Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-05
TIL DAIR Y.

OUR attention is called to the use of pat
ent mixers now SO extensively advertised,
and which are meeting with a liberal sale
among farmers and those who dairy on a
small scale. We are not tavorably impress
ed by any device yet invented for milking.
Quite Il number of instruments have been
patented within the past few years for the
extracting of milk from a cows udder, but
not a single one, so far as heard from, has
proved a practical success. All OF the pat
ent mixers that we have yet seen advertis-
ed, are catch-penny concerns. Like a great
many other things which are sold by ven
ders, they seem to operate we'll at first, but
are soon laid aside. The mixer does we'll
tor a little while, but all who have used
them agree that a decrease in the flow of
milk is noticeable in a few days, and not UNI
frequently the milk becomes clotted and
bloody. Some make them a partial success
by milking by hand after removing the
mixer. The following treatment OF the
subject by the Elmira IN. w Farmers
Club, is anything but encouraging to the
Introduction of these machines:
Mr.. Billings answered for Mr.. Fitch, who
had used the machine on eight COWS for two
days, that the shrinkage in the yield was
rs quarts. That was bad enough; but to
make the matter worse four of the COWS, al
though milking in good order before the
trial, at the end of two days gave lumpy
milk, and two others bloody milk, while
the remaining two were nearly dry. Mr..
Fitch desires public notice to be given of
his intention to eject from his premises any
man who should enter with the request that
he take II patent cow mixer.
President Hoffman said: 1t is due to all
who are interested in this invention, and to
dairy who may be deceived by it, that we
make plain statement OF the facts. l have a
letter now before me from the person who
left the mixer with me, requesting me to
Withhold his name in my report of the trial
made OF the mixer, for | have written him
that it was a miserable cheat, as | was very
sure it would prove to be when | took it,
and had so informed him. believe that he
was misled and that he will not attempt
sales. SO in obedience to his request, the
name is withheld. The mixer will do the
work tor which IL is designed. 1t will draw
oil the milk in about the same time it can
be done by hand. The trouble comes after
wards, as you have just heard. When |
took the mixer it was near night, and | had
sixteen COWS already MIXED. Having
promised a trial | selected six others. and
gave directions that they should be MIXED
by this device, and in no other way, until
instructions were given. It was used with
six COWS for five milkings. AT the end of
that time four were giving lumpy milk, one
bloody, while all had shrunk from nifty TO
eighty per cent. of their yield. Now, we
cannot afford to let such Il cheat be put up
on dairymcn if we have any influence to
prevent it. pronounce it an unmitigated
humbug. I was not surprised by the result,
but | confess | did not expect the evil to be
developed so soon. II this thing is put up
OH the unsuspecling farmers by smooth
tongucd statesmen who expatiate as they
will upon the exemption it affords from the
hard labor OF milking, the dairy interests In
the counties near here may be damaged to
the extent of y full million of dollar. We
must condemn the mixer in the most posi-
tive and public manner.
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MILK AND ITS PRESERVATION.
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