Film shows routine of milking in Herringbone Parlour to save time Filmed courtesy of Mr J E R Wyndham and Leconfield Estate Company Cows in a barn, cowman enters and lets cows out of barn. Empty Herringbone Milking Parlour (8 stalls, 4 units). Cowman in parlour preparing it for milking. Cows collected from feeding area (barn), and tightly packed into collecting yard. Cows enter parlour stalls to be milked in batches on raised standing. Cowman uses pulleys to feed each cow as it stands waiting to be milked. Cowman washes cows from bucket hanging in pit. Uses strip cup then attaches milking machinery. Once cow has finished milking machinery is attached to another cow in the batch. Milk recorded on sheet. Cows let out. Once last batch had been milked the machinery is circulation cleaned. Diagram of herringbone parlour, with statistics relating to use of it. Scenes of milking. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
