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airy farming is a class of agriculture, where female
goats, cattle and other mammals are raised for their milk, which may be either
processed on-site or transported to a diary for processing and eventual retail
sale.
Types of equipment
The specific type of equipment required depends on
the size of the dairy operation, its location and the number cows milked.
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Small
dairy farm equipment required a stool and a bucket.
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Large
dairy farm equipment required milk parlors, which areas with livestock chutes arranged
in a circle. Note:
the building or farm area where milk is harvested from cow is often called a
milking parlor or parlor.
Workers on the farm
bring the cows into the area for milk and once the cows are in their pens,
workers attach automated milking devices to the cows’ udders to start the
milking process.
Other types of
equipment commonly found on dairy farms
include automated scrapers and waste handling systems, milk chiller tanks,
watering equipment, tractors, feeders, buckets, milk containers, pasteurizers,
etc. depend on the size of the farm.
