DRIED MILK INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1919, Page 7

DRIED MILK INDUSTRY.

Reprint fnbm the Taranaki Daily News, October 2nd, 1918. (Published by arrangement). 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 releasor, 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 releasor and bucket type of vacuum machines.

At the conference of the butter and cheese factory managers of tho Auckland province held at the Farmers' Freezing Company's premises on October 4, 1918 (see report in the Auckland Herald October 5, 1918) and attended by members of the Government grading staff, Mr. C. J. Parlane, chairman of the executive presiding, the chief speakers were the chairman, Mr. W. N. Singleton, assistant director of the Dairy Division Department of Agriculture, and Mr. S. J. Ambury, chairman of directors of the Farmers' Freezing Company. It was explained that the purpose of the conference was to impress upon iiiose interested in the manufacture <t. butter and cheese, the need of improvement in qual: ity. The opinion was generally expressed that despite the fact that the factories are equipped with the latest and most modern appliances, and the manufacture is carried out on the most scientific lines known, the quality of the butter and cheese now being turned out in the province is not equal to that ruling a few years ago before the advent of the releaser and bucket type of vacuum milking machines. The competition between the dairy factories for the supply of milk and cream was said to be largely responsible for this state of things, as some of the factories rather than offend a supplier, and perhaps his friends, accepted milk and cream which had been "gassed" and otherwise of inferior quality, and it was felt that if this competition could be eliminated by amalgamation of the various concerns, they would then be in a position to refuse to receive "gassed" and inferior milk and cream from suppliers, and a marked improvement in butter and cheese would result

Mr. Singleton referred to the development of the margarine industry, and the speaker having demonstrated the superior nutritive value of butter said we had nothing to fear from competition with margarine, and he firmly believed that we were going to have a very wide field and a continued good market for our butter and cheese, but urged that quality must be their main aim. The Farmers' milking machine is the only machine capable of milking the cows and delivering the milk as pure as though the cows had been hand milked. The Farmers' milking machine has no vacuum releaser, no vacuum tank, no vacuum pump, and no long lines of vacuum pipes and no vacuum buckets, but delivers the milk from the cows' teats pure, fresh and sweet. The milk being in air the whole time and not under vacuum taken any height and conveyed by gravitation into either the separator or into the cans on the milk stand any distance from the shed. The only purpose for which vacuum is used with "The Farmers' Machine" is between the inflation and the wall of the cups to produce a perfect squeeze. The "Farmers" is the only machine that allows the alteration in the squeeze in milking, so that an easy cow and a tough cow, side by side in the bails, can be given whatever squeeze is desired by simply a half turn one way or the other, of a relief valve set alongside the vacuum gauge, one of which is fitted to each double bail. Very little power is required to operate the "Farmers' Machine" —a If h.p. engine being sufficient to drive a 4-cow plant and separator at the sams time, and this means a substantial saving in the cost of upkeep week in and week out. The cups adapt themselves comfortably to any sized teat and do not fall off. Another great advantage of the "Farmers" is that should a fractious cow kick her cups off during milking it doe? not in any way affect the cups on the cows milking in the other bails, as each unit works separately and independent ol' the other. Users of releaser type of plants will appreciate this feature as should a set of cups of the vacuum releaser type of plant fall off all the others do likewise. In actual working (except for testing) no milk is seen with the "Farmers" milker in the cowshed, but is delivered by the machine to the separator or factory cans. The "Farmers" plant is the only plant that allows of individual testing of cows without hand milking. Should the farmer wish to test any particular cow or cows the vertical pipe (one from each unit) up which the milk is forced to the gravitation conveyor pipe is instantly disconnected, and a bent pipe fitted in its place, and the cow milked into an open bucket or kerosene tin, and after the stripping? are added the milk is weiglied and tested, whilst at the same time the remaining cows milk which is being milked in the other bails is delivered into the separator or cans on the stand. The "Farmers" is the simplest, most efficient, sanitary machine on the market, and can be cleaned much easier and quicker (every part being accessible) than any other existing type of milking machines. It has been in practical use for over six years, and it has pruwt itself to be the most scientific production ill milking machines on the market. It. is supplied in 2-cow, 3-cow, 4-cow, 5-cow, 6-cow and 8-cow plants, and a 2-cow' complete with engine, milking up to 2UI cows an hour costs £IOO cash or £llo| terms. Send for catalogue and testi-l monial to Farmers' Milking Machine 1 Company (Taranaki), comer High and Princes Streets, Hawera.