MILKING BY MACHINERY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1903, Page 4

MILKING BY MACHINERY.

18., in The A mtralasian ) I introduction of the cr*am ( lere has been no more imition or development in conj the dairying industry than tachine Possibly the greatest ith which the dairyman has to-day is the uncertainty of hj, of course, presses hardest | time in the flush of spring, lost important that his cows oroughly attended to. It is ng, then, that the dairyman ratching, as he is, with the erest, the various attempts eing made to provide some method of extracting the milk >w. The welcome which a iog-niacbine woull receive is lifted by the cordkl recaption given to the Lawrence-Ken-»e, which, at the outset, proIve the difficulty. Huudreds »chinas were bought and miv« r the state, and it is only satest reluctance that their use pended. The Lawrence-Ken-ne h*s gone a long way toing the need f >r a mechanical 1 it may be regarded as cerhe defects which have been will ultimately be remedied, sent time, in fact, mechanical nd others are endeavouring to se defects ; and a patent nas t out, in »;1 the States and an improvement that, to the mm'to mark a very decided •d, if it does not solve the eulty. This invention, it is add, is the work of a W. stern mer, Mr Alexander Gillies, s was one of the first dairymeu iet to adopt the Lwrencelachiue, and lie watched its ;eenly, with the result that he ie of the vcrv first to discover lings. Tt may be laid down as this connection that the nearer lical appliances approach less of a calf's suckingthe more ley to be successful. Both of es already in use, the L.-K. irtnett, havo rccoguiscd tins a certain extent. Both apply issure, in pulsations, to the is correct as far as it goes. iett, however, applies the the wrong manner, and this, reaknesses, causes it to milk Curiously enough, too, one ingenious attaebmsnts of this float that cuts off tho vacuum ilk ceases, and causes the maip off the teats automatically—,n useless. Anyone with the intary knowledge knows that ntly stop their milk during the icess for a few seconds, or a baps, and this natural fact purpose of the float.* The ine is fawly quick, and applies iressure; but its great drawinability of the single tube 'o the v<cuum pressuse to the irry off the milk at the same difficulty iB not very apparent owb are not milking heavily, to this reason that the prelisfaction with the work of the mostly installed in the flack s due. With the heavy flow the flush of spring, however, übe becomes quite unable to , The milk surges back 10 the gradually accumulating, until it « driven up against the teats. Ue, of course, the vacuum is satisfactorily on the teats The es are that the cow is milked 1, most important, annoyed, and holds baclc her ntor of tbe new machine, who ad dairyman, at once saw that ißsful the machine must act in u to remove the milk quickly, t also work so as not to annoy The power of the cow to hold : for a time is in a way the crux ition. Cows milked by the line have often been allowed to few minutes, and-the>, when Iced by hand, they have given aps half a gallon more milk. this fact was observed dairy the machines tried hand-milk-tely, and found, to their alarm, were losing gallons of milk to use of the machine The ion provides at the --u a.t, Ly wo tubes, for a ireu How of the from the teat. The vacuum g pressure to the teat goes up tube, and never goes near the this means the surging back of i avoided. Ihe inventor also, lat the direct pressure of the the bare teat was distasteful to ovided a rubber interior lining. be sides, which fits round tht irminates at the bottom in the carries the milk away. The r applying tbe pressure to the a at the bottom of the teat-cup, e rubbsr and tbe outside case rubber is fixed in such a way iressure imitates, with curious the sucking of a calf. '1 his in aost important facfor. When e is working the vacuum forces 1 to grip, with an upward pre rk, at the top of the teat (i e , b udder), and squeeza downincreasing pressure. At the a slight but steady vacuum mes along the milk tube to the ibe being joined to the interior sing); and draws the milk ay as it is forced out by the iction. The operation is imlore comfortable to, and less the cow thau tbe oil process. shines have been in use for 9 on the inventoi's own herd of ■e they have been watched very not ODly by the inventor himby dozens of other practical Many of the latter have the shine standing idle in ' their they are keenly interested in mean much to them. So far e is answering all expectations, g all the milk away ; getting it in was the case before, and the to like it. Cows that had e habit of holding up their milk Id machines are letting it down is the importance of the issue lat it is sincerely to be hoped ivention will prove to be a sucnay be added, in conclusion, ust as handy as the other mamore expensive, and as easily } and repaired.