Modern Day Cow Milking

It used to take a person one hour to milk six cows by hand.

 Picture from The Milk Run

Today, a person can milk 100 cows in an hour with modern machines.  Before modern milk delivery and dairies, if a person was traveling and wanted milk, they had to bring their cow along with them on their journey.

By The Numbers: Dairy Cows

The average cow produces approximately 2,305 gallons of milk each year, which equals to 6.5 gallons each day. The record amount for a cow to produce in one year was 7,000 gallons! Over her lifetime, a dairy cow will produce enough milk to fill 350,000 glasses.