“The Rotolactor“ - Hygiene’s Latest (1930)

Full title reads: “New Jersey. ’The Rotolactor’ - hygiene’s latest - automatically washing and milking 50 cows at one time in 12 1/2 minutes - inaugurated by Mr. Thomas Edison.“ New Jersey, United States of America (USA). A herd of dairy cows move along on a conveyor belt. They are washed down with water sprays - the sprays concentrate on their udders. Automatic milking devices are fitted to the udders by dairymen. Shots of milk filling bottles. The cattle move round on the circular conveyor as they are milked. The suction cups are removed and the cows walk away. N.B. No clear shots of American inventor Thomas Edison. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agen