Do you remember: Morning Milking ?

Rise early in the morning

Five o'clock

Jam butty and mug of tea

Breakfast

 

Begin to prepare the dairy for mornings milking

Call in the cattle

They make their way across the field

Into the farmyard

Then into the milking shed

Take up their spaces

 

Warm milk runs through the cooler

Into the waiting churn

A second churn awaits

To replace the full one

 

Milking over

Turn out the cattle

Back to the field

They know the routine

 

Clean up the milking shed

And dairy

Place the churns ready for collection

Back into the farmhouse for a cooked breakfast

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is a great experiential piece of writing for all the millions of people who never get to experience the country life. You paint it literally & straightforward, just as if we're going thru the actual motions. I like the way you show the cows as being a partner in the dance, since I love that about the furry friends, the way they get into a groove with what we want them to do! *smile* Fondly Margie

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Margie
You are so correct - Yes I did actually do the morning milking - with uncle - I was about 12
Learned to test the teats for TB; take a drop from each teat; put the milk through the cooler - pinch a drop of warm milk
Cousins came to stay with us in the town
Busses had upstairs- Whos bed was upstairs? they asked
Who puts the milk in those bottles ours come in a jug

[¿]

I've seen morning milking a lot but this process is kinda different and unique to me....on winter vacations me and my family used to have a great time in my village...a total serene and foggy morning and the few men who worked at my father's farm used to milk the cows early morning....me being curious and looking strangely at the milking was the idiotic version of me....that's the story of years ago.....where did those morning milking go?!
Twas a great read, friend....thanks for sharing :)

[Wild Rose]

This was way before your time Tahsin
Methods and equipment have changed soo much over the time interval
This was the step away from hand milking; Although they often had ot recurse to hand when the power failed - which it often did