THE MILKING MACHINE.

Waipa Post, Volume V, Issue 211, 9 May 1913, Page 4

THE MILKING MACHINE.

CLEANLINESS—OR THE SCRAPHEAP. Referring to the crusade which is being conducted in favour of absolute cleanliness where the milking-machine is used, a Taranaki farmer urged that too much care could not be taken of the machines, and he added, if the farmers cannot see this for themselves, no step on the part of the Department of Agriculture could be too extreme to force cleanliness on the dairyman. From a long personal use of machines, and a study of those used on other farms, he had no hesitation in saying that it would be far better not to use a machine than to use one which was not kept perfectly clean. The best place for a machine that was not kept .clean was the scrap-heat. A “ lick and a promise ” was no good when looking after the machines, they must be systematically taken to pieces, and all the parts thoroughly cleansed. The best results he had found were obtained when a man was set apart to attend to the machines alone. The man who had to attend to the machines had no time to do anything else, and if he kept them thoroughly clean he was fully earning his wages. “Personally,” concluded the farmer in question, “ I have taken an interest in the machines for many years, and whatever might be said about some of the old styles, I have never seen a good modern machine which was not a success when it was properly looked after and cleaned. As I said before, however, if they are not kept thoroughly clean, the best place for them is the “ scrapheap.”