Work Centers 



Three work centers are suggested: 

 milking work center, feeding work 

 center, and cleaning work center. 

 (See Fig. 4.) 



Milking naturally centers about the 

 milk house, and on most farms all 

 major tasks related to milking, care 

 of milk, cleaning, and maintenance of 

 milking equipment begin and end at 

 the milk house. 



The feeding work center can be an 

 area including the silos, the grain 

 room, and the entrance to the hay 

 storage. Silage carts, silage forks, 

 grain carts, grain scoops, and hay 

 forks have a definite and convenient 

 storage place within the area. All 

 major feeding chores begin and end 

 at the feed work center. The equip- 

 ment or tool used is taken from its 

 definite storage place and returned to 

 that place to complete the task. This 

 eliminates loss of time in looking for 

 tools. If the next task in sequence 

 for the individual worker is associated 



with that woi-k center, the new task 

 begins without undue travel. 



In case all the feed operations can- 

 not be grouped in one area, two feed 

 work centers may need to be used, 

 each one more or less independent as 

 far as facilities, equipment, and tools 

 are concerned. 



The cleaning work center is usually 

 the area near the outlet for manure 

 disposal. For instance, the vicinity 

 of the doorway where the manure 

 carrier is pushed out of the barn can 

 be made the cleaning work center. 

 Major tasks involving disposal of ma- 

 nure and cleaning gutter alleyways 

 will begin and end at this center. 

 Equipment and tools used in clean- 

 ing would be located there. Since 

 bedding cows usually follows the 

 cleaning operations, the inclusion of 

 storage for bedding and a definite 

 place for the carts and tools used in 

 spreading will be a convenience. On 

 account of sanitation and disease con- 

 trol, the cleaning work center can well 

 be more isolated and the equipment 



Fig. 5. A conveniently located milk house, constructed as an addition to the 

 barn. 



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