The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-09
MILKING MACHINE.
A Wonderful Apparatus in Opera
tion in Norway.
Cows MIXED by Mechanism.
Enjoy the Performance.


Washington for some time has just
made its appearance. IL is from
Thomas Il. O'Neill, United States con-
sui Mt Stockholm, Sweden, and is
description of milking machine in
use in that country. The report will
be read with delight by the farmers
and their wives and daughters. 1t is
rs follows:
BY friendly permission Of DIR. de
Laval, / had the pleasure of seeing
this wonderful machine in operation
on his estate, LILA Ursvik, Spanga
county, Sweden, where experiments
have been going on since October
last under the management of Mr.. Abr.
Forssell
1t has been thoroughly tested and
found perfectly satisfactory to intro
duce to farm owners. The milking
itself-that is, the evacuation of the
uddcr-is effected by mere mechanical
working of the teat, aud not, MS lately
appeared in the press, by combined
squeezing and sucking. Artificial
suction has proved to be rather i'm
practical and injurious when repeated
too often, and this is the reason why
such method has been omitted in
constructing the lactator.
The milking is done by two special
"organs," or pair of cylindrical rub
Der rollers that catch the teat ut the
root, thus shutting off the milk there
in. The rollers then move downward
to the lower part of the teat, from
whence the milk is squeezed out by
two plates moving parallel with each
other The function of the rollers is
rendered possible by a hold above
the so-called roof that is regularly
moved against the udder, whereby n
slight thrust is given the udder, some
thing like the knock that the calf
gives when sucking, which facilitates
the descending of the milk in the
teats, as well as the secretion of the
milk in the vesicles of the udder.
Every milking machine has four diff
ferent arms, one for each teat, which,
although with joint axle, work IN
dcpendently of each other, and even
alternate in their movements. Their
adaptation to the udder is done in
stantly. The arms move very easily
on point and spring attachments in
| every direction without losing the
necessary stendiness. The pressure
against the udder is affected through
the apparatus being fastened on to II
| horizontal rod, and so balanced that
the front part which contains the driv-
ing mechanism, and is consequently
! heavier, presses the lighter back part
against the udder. This pressure can
be increased, if necessary, by loading
the front part still more.
The axle that is common to the four
arms acts on very ingenious, but, at
the same time, very simple system of
eccentric pulleys and levers. The
rotation of the axle is effected
through cord that is led over the
heads of the cows, and is common to
all machines. Through n simple
coupling, this cord gives speedy rota-
ton to the flexible axle, through which
the rotation is communicated to the
axle of the four arms by means of q
coupling, which is done in IN instant.
The placing OF the apparatus on the
COW is very easy performance. A
belt that carries the rod is strapped
on the COW with n single buckle. The
apparatus is first started and then put
on the rod, and the different arms are
adjusted under their respective teats,
which the rollers then Immediately
seize, and the milking begins.
The milk is conducted through fun.
nel-shaped so-called "teat protectors
and short rubber tubes to a small tir
cup that is hanging in these tubes,
from whence, through vacuum ar
rangement, it is drawn up to tir
bucket that hangs over the head of the
COW. From the moment the mill
leaves the teat protectors till it get
into the tin bucket, it has not had
any connection with the outer air.
Even if the apparatus works awhile
after the uddcr gives no more milk
and consequently the cup becom e'
empty, no air enters on account of al
automatic arrangement, and this has
the result that tho milk is rs free al
possible from bacteria and keeps
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