The Milker's Mishap

The film features a man milking a cow, which becomes frisky and kicks over the milker and the pail of milk. The man blames some farm hands, and a quarrel ensues.

This description comes from an industry catalog in 1898: "A comic subject. Farmer milking a Holstein, which becomes irritated from the work of the farmhands in the barnyard, kicks over the milker and milk pail, and the hands quarrel over the spilt milk. Figures are clear and large."^[4]

A third description comes from a book on Edison's films: "A ludicrous subject. Farmer milking a Holstein, which becomes irri tated from the close proximity of a farm hand pitching hay and another currying a horse, kicks over the farmer and pail and makes things lively in general \ waste of good milk, but a very tine and clear subject."^[5]

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