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Four milking machines were tested: Harmony - Alfa Laval Agri, Uniflow - S.A.C, and two standard ones: Westphalia Separator AG and Alfa Laval Agri. The two former machines were additionally equipped with electronically controlled cluster removers, and the standard machine Alfa Laval Agri with audible signal of milking completion. 16 cows were milked in barn conditions measuring the milking time and the amount of milk obtained. The measurements were taken at morning and afternoon milking. Variance analysis of the results proved the hour of milking to have had a significant influence on duration, yield and rate of milking. Now, the type of the milking machine tested appeared to have no significant effect on the milking parameters, the greatest differences having been observed in the duration of milking.