Object number
96/15
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Description
A model of a 1920s milking parlour with two pairs of animal cells. The model includes two weighing scales, two spare weighing frames, three wooden churns and feed hoppers leading to individual troughs. The doors have long handles so that they can be reached by the operator. It is one of three milking parlour models (96/15-17) made by the staff at the National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD).
Physical description
1 model milking parlour: wood; metal; fair condition
Label Text
Model milking parlour. This model demonstrates the layout of a 1920s milking parlour. It contains weighing scales and frames, wooden churns, feed hoppers and troughs. A milking parlour is a part of a dairy farm where cows are taken for milking. Before refrigeration, parlours were attached to the rear of milk shops and sold fresh milk straight from the udder. Until the end of the 19th century, cows were milked by hand. Early mechanical milkers used a 'vacuum' method to replicate a calf sucking. The surge milker was invented in 1922 which added a tugging motion to the tubes.
Production place
Shinfield
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