THE "OMEGA" MILKER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 16 September 1914, Page 2

THE "OMEGA" MILKER.

A DKM ON SITUATION AX BBLL block. A very in tori-sling trial of the "Omega'' iuiik.ni; mac-lulu; took place yesterday alunm'n .Ll the t ,.'i/jn-riy 01 .\lr. 11 .Johns, JJeil iiiock. A ia Jiam-U-r of the leading ti airy men. of 'the district were present. Til,; machine was ai'monstralcd anil worked by (lie representative from Sweden, Mr." C. A. An dur.sjn, nii'i ail present vere very jnuoli impressed with the simplicity- of tiij Wbjii'Sj aijtl Uio very cjfeclivo way in which a numliil' Oi were milked, fl'he "lOmega" Icwlirt jv"<sTy tMnpl.t; indeed, and is claimed to 'be tin-' oiilj" machine in the world that haa teliuioid tubea : by winch tile milk is conducted from the teat cups to the receptacle, thereby doing away with rubber tubes, ■which are so difficult to keep clean, ml are so costly in up-keep. Tlit, teat-cups are entirely supportel cn t'he celluloid -tubes. The itu'bca allow a universal nation of the cops, including a teli'Bcopic motion. Tliis allows 'Ui.i cups ri'om for adjustment to lit any cow. The tubes being transpar cut, tlio attendant em at once see that all four quarters are milked properly, and r uy means of a tap, which is fit-red to each tube whore it leaves the cup, he can cease to opeiate ?ny cup he ma; choose. Should the cups become deladled froiu any cause, ll ov cannot fall down on the, Ili-.-or ul uhe bail and »uel; in dirt, diwt, eta, and thereby cause an unclean product. The "Omej;'.i" milking machiire has taken ou very well in Europe, and is tbera considered aa the test and cheapest machine on the market, and tilli demonstration set, without a dou'bt, -i good m«ny of the. visitors thinking that a machine of this kind would be very beneficial to tho dairy industry as a whole. Tln> ''Omega" secured .laft year, amongst othor ihcnois, a largo gold medal from the Royal Agr,cultural Society in England for being llie best machine among thirteen machines from all partj of the world.