How to milk a cow

How to milk a cow

Milking of a cow is one of the abilities necessary for each hostess with a personal farmstead. There are two ways of milking – manual and machine. Earlier machine milking was used only in the conditions of a farm where very big livestock of cows contains. With the advent of compact milking machines the hostesses have a choice to carry out machine or manual milking.

It is required to you

  • - bread;
  • - salt;
  • - warm water;
  • - bucket;
  • - towel;
  • - podoynik;
  • - portable milking machine.

Instruction

1. When carrying out manual milking the animal has to know you well. Very many cows which are supported on a house farmstead milk only to the hostess therefore a cow it is necessary to accustom to know several people from the first days of milking that in the absence of someone it to replace other smog.

2. You carry out milking at the same time in the morning and in the evening. If you have enough free time, then can carry out triple milking, it will allow to increase quantity of the received products significantly. After an otel the milking has to be always triple as the calf needs warm pair milk. Now practically nobody supports a newborn calf under a cow.

3. Always at the same time you approach a cow, tenderly calling her by name, give to an animal a crust of the bread which is densely salted. Stroke an animal, wash an udder warm water, wipe a clean towel. Carry out light massage down dairy channels and very quickly begin milking. The cow gives milk only the first 5-7 minutes, then its pressure sharply falls. If during this time you do not manage to cost completely milk, then it can lead to mastitis. Systematic give short always leads to this serious disease demanding long-term and persistent treatment.

4. You make milking a fist, it means that in the course of milking all fingers have to participate. Milking by pinches when only two fingers are used, also leads to appearance of mastitis.

5. If you bought the portable milking machine, then process considerably becomes simpler. You do not have need to care that you will not manage to milk dry all milk. Hardware milking always promotes a full vydaivaniye and animals seldom have a mastitis against the background of nedodoya.

6. As well as at manual dock, wash an udder clear warm water, fix glasses and turn on the device. Compact milking machines can be used at the same time for milking of several cows that is very convenient at contents more than one animal.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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