Machine Milking
Most milking in the developed world is done using milking machines. The teat cups are attached to the cow's teats, then the cups alternate between vacuum and normal air pressure to extract the milk. The milk is filtered and cooled before being added to a large bulk tank of milk for storage.
Today there exists fully automatic milking machines, where the for e.g. cow moves in when want, it resulted in bigger milk productions.
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