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Show Milk Records in Wales Kept by Measurement handed over according to what each cow had yielded on any particular day. "The record was in accordance with what was known as the venedorian measure, a vessel which was three thumbs across the bottom, six thumbs across the middle, nine thumbs across the top. and nine thumbs diagonally. A thumb was about an inch, so that thr. '-one lo:ian measure held about a gallon of milk and a normal cow was expected to give about two gallons a day. Three-times-a -day milking was also well known In Wales In the Twelfth century, and the month of May was known as 'The month of three milkings a day.'" The measuring and recording of the amount of milk given by cows has a much lengthier history than many people peo-ple might suppose, according to an article ar-ticle in the Farm and Stock Breeder. "Milk recording is not a new-fangled idea in Wales. It was carried on In the principality before the Tenth century. The farmers of Wales used to migrate to the hills in summer time. They used to put the milk of their cows In a common churn, and they had to keep a record of It In order to divide the produce of butter and cheese satisfactorily. The cows were turned Into untouched pasture and their milk yields measured not weighed as Is the practice today and the produce of butter and cheese was |