milk a cow

I saw this on his list, and thought, Yeah! I wanna do this too! There should ample opportunity where I live. Now, how’m i going to make it happen …

It’s important to me to know how to do this (and I’m not sure if I still can) because of the following, terrifying experience: Once while camping in Sweden, in the midst of the (almost) wilderness, a stray cow came towards us, in pain because of the full udder. I was incredibly relieved, and so was the cow, that my mother knew how to milk!
(I hope the cow decided against further wanderlust there and then.)

Later, when I was still a kid, we got our milk bottles directly from a farm and I got to try milking a couple of times. The beginning is hard, but then it’s totally worth it – quite meditative! I do think I miss the rubber boots more than the cows though ;-)

I haven’t milked a cow, but am a fiction writer. I set a story in the western plains of the US in about 1919, the main characters own a dairy so they milk 43 cows every morning.I checked milking machines, not in common use until the 1920s so hand milking is consistent. I like to be correct in time line. But I don’t know how many cows can be handled by hand. Starting at 4am I know and I assumed two people working together could finish 22 each by 7 AM, but I’m not sure. Input appreciated. The book is Marisa and the Enema Fetish, not a kids book, human sexuality is part of it and has one sex scene it it. I put it up on line at Amazon as a beta copy to edit, hoping for editing of things like the milking requirements. I lived and worked in ranching country for years, but never worked on a dairy, or milked a cow. My father’s family owned a dairy, he talked about it, but he’s been dead a long time. I don’t remember the details. I know he milked cows in the 1930s. I’m spending my retirement writing, and not many people now have ever milked a cow, including me, but it is a fun time period to write about.

thanks

Jerry

I do not eat beef.
Because I love cows.
This is the only reason.
I used to enjoy beef a whole lot.
And then I started loving cows.
And their noses.
And their fur.

And I would like to milk one, I think.

get to milk a cow in Poland. I was a bit disappointed. But they are not used to people, just like in the US, they are machine milked, and I did not want to get kicked, also for the sanitation purposes. But I did get to see a brand new baby cow just born. And had the baby cows gnawing on my hands, very cute!

I am leaving this on my list though, because I really want to do it!

it was weird i think. i also milked a goat!

Milking a cow is hard to do…especially when you can’t find a cow to milk. This has been on my list for years and have had no success in finding a place in California that would let me milk their cow. I don’t think I would have put this on my list if I knew how difficult it was going to be. Any suggestions???

I got to “test milk” a cow at a fair after a brief demonstration from a seasoned professional (faintly smelling of alcohol). I was surprised that you had to pull harder than I thought. I liked the sound the milk made when it filled the metal bucket – dunno why.

I have always loved animals. And for some strange reason (even though I hate milk) I have always wanted to milk a cow. My grandma grew up in a rural area and I always thought it was so cool she had milked a cow! Now in 2 months I am going to Poland to milk a cow. Wow! Maybe even a goat or sheep (weird?). My BF’s dad is a large animal vet in Poland and his uncle also owns a dairy farm there. So I should be getting close to this goal! I will be ecstatic! I just want to hug the cow and kiss her on the top of the head! :-)

when i worked is switzerland on a farm i milked a cow!