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R. A. Lister & Co. Ltd (Manufacturer)

This bucket milking machine was made by R. A. Lister, Dursley, 1915. Used at Ballard's Farm, in Edington until the 1930's..
This bucket milking machine was made by R. A. Lister of Dursley, in 1915. It is formed of twelve parts: * the bucket or can (object 91/23/1) * the bucket lid, with a rubber seal and a tap with a glass window * four teat cups with rubber linings * three short rubber 'hases' which attach the teat cups to the claw * claw to which the teat rubbers would be attached * the pulsator * a vacuum tap This machine was used at Ballard's Farm, in Edington. The farm adopted machine milking during the First World War but abandoned it soon afterwards. A new system was installed in the 1930s.

1 milking machine: metal: fair condition; incomplete91/23/1 Bucket or can for the machine; 91/23/2 Lid for the bucket (rubber seal and glass window top); 91/23/3-6 Four teat cups with rubber linings; 91/23/7-9 Three short rubber hoses (1 missing); 91/23/10 Thule claw to which the rubber teats would be attached. The long hoses connecting claw to the can are missing; 91/23/11 Pulsator (attaches to top of can); 91/23/12 Vacuum top (Lister's patent) fixes to vacuum pipes. The support for the teats and hoses when not in use is missing

Dursley

1915 - 1915