550 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Warivich. 
side, driven with a chain and crank handle. The upper edges 
close first on the upper part of 
Fig. 8. — Danish Milking Machine 
Fig. 9.— Nicholson’s Vertical Engine. 
the teat, and, as they open, the 
lower edges close in a similar 
manner. The suction is ob- 
tained by pressure, and not by 
pulling. The pressing action of 
the cushions seemed to draw the 
milk in an intermittent manner 
not unlike the action of hand- 
milking. The inventor showed 
the machine at work at the 
Heathcote Dairy Farm, belong- 
ing to Lord Warwick. The 
first cow was a long teated one ; 
the two front teats were well- 
stripped of milk ; the two 
hinder ones, not being quite 
so long, were with difficulty 
kept in the machine ; one had 
a little milk left in it, the 
other had had none taken from 
it. Other cows were tried 
Avith no better result. The 
cows stood very quietly, much 
more so than would be expected, 
but it was evident that,although 
the action seemed somewhat 
like the action of hand-milking, 
and would milk one teat at a 
time fairly well, the trouble of 
adjustment and work of turn- 
ing the handle took quite as 
much time, and also as much 
exertion, as milking by hand 
would do. 
Article 4281. Messrs. 
Nicholson also exhibited a com- 
pound vertical engine and 
boiler (fig. 9) of 4 horse-power 
nominal of very simple design, 
which ought to give more 
economical results in working 
than a single-cylinder engine 
of the same power. The cylin- 
ders are placed alongside each 
