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Studies on the Use of Permanent Milk Pipelines in Dairy Barns. III. Labor (Time) Requirements for Operation of Pipeline and Conventional Installations in a Stanchion Barn

Department of Dairy Science, University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

The relative labor (time) requirements of a pipeline and conventional milking systems used in a 24-cow stanchion barn have been assessed. Premilking, milking, and clean-up operations in the pipeline system required more clock hours than did the conventional systems. However, the data show that more efficient utilization of labor (man-minutes) during the milking operation occurred when the pipeline system was used, as compared to the two- and four-unit conventional system. A modified four-unit two-man conventional system and the two-unit one-man pipeline system had approximately equal labor requirements (man-minutes) for accomplishing the premilking, milking, and clean-up operations.