DRIED MILK INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1918, Page 3

DRIED MILK INDUSTRY.

It is important that in view of the almost immediate inauguration of the dried milk and condensed milk industries throughout New Zealand, that farmers bear in mind that only absolutely pure fresh milk is suitable for these purposes. Milk that has been subjected to vacuum, either through the releaser, or bucket type of milking machines rapidly deteriorates, owing to becoming what is known as ''gassed" and is unsuitable for producing dried milk. The manager of one of the largest dairying concerns in the North recently asked the opinion of the various creamery managers as to the cause of so much bad milk during recent years, and was informed unanimously that the deteriorated and inferior milk came from those suppliers who were milking their cows with the releaser and bucket type of vacuum machines.

The Farmers' Milking Machine does away with all vacuum pipes, vacuum tanks, vacuum pumps, and vacuum releasers, and delivers the milk direct from the cows teats, fresh and sweet, not under vacuum, and then conveys it by gravitation into the cans on the stand, any distance or height from the milking shed. The only purpose for which the vacuum is used with the farmers machine is between the inflation and the wall of the cups, to produce the squeeze. The Farmers is thj only milking' machine that allows of any alteration in the squeeze in milking, so that ah easy cow or a tough cow, side by side, in, the bails, can be milked as desired.

The Farmer's Milking Machine lias been in practical use for five years, and the testa having proved satisfactory in every way it is claimed to be the most scientific production in milking machines on the market. They are now installed in most districts over the North Island, and the company have sheaves of testimonials from satisfied users. Tlw striking advertisement appearing to-day proves the machines to be very low priced, certainly solves the labor problem, and the company with the fullest confidence commend the machines to the dairymen of the Dominion. In the first place the usual vacuum pump which rejiiiros a lot of power to drive (and consequently waste benzine or kerosene) has been dispensed with. It C"»i therefore use a smaller engine (12 b.h p.) and this cuts down working expenses. This is large enough to ruu a four-cow plant and separator at the same time, and means a substantial saving hi the cost of upkeep, week in and week out There are long lines of vacuum pipes, no vacuum tank, no pulsator, or vacuum releaser, and no vacuum pump, while each double bail is a se'.f contained, complete, and independent plant. The advantages of this are obvious,■ and any user of the present day machine will readily appreciate this feature, a? it allows for individual testing, as each cow's milk, at. will, can be obtained separately, and weighted, at a moment's notice. 11l actual working (except for testing) no milk is seen in the cow shed, but is delivered by the machine to the separator or factory cans. Bucket plants being entirely dispensed with means a great saving 111 labor. Tha milk is not conveyed along vacuum pipes, but delivered by nravitation, which causes the Farmer's Milker to bo not only the most efficient, but most sanitary machine on the market. On inspection dairymen will appreciate the ease with winch the Farmer's ■ Milker can be cleansed, and this is a great advantage over all other makes. It has proved itself a boon to the small dairy farmer milking 20 to 30 cows, whilst it can be used, for the largest herds equally well and is supplied in .2, 3.4, 5.0, 'cow plants upwards.