The Cecil Whig., 1908-01-18
FARM NOTES
Milking Machine A Success


By the installation of an electric
plant at the farm ol Mr.. Joseph I.
Hoopes. near Allibone, the Electrical
Development Company oi Hartford
County, which was recently organized
IS commencing TO make good the pur-
poses Tor which il was incorporated.
The outfit which has been successfully
operating since November 5ih, con
s,sts of the manufacturing of electri-
city at the mill ui Mr.. G. 5. Walker
and the construction OF short line
from this mill 20 MIR. Hopes barn
nearby, where the electricity will be
used Tor lighting his barn and house as
well as for running the electric motor
which operates the milking machine.
From the pump room IN which tins
electric motor is located the pipes Tor
the yacuum system are carried to the
COW stable and run along the top OF
the slanchions above the heads oi the
cows. Between every other COW IS
located faucet. at which point the
yacuum is tapped for use in operating
the milking machines. These milking
machines. 81 which there are four AT
Mr.. HoopcS' farm, are the result OF
numerous patents. Efforts have been
made to initiate the cali as nearly as
human contrivancc can do, and results
have shown that the machines very
nearly approximate the natural milk
ing machine. To prove that the COW
is almost fooled herself. several of
those oi the St. Omcr herd have been
observed to turn their heads and car
essingly lick the milking machine,
which is located near the stanchions
At their heads.
The milking machine itself consists
oi large covered can with an auto
matte pulsator in the. cover which ac-
tually operates the machine. the can
merely being the receptacle into which
the milk flows From this pulsator
two tubes lead respectively To the two
cows on either side aud at the end OF
these tube, four metal tcai-cups with
a soft rubber mouthpicce at the end
attach the mixer to the uddcr These
are held in place on the tcats by sue
ton. this suction is not continuous,
however. but il is made and broken
by the pulsator to initiate the Swal-
lowing which The calf does. The tcat-
cups, however, lNlldlU w ltsltN'n AT
ter having been once adjusted. There
are four oi these machines in opera
tion at MIR llunpcS' farm. each one
milking two COWS. which allows eight
cows to be milking at one time. Nftcr
the electricity is first set IN motion the
operator carries milking machine mr.
between two cows, sets il down ncpa
the Stanchiur, aud turns un the vsha
mum; next he attaches the tcat cu,fi
first tu one cow and then to annthdnc
then he takes another machine to tru
second pair ui cows and does the saig
thing again; then the third machiHjI
to the third pair oi COWS: the iours'l
machine To- the fourth pair oi cows; g
has nov milking eight cows at oncsa
lie returns to the first pair, and scciib,
that they are thoroughly MIXED. takQ
away the machine aud carrie, il tu tlh
fifth pair ni COWS, he then goes hacf
10 care Tor The second pair oi cows
and so on Il Is very simple aud y
not cNhaust'uc labor \ woman or
wcll-prown bow can do ii, and in emf
ergcncicS. such q, sudden scarcity n
help from sickness or absence. sim
Gle operator can work over time and
milk a large dairy Vt Mr.. lfoopes'
farm two men are doing the work in
less time than four men used to do