The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-28
A MILKING MACHINE,
It's Modus Operandi Is Very Simple ant
Satisfactory,

It's Modus Opersndi Is Very Simple and
Satisfactory.
On the farm of Haining Mains, on the
estate of the Duke of Portland, for
some months past new milking ma
chine has been in operation.
The apparatus, as installed at Haining
Mains, is of very simple character.
An ordinary iron pipe, one inch in
diameter, is carried round the cow house
at convenient height above the shout
ders of the COWS. 1t communicates with
hand pump, whereby the air is drawn
from the pipe, a circular tank con-
nected with shallow we'll of water
serving as regulator of the vacuum.
From the iron pipe project connections,
one opposite the space between every
pair of animals, each connection being
furnished with stop cock To any one
of these connections is fitted q length
of indiarubber tubing, the other end
being attached to nozzle near the top
of the milk pail, which is of special
construction. The pail is cylindrical
in form, with a truncated conical
top. Its opening, which is four inches
wide, is closed by means of thick
glass disk, which restsinside flush with
the outer rim of tho pail, supported by
thick rnbber band, held in place by
projecting ledge underneath. On one
side of the shoulder of the pail is the
nozzle which has been referred to, and
on the opposite side are four similar
MOBILES, all of which are like the small
connections upon the iron pipe. The
solitary nozzle is for attachment to the
long flexible tube from the iron pipe;
the other four are for short lengths OF
tubing connected in their turn with es-
pecially constructed teat cups, each Of
which receives teat of the cow under
operation. The cups, like the pail, are
made of timed iron, and each ono is
provided with tap or stop cock. The
milk pail has, in addition to its handle,
a couple of hooks, by means of which it
is suspended little in front of the
cows udder, broad band of girthing
being laid across tho animals loins for
the purpose.
The modus operandi is very simple.
When all is ready, the pump is worked
by lad, and the air is thus exhausted
from the iron pipe. Then pail, with
its cups attached, is adjusted under the
cow, the long tube is joined to one of
the connections overhead, the stop cock
opened, and partial vacuum is estab-
lished within the pail. Next one of the
cups is moistened and placed so as to
embrace teat; the stop cock of the cup
is then opened, the teat is then brought
under the influence of the vacuum, and
the greater external atmospheric pres
sure at once causes the milk to begin to
flow. After all four cups have thus
been ad iusted four jets of milk can be
seen flowing into the can Immediately
beneath the glass cover. In from eight
ten minutes the COW is MIXED dry"
The animals submit very quietly to
this novel method of milking, and after
the first time they appear to be scarcely
conscious that they are being deprived
of their milk. The apparatus, indeed,
promises to relieve much of the distress
which, under existing circumstances,
seems inevitable. Its use will obviate
the excruciating pain which animals
with chapped or swollen teats must
necessarily suHer wnen MIXED by hand.
Moreover, its employment will insure
much greater cleanliness in tho opera
ton of milking, benefit of at least as
much Importance to the consumer as to
the producer. One attendant can con-
venientiy keep half a dozen COWS going.
By the time the adjust ment has been
made for the sixth COW the first COW
will about have finished milking, and
her pail can be taken for the seventh
COW and so on. To maintain the vacuum
few strokes of the pump occasionally
are sufli cient.-London Times.