Milking by Hand

The son of farmer, Mr. Will Horner, milking a cow by hand underneath a shelter in the open, at Mr. Horner's farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son sits on a low wooden milking stool (not quite visible). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1554. With ms. catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling. Card 3 in a series of 3.

Mr. Horner and his son milked their herd of 18 cows in the open, as pictured, until 1966. They attended to the milking in this way again in September 1967 especially for the purpose of photographing.

Originally held in Photo File: Milking.