Couple milking dairy cows   Save
Joe Munroe Archive
Description: Before automated machines, milking cows was a labor-intensive process, as dairy cows need to be milked twice every day. Some farmers felt that hand-milking was better because of the more personal connection with the cows. This was easier in the 1970s when herds were averaging 25 heads, but later herds grew to be 500 to 1,000 cows in size. This 1952 photograph by Joe Munroe captures a couple enjoying hand-milking as a playful cat looks on. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B08_F04_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Farms; Agricultural; Livestock; Dairy industry
Places: Wooster (Ohio); Wayne County (Ohio)