
Times, says : — The question has been asked : 
Ought milking to be done in quick or slow 
tempo? To answer this a series of trials 
have taken place in Germany, one of which 
we herewith publish. Qn the farm where 
the trials took place were the same lot of 
cows— Ave in number — alternately milked by an 
elderly iyomala, who milked very slowly, and by a 
very able young milkmaid, who finished her work 
in a very much shorter length of time. The follow- 
ing figiites gives the railk-yidld from the same 
number of cows— milked at the same time of the 
day — in pounds : — 
Slow Quick 
No. Milking. Milking. 
1 ... 32 ... 38A 
2 ... 34i ... 5l| 
» - 60 ... 68| 
4 ... 4(H ... 43 
5 ... 44i ... 60 
As an explanation of this enormous difference it 
i8>aid that, by the quick milking, the milk-glands 
were influenced so as to give a larger quantity of 
milk. 
