MILK YIELD AS AFFECTED BY TIMES OF MILKING.
Much discussion always arises when the subject of the advantages of frequent milking is mentioned to dairy-farmers, writes E. T. Hainan, in the “Journal” of the English Ministry of Agriculture. An interesting study on this subject has been carried out. at Missouri University by Ragsdale, Turner and Brody, who, as tne result of the experiments extending over three months arrived at the conclusion that a cow that is milked twice daily. If the number of times of milking is increased to four times a day, the yield will be increased to 116 per cent. Thus, on this basis, a cow-' giving 10 quarts of milk a day when milked twice daily will give 11 quarts if milked three times a day, and 11.6 quarts if milked four times a day. The results of this experiment indicate that where labour conditions can be adjusted to the new routine, milking three or even four times a day will be allowed by beneficial results. In a herd giving 100 gallons of milk a day extra 10 gallons a day is worth striving for.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2716, 25 June 1925, Page 5
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