The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-23
.DAIRYMtA MUST use
MILKING MACHINES
VIII Have to Resort to MIX scales,
Weigh Sheet and Babcock
Test.
TEST ASSOCIATIONS
10 AID THIS WORK
Improved Apparatus VIII Pay for
Itself I'm Increased Efficiency.
Dairy Labor Scarce.

Dairy labor Scarce.
Especial to The Richmond Nlrginiin)
Biackshurg. Va Dec. s2,--The stu
dents at the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute this year are doing their part
in the war by intensive military
training, and the men on the stan
OF the agricultural college aud state
experiment station are doing their
share by preaching the gospel OF agri-
cultural preparedness to farmers IN
every section OF Virginia Labor If
the one great problem of tho FARMER
now, and C. w. Holloway, associate
professor of dairying gives one SOU
tion of this for the dairymen FRO
fessor Holloway says;
This war will starve the low|pro-
ducing cow or send her TO the
butcher. As prices of feedstuffs are
almost prohibitive. dairymen VIII nave
TO resort 10 the milk scales welsh
sheet and Babcoek test to locate tne
Improbable consumer of these nigh-
priced fseds. Cow test ASSOCIATIONS
will aid in this work
There is another factor which ap
pears to be even more serious TO dairy
men than the high cost Of feeds, ana
this "a the Increasing difficulty OF Sc
curing labor for dairy farm WORK
| IAborers have no difficulty in secar
ing much higher wages ana more con-
genial Jobs In tho cities than thos~
| offered on the farm, What, then
the dafrsman 70 do The answer Is
the milking machine but many
| ouestlons arise at once because OF the
| general lack of knowledge amous
| dairymen OF these machines some
of these questiors are asked and an
swered here from the e&Periehc" %
users OF machines ard OF othefS VINO
have made extensive experiments WIFE
the various types
rs the milking machine sue'@7@
generally? Yes
as the milking machine a success
with all cows No
-.ts--t- results --.xn secured with cows
that here been machine roi4ked from
the first ralvine but even after be
ing hard 1niiked. most cows take
readily O. the machines
"Hos mase COWS should he m
herd Ia Justify the installation ol
nlachtrea TWrE'F-f3Vc to thirty
Are al machines built alike M
In buy ny deal With reliable nF3Hs
only Most or the Weit-kno"h t"a
time Is sased one man can nt'i -.
ing machine construction is Sill III
.he pro,rss 81 evolution and improve
ments are constantly being made
30 cows give a. much milk WITH
machine ~ With haut missing They
40 whom both COWS and r1achineS at"
handel carefully
.no machines dry up The COWS
early Not %heh tne CONS V
ped ca~afuliy
'DrS o3re nFe~ FROM tna@ItiHN 70 4'~i1t''
miIkfe affect the dow les *ee'-
ouslv
How mu"e tim" ~ saved WIN F4'S
chimes Mh.a t@o doaaie oha's %I'
operate rs aae @Gn, ABOUT taai toi'
utes l.er COW are seN"' y h"i 81.
snan oTprat~s three ao@hf" UNITS h1ot
dime ~ sovca one man can ''.'..s
from lnur IL eig COWS ~ it'lh to"f
teea - sixteen h''"ites
is IT necessary "a "TRIP me Wv
after the nacntnf2 Nhh w 10
chimes no" eu ths mar -
unsa T. TO neglect -'riapige-
Does mechi'7e WHklNS h'@1fN -
nader or teets7 Observations N.th
the best machines liz ~ thet'''
rather tiaae fB3hT<BS fFrScts =,
what is The cost Tor Ss3~eFS y 81.
electricity ~ Ave caHts heF kAo"aLN
hour and three horsepower iHoeVi ?
the cos, ~ Wisconsin rN~efitaff' sN"-
ton for twr 4nits WIS HOUR Genus Yea
hour T7e NertackE experiment 49,
ton secure lt>e results VAIN a@othes
kind OF ma >aiEe.
Are mach 1ea expensive 70 man
talne The rubber V'uts 1auSt DC
pewe,l sometil ess but ~ other PaIAs
are durable. One dollar "a year F%'
amt has beer .onp'e fot repairs Win
some machines.
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