milkings

Drawing from udders

Milkings is the plural of milking, which refers to occasions or sessions of extracting milk from an animal, typically a cow or goat.

Dairy farmers schedule regular milkings, usually twice daily, to maintain production and animal health.

The morning and evening milkings kept the whole family busy.

The term can also refer to the amount of milk obtained during such sessions: Today's milkings yielded less than usual.

livestock

cows

Adult female bovines

  • goatsHorned farm ruminants
  • sheepWoolly farm animal
  • ewesAdult female ovines

does · dairy cattle · herd · stanchion · bovine · caprine · ovine · mastitis · freshening · dairy goat

dairy

udder

Mammalian mammary organ

pasteurization · homogenization · creamery · butterfat · cream · whey · curd · casein · lactose · bulk tank

pastoral

barn

Agricultural storage structure

countryside · bucolic · meadow · grazing · hayfield · dairy farm · smallholding · homestead · rural · agrarian

routine

chores

Routine household tasks

evening · regularity · procedure · task · duties · consistency · discipline · ritual · systematic · timetable

Opposites
resource extraction vs. resource provision

milkingsfeedings

Acts of providing nourishment

sucklings · waterings · nourishing · nourishments · provisioning

productive harvesting vs. unproductive/fallow states

milkingsdrying off

Removing wetness from oneself

barrenness · rest periods

productive activity vs. dormant state

milkingsdormancy

Suspended biological activity

Phrases
Family

milking, milkiness

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