Show milk records in wales kept by measurement the measuring and recording of the amount of milk given by cows cowa has a much lengthier history than many people might suppose according to an article in the farm and stock breeder milk recording la Is not a new tan fan aled idea in wales it was carried on la in the principality before the tenth century the farmers of wales used to migrate to tho the hills in summer bummer time they used to put the milk ot 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 red not weighed as la Is the practice today and the produce of butter and cheese was I 1 handed banded over according to what each cow had yielded on any particular day the record was in accordance with what was known as the measure a vessel which was three thumbs across the bottom six thumbs across the middle nine thumbs aar tho the top and nine thumbs diagonally A thumb was about an inch so that ahr measure held about a gallon of milk and a normal cow was waa expected to give about two gallons gallon a day three almes a day milking was also well known in wales in the tha twelfth century and the tha month of may was known as aa the month of three a day |