milking cows
Drawing udder fluid
Milking cows refers to the process of extracting milk from cows, either by hand or machine.
The phrase also describes cows kept specifically for milk production rather than meat: The farm had thirty milking cows.
Dairy farmers typically milk cows twice daily.
The gerund milking can modify other livestock: milking goats, milking sheep.
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
- udderMammalian mammary organ
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- cow barnBuilding housing dairy cattle
farmer · bucket · stool · herd · pasture · Holstein · cream · lactation · teats · parlor · morning · hay · manure · calves · grazing · grass fed · fresh · warm
- farm choresegg gathering, mucking stalls, hay baling, plowing, weeding
- rural activitieshayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, farm tours, apple picking