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Milk cows first have to be either tied up in their stall or in a stanchion or some form of holding pen where they cannot turn around on you. Make sure she is calm before you start, as oxytocin is only activated and released in her system when she is relaxed.

Second step is dip all the teats in a cup of iodine to cleans the teats and destroy any bacteria. Iodine always helps clean the teats if you wipe them with a towel. Often this wiping process stimulates milk let-down. This may also initiate her to kick you, and if she does then hobble her. Then grab a bucket and place it under the udder to catch the milk streaming out. Or, grab the milk machine, make sure the vacuum pumps are working proper and that everything is hooked up where it should be, then place each of the four milk collector-tubes onto the teats so that the female-end of the tubes are right snug with the udder.

But, if you are milking her to by hand, grab one teat in each hand and with your thumb and two forefingers pull down on the teat and squeeze when you reach near the end. It's better to do one hand at a time instead of both at a time, so you can get a rhythm going. Continue until you can't get any more milk out of her.

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