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while this is not the prefered modern method of milking, you can do it this way.
get yourself a milk cow, leave the calf on, only milk when you need (evenly from all four quarters), don't take enough for her to back up.
I too grew up milking cows and we would have never considered doing it this way, but my grandfather told me that's how the pioneers did it . . . I have the same issues as you, but have been considering this method . . . perhaps with a milking shorthorn.
while this is not the prefered modern method of milking, you can do it this way.
get yourself a milk cow, leave the calf on, only milk when you need (evenly from all four quarters), don't take enough for her to back up.
I too grew up milking cows and we would have never considered doing it this way, but my grandfather told me that's how the pioneers did it . . . I have the same issues as you, but have been considering this method . . . perhaps with a milking shorthorn.
