NEWTON KING, LTD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 5 July 1921, Page 7

NEWTON KING, LTD.

RIDD MILKING MACHINE

The famous Ridd Milking Machine is again on exhibition at the Winter Show and constitutes a portion of Messrs Newton King, Ltd.'s exhibit in | the Machinery Hall. It is a well-known j fact that Mr. Ambrose Ridd (from ! whom the'Ridd milking machine derives ' its name) .was undoubtedly the founder of the milking machine, not alone in this country, but in the world, and it is to the genius of this man that the dairy industry of New Zealand most particularly owes so much for the marked contribution he has made by his invention to its crreat progress. It was Mr. Ridd who made the milking machine and the dairy cow his especial study, until, in 1907, he produced the first really practical milking machine that the world saw. In the interval Mr. Ridd has gone on improving; his machine, until to-day it is the' most perfect on" the market. A cursory examination will at once convince the dairy farmer that the Ridd is the simplest machine upon the market. The Ridd, too, is specially built for durability, all its rubber parts being made from the finest Para rubber. The releaser is made of specially tinned copper and the inflation cases are of heavily nickelled brass. In fact, every part of the machine has been given the most careful consideration and is made for use and service. In short, the Ridd is the farmers' machine, because it is built for good, hard, solid use. A special feature of the Ridd stall is a two-cow releaser plant driven by a 3 h.p. Lister engine. In noting the features further, one is attracted by tKfe raising can, which enables the milk pipp line to be kept as low st\ possible in t shed without in any way retarding tbr height to which it is wished to deliver the milk. An advantage of the lower pipe line is the greater facility it affords m the milking process, a point which must always be recognised when aiming I at efficiency in the shed.

Fitted up at the Ridd stand for demonstrating purposes is an automatic pulsator. This provision is made for possessors of Ridd machines who may happen to have their sheds located too far away from the water power to permit of the mechanical pulsator being operated. As illustrating the satisfactory operation of the automatic nnlsator, it may be stated that the Ridd firm have installed several plants with it, all of which, are giving eminent satisfaction.

Four types of teat cups, which are being, sold with the famous Ridd machine, are being; demonstrated with on the firm's show stand". These comprise the standard cup, which is, without doubt, the quickest, cleanest, and best cup in the world. The favourite is a medium weight cup, absolutely sanitary and so constructed that a brush can be passed through the inflation, while provision is also made for taking up the stretch. The soft inflation cup has an extension milk nipple which permits of the stretch of the inflation being taken up without having to take it out of the ca?e. This cup was designed to meet the need of the dairyman 1 who wants a soft inflation cup, and has met with remarkable success, particu- ; larly in the Stratford and Hawera districts. The 1920 cim is similar to the standard, but has the improvement of a patent attachment which enables the stretch to be taken up in the inflation. In conjunction with the Ridd machine is shown a 65 gallon Alfa Laval separator. Invented in 1878, the Alfa Laval was the first continuous cream separator, hus revolutionised dairying the world over, has led at all times in every stage of separator improvement and development, and stands further in the lead of everything else to-day than ever before. c

As well as the 3 h.p. Lister engine shown with the Ridd machine, the firm are showing a 3 h.p. Lister engine mounted on a portable truck, a 3 n.p. Lister engine on a sledge, and a 2 h.p. Lister engine. Over 6000 of these engines have been sold in New Zealand up to the present. The Lister engines are so well made and so utterly simple to use and handle that they cannot help being satisfactory. There is nothing to go wrong: Quality is the keynote of the design and manufacture of the Lister engine, placing it in a class by itself as the best example of engine value to-day. In holding as they do the sole agency in Taranaki for the Lister engine and the Ridd machine, Messrs Newton King, Ltd., can. combined with their well known service and attention, offer a combination that is well worthy of the attention of any farmer who is contemplating purchasing a milking machine.