The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-09
MILKING MACHINE.
a Wonderful Apparatus in Opera
tion in Norway.
Cows Mixed by Mechanism.
Enjoy the Performance.

W"aAiHktoh TOT some time has Just
made lie appearance. II Is from
Thomas b. ONonl, United States con-
eul at Stockholm, Sweden, and is
description Of milking machine In
use IN that country. The report will
be read with delight by the farmers
aud their wives aud daughters II Is
aa follows;
by friendly permission OF DR.. do
Laval, / had the pleasure Of seeing
this wonderful machine In operation
on his estate, Lila Ursyik, spanga
county, Sweden, where experiments
have been going on since October
last under the management Of Mt. Abr.
Forssell.
It has boon thoroughly tested aud
found perfectly satisfactory TO intro
dnco to farm owners The milking
itseli-that is, tho evacuation OF the
udder-is effected by mere mechanical
working Of the teat,and not, as lately
appeared in the press, 10y combined
squeezing and sucking Artificial
suction has proved to be rather inn
practical and injurious when repeated
too often, aud this is the reason why
such method has been omitted in
constructing the lactator.
The milking Is done by two special
"organs, or a pair Of cylindrical rub
Der rollers that catch the teat at the
root, thus shutting of the milk there
~. 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 hold above
the so-callod roof that is regularly
moved against the udder, whereby a
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 we'll as the secretion of the
MIX in the vesicles of the udder.
Every milking machine has four diff
ferent arms, one for each teat, which,
although with a joint axle, work In
dopendently 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 steadiness. The pressure
against the udder is affected through
the apparatus being fastened on to q
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 a cord that is led over the
heads Of the COWS, and is common tc
all machines. Through 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 {
coupling, which is done in an instant.
The placing Of the apparatus on the
COW is a very easy performance. 4
belt that carries the rod is strapped
on the COW with single buckle. TIL
apparatus is first started and then pu
on the rod, and the different arms arr
adjusted under their respective teats
which the rollers then immediatel.
seize, and the milking begins.
The milk is conducted through fun
nel-shaped so-called "teat protectors
and short rubber tubes to a small ii
cup that is hanging in these tubes
from whence, through vacuum NJ
rangement, it is drawn up to ii
bucket that hangs over the head Of th
COW. From the moment the mil
leaves the teat protectors till it ge
into the tin bucket, it bus not ha
any connection with the outer all
Even if the apparatus works awhi