MAKING MILKING POPULAR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 75, 3 September 1947, Page 7

MAKING MILKING POPULAR

SUGGESTED TECHNIQUE Means whereby most of the unpleasant jobs associated with milking a dairy herd might be eliminated were suggested by Mr W. G. Whitteston, of the Ruakura Animal Research Station, in a paper read at the Dairy Science Association’s conference at Massey Agricultural College. In dealing with the essential factors involved in machine-, milking, he said that the most efficient milking machine was one which had a stable vacuum system —a good pump and senstive relief valve—a uniform action and no “gadgets” other than a flow-indicat-ing sight glass to ensure that- teatcups were not left on longer than was needed. Such a machine operated on a complete non-strip basis (by either hand or machine), with the eliimnation of legropes (a hygienic time-saving improvement) and lack of chains in many cases, would give a handling rate of 10 or more cows per hour on a single-bail plant with one man to three bails. “This milking technique is efficient and free from the usual unpleasantness,” stated Mr Whittleston. "Working on a 15-inch vacuum, with properly adjusted teat-cups and with a system providing slightly-warmed water for washing the udders, we can eliminate most of the jobs in the shed that make milking unpopular.”