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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 57 No. 3 369-377
© 1974 by American Dairy Science Association ®
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Milking Systems for Large Herds1

W. G. Bickert, J. A. Speicher and D. V. Armstrong

Department of Agricultural Engineering and Department of Dairy Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823
and Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721

ABSTRACT

Milking systems and mechanization which might be added to these milking systems to improve labor efficiency and reduce drudgery are described. Labor efficiency and annual milking cost comparisons in variously equipped systems show that (i) no single parlor or degree of mechanization is superior for every herd size and length of milking period, (ii) more than one parlor system may be economically feasible for a given farm, (iii) any parlor system must be used to capacity to attain a minimum annual milking cost per cow, and (iv) high labor utilization, measured in cows per man-hour, can more than offset high original investment when a system is used to capacity.

FOOTNOTES

1 Approved as Journal Article No. 6427 of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.






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