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Problems Associated with Production Testing and Pipeline Milkers

Dairy Extension Specialist, North Carolina State College, Raleigh

ABSTRACT

A survey in North Carolina in 1954 showed that 7.5% of the farms producing Grade A milk were using pipeline milkers. This number had increased to 18% early in 1957. This trend is probably even greater in some of the other states. The development of the pipeline milker for the stanchion barn as well as for the milking parlor is a step toward greater labor efficiency and milking convenience in our modern dairy farms. From all indications, the use of the pipeline milker is going to continue to grow. While the pipeline milker is making the job of milking cows easier, it is creating new problems in other areas.

This system of milking cows does not lend itself to easy weighing and sampling of each cow's milk, which is so necessary for production testing. Consequently, many dairymen are struggling with the decision either of making their job easier by ignoring some of the recommended management aids, such as production records, or, of using a system for milking that is not as convenient, requiring more labor to enable them to keep production records.