136 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
teat at a time in the manner indicated. Incidentally the yields 
of the front and rear quarters on the same side when milked 
in advance of and after each other are obtained. 
Referring to Table 59, it is seen that A (right fore) was 
milked three times in advance of B (right hind) and once 
afterward. B was milked three times after and once in ad- 
vance of A. If the quarters on the same side of the udder 
can draw milk from each other, then either quarter on the 
same side should give more milk when milked first than when 
milked last. The table below shows that A gave less milk 
when milked before B, and B more milk when milked after A. 
C gave 1.4 per cent. more milk when milked before D, but D 
gave I. per cent. more when milked after C. 
TABLE 59. 
Comparison of Milk Yield of Quarters of the Udder when Mitked 
in Advance of and After Quarters on Same Side. 






5 eC g 
a oHPr 5 
ORDER OF MILKING. a 0) 7 
3 nee = 
o) aie a 
Zi Pee) 
el ge ae 
A before B, - - = & = 3 | 2a — .5% 
A after B, £ : o 7 I 23.0 
eas hog 
B aiter-A; - - - - - 3 i oy + .7% 
B before: A,.. - - = = 4 I | 270) 
By C. 
co DelOre: Ue - - - - 3 2Oe7 +1.4% 
@aiter,Dy : - - - 2 I 2553 
gue eco: 
Diafter-C, : é : ~ = 3 Zar é +1.0% 
D betore:G; a, : Z ag “ I | OT 


The average results from five cows milked in this manner 
were for the quarter milked first, 25.9 per cent.; second, 26.4 
per cent.; third, 24.6 per cent.; and fourth; 23.1 per cent. 
As the yield from each quarter enters into each average, the 
difference in percentage must be attributed to the order in 
which the teats were milked. 
