New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.: 67 
tional air being supplied by the King system of ventilation. 
The ceiling and walls are smooth and of matched lumber, the 
lower 42 inches of the walls being surfaced with galvanized 
iron. The mangers and floors are of cement but the cows stand 
on wooden platforms and are bedded with sawdust. They were 
in Drown stalls, an arrangement which is not highly satisfac-_ 
tory for the operation of the milking machine on account of the 
latitude for movement allowed the animals. 
Feeding.— The grain is fed before milking with an interval 
of about 10 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the even- 
ing, the hay at noon and the silage after the milking at night 
and morning. 
Care of the cows.— The cows are curried thoroughly with 
comb and brush each forenoon, particular attention being given 
to their sides, flanks and udders. Twenty \to thirty minutes 
before milking in the morning they are brushed with a broom 
and about thirty minutes before milking at night they are gone 
over lightly with comb and brush. The udders were not clipped 
except that on some cows the long hairs which were pulled by 
the teat cups were removed. 
Method of cleaning machines.— The Globe machine, before 
noon each day, was scrubbed with bristle brushes in a sal soda 
solution and rinsed in cold water. The metal parts were sub- 
jected to flowing steam for 5 to 8 minutes. After milking at 
night it was rinsed in cold water, then in a solution of sal soda 
and hot water and again rinsed in cold ‘water. These rinsing 
solutions were drawn through the rubber parts by means of 
the vacuum pump. | . | 
The Burrell-Lawrence-Kennedy is rinsed after milking in the 
same way as the Globe machine but instead of the daily scrub- 
bing the rubber parts and the teat cups are immersed. in a 10 
per ct. salt solution between milkings. All the metal parts 
except the teat cups are washed and with the exception of 
the pulsator piston are thoroughly steamed daily and once a 
week the rubber parts and teat cups are also scrubbed in a sal 
soda solution. 
