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Table 4.1: Dimensions of milking parlour

Item Dimension
Length of standing space 1.5 - 1.7 m

Width of standing space 1.05 - 1.2m (80% of length, of standing space)

Width of central passage 1.5 - 1.8 m
Width of feed alley 0.75 m

Width of gutter 0.30 m

Over-hang 0.75 m

1200 mm

6100 mm 2400 mm

2500 mm 700 mm 800 mm

4600 - 5800 mm

Figure 4.6: Schematic diagram of a simple cattle milking parlour

Dry animal shed: This shed is required if dry cows are housed separately from the
milking ones as the case is in large farms. In small farms, milking and dry animals

can be housed together. The floor in the covered area of dry animal shed should
preferably be made of cement concrete. Normally, one third of the animals in a farm
can be in dry or in dry combined with pregnant stage in dairy farms.

Bull shed: It should be constructed towards one end of the farm. Since bulls fight
each other, a pen for each bull is advisable. As a rule of thumb, if natural breeding is

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