NEWS AND NOTES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 24 January 1939, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES

Rapid Milking Urged Milking machines can actually increase the amount of milk a cow will give without causing bad effects on the animal’s udder if two simple milking practices are followed. assures Mr Dwight L. Espe, of lowa State College. J

Many dairy farmers leave the milker on the cow too long. This is the reason why these men find their cows drying up too fast at the end of their milking period. Six minutes for the average cow should be the time limit for the machine. See that the rubber liner in the teat cup fits snugly. Cup liners that are old and inelastic or that are too large to begin with do not grasp the teat tightly and fail to give the desired squeezing action. The quicker you can empty the udder the more thoroughly the cow is milked. Swiss Milk Pool According to a correspondent of the “Auckland Star.” whose information comes from the Swiss Office of the Development of Trade. the guaranteed price system is operative in Switzerland in the milk industry. The Milk Producers’ Association guarantees the price to the peasants irrespective of the price of dairy products abroad, with a view to relieving the confederation <or governing body) of subsidies which have been necessary during the depression years. Recently the association reduced by one centime (approximately an eighth of a penny) per litre the price paid to suppliers and increased by the

same amount the price asked from the consumer, thus increasing by approximately a farthing per pint its reserve pool, from which subsidies will be paid to the peasant.