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MORE MILK WITH LESS LABOUR
Author(s) -
QUICK A. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1978.tb02118.x
Subject(s) - milking , herd , productivity , automatic milking , mechanization , agricultural science , control (management) , milk production , pipeline (software) , relation (database) , zoology , operations management , business , engineering , lactation , environmental science , economics , computer science , biology , agriculture , database , ice calving , mechanical engineering , pregnancy , ecology , genetics , management , macroeconomics
Techniques and facilities for better herd management are described and tables showing the output of milk in relation to increases in herd size are given. The advantages of mechanization and development of pipeline milking showing the correlation between larger herd and labour productivity are evaluated and the importance of grouping cows, feed control and proper records and efficient cow handling facility is stressed.