Design and construction of a manually operated milking machine.

Abstract

Milking a cow is more of taking the calf's milk from its mother, therefore milking has to be more natural trying to mimic the cow’s udder as though it is the calf suckling its mother. Milking started in a lowly manner by human with an. intention of fully utilizing the benefits of raring cattle. However, with the realization of the potential of milk to the farmers' income through milk products, a large, amount of cattle has to be taken care of to increase returns. As the number of cattle increase on the farm, the farmer needed more efficient ways to increase returns through milking. Milking machines were introduced and these have been under rigorous research for the past century In this report proposal a research is. carried out to design and construct a manually operated milking machine. Since the milking machine technology has not just surfaced. yesterday, there is need to review the existing literature about the machines in detail' as seen throughout the following sections or chapters. Milking. by machine is by a vacuum that should be done carefully without hurting the cow otherwise the quantity would be little or less as the cow would kick off the equipment off her udder. Research indicates that there’s a maximum of the vacuum that can be applied by the milking machine for milking by a machine to be successful. A farmer needs an affordable way of getting the milk without getting so much tired and at the same time not hurting the cow. These two traits are the most desired ones on a dairy farm if a milking machine is to be opted for. Uganda as a nation depends on agriculture to feed most of its fast growing population and with increasing demand. This implies that mechanisation of farm operations is needed to feed the increasing demand. Looking at' the majority of the dairy farmers in Uganda, there is little Capital to afford the existing technology in milking machine but this does not mean that they cannot benefit when there are other alternatives like manually operated machines. The farmer as an individual has to realize that there is need to save time and reduce the fatigue caused by the too much labor on the farm. The manually operated machine in the report proposal helps a low income farmer reduce on the stiff shoulders and weakness in fingers and saves time for other farm operations.