The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-11-13

\ man has built Il milking machine.
From time immcmorial the COW has
switched her tail, kicked over the milk
pail and been mistress to certain
extent of all she contained. But
hereafter she will have to accommo-
date herself to labor saving device
which will pay little regard to her
feelings in the matter
This milking machine has been in
vented in Scotland. 1t is said to
work perfectly. 1t is known as the
Thistle. " and an English farm paper
says 20 of it:
chiac yet invented was recently shown
at the Darlington fair, where it at
tracted more attention than any other
novelty on exhibition. The machine
has been so thoroughly tested by cx-
pcrts that it is now considered to be
almost perfect, and it has given so
much satisfaction as to warrant the
erection of large works for the manu-
facturc of the machinery. Its con-
struction is based on the principle of
suction produced by vacuum in tcat
cup, which, pressed against the tcat
of COW, extracts the milk, which is
carried off to il receiving pail. While
the tcat is drained of its milk air en-
tcrs the cup, allowing the former
pressure to relax. and the tcat is again
filled with milk from the udder. Va
cuum is once more created in the tcat
cup, which again collapscs. pressing
out the milk into the tube, and it then
passes to be received as before. The
exhaustion is, of course, effected by
means Of an air pump, which can be
worked BY the motive power mos.cou-
vcnicnt.
The tcat cup is BY far the most
important part Of the machine. Great
difficulty was experienced in manu-
featuring the cup on account OF the
complications Of movement required
in initiating the calf's lip and tongue,
special machinery having to be manu-
facturcd for this alone. These tcat
cups arc about the size Of an ordinary
vino glass, are made of flexible india
rubber and arc adapted to any COW.
The four cups join at the bottom,
with tube attached long enough to
carry the milk to the glass cylinder Or
trap on the top of the pail. Another
tube connects this glass trap with the
exhaust pipe running overhead. When
the cups are placed on the teats and
the exclusion Of air is complete the
milk begins to flow, not in continu-
Gus stream, but intcrmittently,
streaming into the glass receiver with
each respiration of the pulsomctcr,
just as it would do when the hand
closes on the tcat in the act of milk
ing, the momcntary interval between
each stroke being exactly the same.
BY aid Of the glass receiver the
attendant is enabled to see when the
milk ceases to flow, and then removes
the cups at once Should the suction
20 on, however, after the milk ceases
to flow, no injury will be done. This
has been fully borne out by practical
experiment. 1t is also worthy of note
that the milk froths' up in the pail
Just the same as if done By hand.
The friction is so gentle that the COWS
seem to enjoy being milked by it.
"a hand machine for four COWS,
with woman and Il lad, is capable Of
milking thirty COWS in less time than
four women can do it. Larger ma
chimes arc being fitted to milk large
numbers ut Il time.
The most obvious advantage to BIZ
derived from a milking machine lies
in the fact that large number of
cows can be MIXED with the employ
mcnt of but few hands. This is Il
matter Of greater Importance in dairy
ing than in most other lines where
machinery is sought to be introduced.
because, while in other lines it may
cheaper production. i'll dalryins the
number of COWS that can be kept Is
limited by the number Of hands that
can be kept busy Oh the farm outside
of the milking hour.
AN additional advantage is the
absolute cleanliness that is possible
with a properly constructed machine.
it being admitted that even the most
strictly clean and careful hand-milkcrs
cannot entirely keep impurities from
the milk ."-.Ncw lork JI"fI.