POPULARISING MILKING

Opunake Times, 22 August 1947, Page 4

POPULARISING MILKING

DAIRY SCIENCE PAPER MASSEY COLLEGE Means whereby most of the unpleasant jobs associated with milking a dairy herd might be eliminated, were suggested by Mr. W. G. Whittleston, of the Ruakura Animal Research Station, in a paper read at the Dairy Science Association’s conference at Massey Agricultural College. In dealing with the essential factors involved in machinemilking, he said that the most efficient milking machine w T as one which had a stable vacuum system —a good pump and sensitive relief valve—a uniform action and no “gadgets” other than a flow-indicating sight glass to ensure that teat-cups were not left on longer thaji was needed. Such a machine, operated on a complete non-strip basis (by either hand or machine), with the elimination of leg-ropes (a hygienic time-saving improvement) and of back chains in many cases, would give a handling rate of 10 or more cows per hour on a single-bail plant with one man to three bails, “This milking technique is efficient and free from vacuum, with properly adjusted teat-cups and with a system providing slightly-warmed water for washing the udders, we can eliminate most of the jobs in the shed that make milking unpopular.”