Livestock Farm Practice

FULL HAND MILKING

• This method simulates natural sucking of a calf. Cows with large teats and buffaloes are milked with full hand method. It is done by
  • Grasping the teat with whole hand and steadily pressing it equally on all sides against the palm with the fingers.
  • Maintaining a quick succession of alternate compression and relaxation in which the alternate streams of milk from two teats sound like a continuous stream.
• Full hand milking removes milk quicker than stripping because of no loss of time in changing the position of the hand.