Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-09-12
MILKING MACHINE.

ture. and al the same time not injurious
to the COWS, would be very popular
machine among some.
Such machine Mr.. kingman, OF Do
yer, n. H., AYERS he has invented and IS
getting patented. He comes out with a
very clear description Of it in the New
England Farmer and says it works " first
rate" He takes calf for model and man
ufactures a machine calf, with four
mouths, and sets him to sucking-substl-
tuting pail for the calls stOmach-0ut
we will let him tell his story as we find
it in the New England Farmer -
"In the first place, l take large sized
pail. either of tin or wood, and fit cover
so as to make it air tight; then construct
a small pump in some compact form, so
as to exhaust the air from the pail. The
pump made for my experiments (and
which is described in the application for
a patent) is part of the cover to the
pail, and being thin, works rapidly and
without friction, and does not wear so as
to leak. 1t is only necessary to produce
slight vacuum, such as a calf might make
with his mouth. | then connect four
rubber tubes, about eighteen inches long,
with the top of the pail and on the other
end of these tubes, fix little cup of
tin, glass or any other convenient materi-
al. about two inches in diameter and
three inches deep. Over the top of each
these cups is drawn cap of thin, tiex-
ible rubber, having sack or mouth in
the centre. of sufficient size to receive the
end of the cows teat, with 6 small hole
in the bottom for the milk to pass through.
4 The cap fits to the top the cup, air-tight,
by its own contraction, and also hangs
around the end of the teat, but by its fex-
Utility permits a free flow of milk into the
cup through the rubber tube into the pail.
Having got the machine il readiness,
slip each of the cows teats into one Of
: the soft, hexeble sacks or mouths, which
can be done in an instant with the end Of
the thumb-the rubber clings around the
teats and holds the cups in place.
). then commence pumping slowly anc
: easily, and the milk flows in large
: steady stream from each teat, through
!. the tube into the pail. The COW mean
!. time, is quietly chewing her cud, hardl,
knowing that anything is going on; s
h PERFECTLY is the teat sustained by the rub
: Der sack, that the suction hardly effect
d it at all, and there is no pulling, or finch
ing, or squeezing in any direction. Al
e the while the milk is flowing at the rat
d Of about two quarts per minute; at an.
N rate, have MIXED eight quarts of mil
h from my COW in four minutes, with
ht machine by no means perfect; becaus
s, being the first and only one ever mad
I'd and got up only to experiment with,
lg has suggested improvements which wi
" be embodied hereafter. l am entirel
ht satisfied that child or woman can mil
lie with this machine with perfect ease, taste
Ii than four mixers, either men or Momel
can milk by hand.
But the chiefest recommendation
s. the machine remains to be mentione
10, The common method of milking by har
IN necessarily exposes the milk to more
. less dust, dripping from the hands, al
he other kinds of filth, which often spoils
MI taste, and always gives to one the i'd
ar that he is swallowing a disagreeable
mount Of uncomfortable materials. E.,
TX the best aud most careful mixers cam
I'D, avoid getting something into the pail tn
M should not go there; this is proved
nd the universal custom of straining mi
Tas Immediately after milking, in all cas-,
. and by whomsoever it may have be
elf MIXED. But straining will not take @
re- the drippings from the hands of carele
w filthy mixers; and the result is, We
lat general complaint among customers,
the bad taste of milk, too often attribut
18th to the adulteration or dishonesty Of mi
ITO men.
This machine, however, entirely OBJ
MS ates this unpleasant difficulty. The m
md is drawn directly from the udder into
be covered air-tight pail, where no dust
ing drippings CT filth can fall itself, or
Die thrown by carelessness. The Irish gi
ne cannot dip their hands into the pail
Eek moisten the teats, as is their comm
- practice, nor can the cow step into
lty' pail, or kick it over, so as to spill the mi
INT In short, l think the milking mach
sh' will be great labor-saving improvem
for the agricultural community, and
% genuine comfort to both the COWS a
O'n the consumers.
ne e. An unstable man, who does
ave know which way to take or how to act