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Baby goats, apparently, are a lot rougher than we milkers.—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025 The introduction of the first milking machines, called bucket milkers, helped farmers milk 10 cows per hour instead of 4 by the mid-1920s.—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025 The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been providing high-water vehicles to get milkers to cows.—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2023 Skin bacteria fall into the milk from the hand of the milker or get transferred by the knife that cuts the curd.—Ute Eberle, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2022