More Milk in the Vat

Te Ao Hou, March 1962, Page 57

More Milk in the Vat I am sure that if you follow these instructions with milking your cows you will be pleased with the results and you will find that you have very little mess to clean up when your milking has been completed and what is more important you will have more milk in the vat or more cream in the can. To get the superfine grade cream your milking machines must be kept scrupulously clean and in good working order so when your milking is finished, first flush your machines and milk pipes with clean cold water. This is to be followed by the same flush with boiling water taken from your heater or copper. It is also a good plan to clean your milk pipe by letting a ball of horse hair flush through from the end to your releaser during the last flush. The keeping of your milking machines and cream separator in first class working order is also most important but this is really an expert's job. It is, therefore, wise to have these machines checked by an expert at least once each year to ensure that they are doing their work efficiently. This will not cost you very much but on the other hand you could easily be losing pounds in money each week by having inefficient separation.