Like? STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
SECOND TREATMENT OF MACHINES. 
In Table 27 are given the results of tests where the machines 
were treated at night as given in connection with Table 26, 
but after the morning milking, in addition to the previous 
treatment, the rubber tubes and teat cups were placed in a 
solution of gold dust, one part (by weight) to three hundred 
parts of warm water as soon as they were washed, and al- 

TABLE 27, 
Comparison of hand and machine drawn milk. Night,— 
same as in Table 26. Morning,—same as in Table 26 except 
that after tubes and teat cups were washed they were placed 
in a solution of gold dust 1 part (by weight) to 300 parts of 
warm water. 


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Date | gg | “ine | 22 | ge | Be | Bee | B32 
3 e He FQ ea] icin fictos 
1905 Machine | p.m. | 11,010 | 1,790 290 | 1,380 
Nov. 21 | 281 Hand P.M. 1,760 450 10 380 
Nov. 22 | 283 | Machine | a.m. | 24,190 | 3,650 230 | 2,290 
Hand A.M. 3,280 575 10 350 
Nov. 23 | 286 | Machine | p.m. | 27,050 | 1,130 0 650 
| Hand P.M. 1,225 400 ct G 410 
Nov. 24 | 288 | Machine | a.m. | 48,430 | 6,250 25 | 2,200 
Hand ASM) DOO 2,000 100 450 
Nov. 24 | 290 | Machine | p.m. | 21,880 660 50 275 
Hand P.M. 4,400 675 0 Bab 
Nov. 25 | 292 | Machine | a.m. | 36,640 | 3,350 60 900 
i Hand A M. 4,760 a 2D 10 180 
Nov. 25 | 294 | Machine | p.m.-| 14,950 | 1,400 30 | 1,092 
Hand P.M. 1,092 350 10 325 
Nov. 26 | 296 | Machine | a.m. | 68,530 | 4,730 | 1,100 950 
Hand AM? 41 .500+1". 1-725 40 | 1,100 
Nov. 26 | 298 | Machine | p.m. |106,760 |12,630 275 600 
; Hand P.M. | 57,030 |34,460 40 50 
Nov. 27 | 300 | Machine | a.m. | 87,960 | 3,830 940 850 
Hand A.M. | 41,680 | 2,300 260 -i aie 
Nov. 27 | 303.| Machine | p.m. | 34,150 | 6,425 100 40 
‘Hand P.M. | 33,650 | 6,700 | 1,080 | 1,140 
Averages *| Machine 43,122 | 4,167 281 .| 1,020 
Hand 18,729 | 4,578 142 455 

lowed to remain there until they were needed for the next 
milking. Just before use, they were thoroughly rinsed with 
clean water which was nearly free from bacteria. 
During this series of experiments, the germ content of both 
