ice in Agriculture and Home Econom- 

 ics. At a later period in this study, 

 a brief summary of 38 large dairy 

 farms was made to obtain special 

 data with reference to sequence in 

 doing chores and procedures in wash- 

 ing and caring for equipment. The 

 search for better methods has ex- 

 tended to interviewing a few county 

 agents, grain store men, and machin- 

 ery dealers for reference to farms 

 where special care in handling grain 

 or doing chores efficiently have been 

 observed. These observations were 

 followed up and in a few cases de- 

 scriptions of chore procedures were 

 made. 



It became apparent in the early 

 stages of the project that greater im- 

 mediate assistance could be rendered 

 dairy producers by concentrating on 

 milking operations. Farmers were 



very short of help at that time and 

 the task of milking accounted for 

 about half of the total chore hours. 

 Information was made available to 

 the Extension Service from time to 

 time. Three UNH Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station Circulars dealing 

 with these phases of the study have 

 been published under the general 

 heading of Efficient Dairy Chore 

 Practices* This bulletin is the last 

 in the series of research publications 

 in the study. It deals mostly with 

 dairy chores other than milking. 



* Part I. Station Circular 72 (1945), Chore 

 Travel in Dairy Barns by John C. Holmes. 



Part II. Station Circular 76 (1947), RaqM 

 Milking by Harry C. Woodworth, Kenneth S. 

 Morrow, and John C. Holmes. 



Part III. Station Circular 80 (1949), The 



Problem of Slow Milking Cows by Harry C. 



Woodworth, Kenneth S. Morrow, and Earl 

 M. Elliott. 



II Chore Tasks 



Daily Chores 



Twenty-one daily chore tasks were 

 observed. Some of these were per- 

 formed several times a day on all 

 farms and a few were not done at 

 all by a few operators. 



For convenience in the study of 

 chores, the 21 tasks were classified 

 into four groups: 



1. Milking 



a. Milking 



b. Care of milk 



c. Equipment 



2. Feeding 



Hay preparation 

 Hay feeding 

 Silage preparation 

 Silage feeding 

 Grain preparation 



f. Grain feeding 



g. Miscellaneous material feed prepara- 

 tion 

 Miscellaneous material feeding 



Pushing feed back to mangers 

 Sweep of clean mangers 



h. 



3. Cleaning 



a. Manure disposal 



b. Hoe to gutter 



c. Sweep gutter alleyway 



d. Bedding preparation 



e. Bedding distribution 



f. Spreading superphosphate 



4. Miscellaneous 



a. Cows "in and out" 



b. Currying 



Occasional Chores 



In addition to the daily chores 

 listed above, many other tasks are 

 performed occasionally. A partial 

 list of these follows: 



1. Supplies 



a. Hauling grain or helping truckers 

 b. 



in loading grain 



Hauling sawdtist and storing for 

 bedding 

 c. Counting, wrapping, and shipping 

 empty grain bags 



Operating barn facilities and 

 equipment 



a. Observing, cleaning, and adjusting 

 water bowls 



b. Adjusting ventilators, windows, etc. 



c. Cleaning vacuum air line 



d. Overhauling milking equipment 



e. Shovelling snow or plowing snow 

 to clear doorways 



f. Cleaning windows and ceilings 



g. Spraying barn 



Health and sanitation 



a. Giving attention to cows and calves 

 at calving time 



b. Doctoring sick cows 



c. Working on swollen or damaged 

 udders 



d. Spraying cows 



