Farming Milking for Best Returns

Te Ao Hou, June 1963, Page 59

Farming Milking for Best Returns by D. Wright If you employ a 30-second wash and hand stimulation in milking, you can expect a substantial increase in production, and a reduction in milking time. This method is much better than the system where the machine is relied upon to produce the let-down stimulus. People very often wash the cow briefly before machine-milking because there is so often mud around, and it is necessary to stop dirt from entering the machine. But not enough attention is always paid to the importance of washing as a stimulus to let-down. In order to understand the let-down theory, it is necessary to understand the nature of milk secretion in the udder.