Términos

Devices used to remove some portion of the water content from liquid milk by boiling.

Devices used to heat milk.

Devices used to homogenize milk by forcing milk through a small opening at high pressure. This reduces the size of the fat globules found in the milk, preventing them from clumping and allowing the fat to remain evenly distributed throughout the milk.

Shallow, flat vessels used to separate cream from milk. The milk is allowed to rest in the pan until the cream rises to the top, at which point it may be skimmed.

Devices used to heat raw milk and hold it at temperature for a certain period of time in order to destroy microorganisms, making it safer to consume.

Devices used to pump milk from one vessel (such as a tank) to another in a dairy.

Devices used to gather a representative sample of a large quantity of milk in order to subject the sample to testing.

Scales used to weigh milk. They often take the form of spring scales with a hook where a bucket of milk may be placed.

Devices used to measure the amount of dirt or other contaminants in a given quantity of milk.

Devices used to stir fresh milk in order to quickly cool the "animal heat" (residual heat from the body of the cow from which the milk was obtained).

Thermometers used to measure the temperature of milk during pasteurization.

Tubes inserted into the udder of a cow in order to withdraw milk.

People of either sex whose job or activity is to milk cows or sometimes goats, usually employed in a dairy. Usually used for male milkers; females typically called by the narrower term, "milkmaids."

The action of drawing milk from a teat or breast by hand, or more recently, mechanically; usually performed on a cow, goat, or other domesticated mammal. For infants or baby mammals taking nourishment with their mouths directly from a breast or teat, use "suckling."

Devices of various designs used to automatically milk cows via physical and vacuum pressure.

Agricultural buildings designed to reduce labor, automate, and improve efficiency in milking cows. Several different designs are in use, but all parlors follow key components of milking procedures.

Small pails, usually wooden, with one long stave used as a handle, used as a milking pail.

Females whose job or activity is to milk cows or sometimes goats, usually employed in a dairy.