DAIRY FARM DEVICES

Shannon News, 8 March 1927, Page 2

DAIRY FARM DEVICES

TO SHCURIS CLEANLINESS. The example of applied intelligence shown by a well-known farmer of Taranaki may assist to stimulate Others to exercise their im luity in overcoming difficulties and lessening 1 the labour on their farms . A farmer in the back country, who was once an accountant, has set a keen intelligence to the problem of turning out as fine an article from his farm as he possibly can. The farmer in question has to separate his milk and tend his cream on.certain days a week to the distant factory. His .vital problem, therefore, Was to ensure that the cream reached its destination in firtt class-order and to do this, he concentrated upon absolute cleanliness in and around the dairy shed. After being the cream flows slowly over an ingenious cooling arrangement capable of being attached to the side of any can. cooler consisted of a cylinder some' 3 J inches in diameter and about 13 inches long, through the centre of which cold water flowed in from the bottom and out of the top, while the cream undulates over the cooled surface into the can, thi s dispellnng any animal or other objectional odours contained in it.

From the other spout of the separator the skim milk is pumped away to the pigstyes some distance off. where a system of taps allow s the farmer to distribute the food in any stye he may desire. In this way lie eliminates the danger of contamination from stored skimmed milk, and minimises the labour of feeding the pig.

After having been used to deliver the skim milk, the pumps induce a flow of boiling water down the pipe ' to keep it clean and sanitary. Within the machine-room is situated a pumice cement boiler, built on the farm. This boiler is highly efficient and brings water to the boil in a very short time. A New Tdea, The mo.it striking feature of the shed and also one of the most effective in the war against contamination, is an entirely now idea thoughtout by this erstwhile accountant. An ordinary £in. water pipe leads from the boiler to the ceiling and traverses the length of the shed to the end further from the releaser, where it is attached to the milk pipe. When the cleaning of the teat cups, claws, etc., has been attended to after milking, the farmer simply turns a tap and boiling water is drawn by the action of the vacuum suction completely through the machine, vacuum tank releaser and separator. That th-i ingenuity of this farmer has been of practical assistance in the management of his farm is shown by the fact that whatever the-weather conditions or the feed being used, his cream is always of first-class quality when delivered at the factory.