| Show milk records in wales kept by measurement the measuring and recording of the amount of milk given by cows has a much lengthier history than many people might suppose according to an article in the F farm arm and stock breeder milk recording Is not a new fan aled idea in wales it was carried on in the principality before the tenth century the farmers of wales used to migrate to the hills to 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 handed 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 thum thumbs b across the middle nine thumbs across the top and nine thumbs diagonally diagonal ly A thumb was about an inch so that the measure held about a gallon of milk and a normal cow was expected to give about two gallons a day taree times a day milking was also well known in wales la in the twelfth century and the month of may was known as the month of three mil bilkings kings a day |
