cow milking

Kickers or hobblie Richard and I milked 3 or 4 cow apiece  by hand twice a day by the time we were 9 or 10 years old.

cow ready to milk with surge milker
Surge milking machine.  Richard could put the kicker on tight enough the cow wouldn't kick.
Richard and I had to milk by hand so we thought the milkers were  A OK.