ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN DUNEDIN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 5

ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN DUNEDIN.

Among the mechanical developments of agriculture in recent years none" has perhaps attracted greater interest than the Milking Machine. The successful use of the Milking Machine, aocording to Professor Uirscn, of the State College of South Dakota, depends upon three main factors—first, the operator; second, the cow; third, the machine. The machine is a factor to the extent that some machines must bo adapted to the needs of eome kinds of cows. The cow is a factor becau: some cows are better adapted to the uso of any machine than are other cows. The man is the chief factor because upon him devolves the "'hole problem of adapting the machine to the cow and the cow to the machine. "Any intelligent man," says Professor Larsen, "can milk any cow successfully with any standard milking machine. With the majority of cows—those of placid disposition, that give a good flow of milk, that give it down readily, and that have uniform quarters and teats—it does not oven require a great deal of intelligence. But it is the odd cow —the excessively nervous cow,' the hard milker, the cow with an uneven udder—that causes trouble and requires, intelligent handling. "The careless or thoughtless man will give her no more attention than the rest. It is the combination of this kind of man and that kind of cow—though the remainder of the herd may milk satisfactorily—that sometimes causes failure of the machine." Practical experience of the difficulty mentioned above was one of the determining factors that decided the inventor of the '' AUTO" Bucket Milking Machine to fix to each bucket a separate pulsator that could be independently speeded to suit the needs of each individual cow. The simple turning of a small tap varies the speed of milking, and thus gives that human touch "to the machine that, produces the best results. The "AUTO" Bucket Syestem of Milking also has the manifest advantage of enabling the dairy farmer to test his cows for output and quality with the minimum amount of trouble. Careful testing pays well, and sometimes discloses the fact that one or more cows that are considered amongst the best milkers of the herd do not produce enough to pay their own way. "AUTO" Milking Machines will be displayed at the Winter Show bv John Chambers and Son. (Ltd.), of Dunedin, Chriatchurch, Wellington, Hawera, Gisborne, and Auckland. Besides the Bucket Machines, the firm will also display for the first time the perfected "AUTO" Releaser Milking Machine, which is fully expected to take the leading place in Releasor plants, just as the "AUTO " Bucket System ha.s shown its superiority in its class. 25.5.18.