{"id":1326,"date":"2019-05-19T20:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T20:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyandarua.com\/home\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2020-06-02T23:40:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T23:40:17","slug":"milking-chores-starting-at-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyandarua.com\/home\/milking-chores-starting-at-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Milking Chores Starting at 4 a.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block pg-opt box-content\">\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The lush green pastures also meant high milk yields. The cows were well fed, producing plenty of milk. My farm usually produced two 50 liter milk cans from eight to fifteen cows. The milking started at 4 am. We had two farm workers, but as long as we were home, my brothers did the milking to give the workers a break. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The alarm clock was set for 3.30am. The boys had a system that worked. They shared out the milking chores making sure every task was covered. They started the fire to warm the water for washing the cow udders (mukamo). As the water was warming, they opened the gate to let the cows into the compound from the nearest paddock where the cows usually stayed for the night. That nearest paddock is not a small enclosure. It is a five acre area next to the home compound where the cows grazed and stayed the night. In that ungodly hour of the morning, my brothers rarely found the cows in one spot. The cows were spread out all over the five acre paddock. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With flash lights and hurricane lamps, they walked the full breadth of that paddock, rounding up the cows and drove them to the home compound. This was done at that hour every morning regardless of the weather. Some mornings they endured heavy downpours, on others, the fog was so thick it was near impossible to find the cows. Frost (mbaa) was another element they had to endure. Gumboots came in handy for protecting their feet from direct contact with the frost. Frost on bare feet was numbingly painful, it was like stepping on thorns. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While two of the boys were rounding up the cows, others were busy filling up the troughs (miharati) with animal feed, positioning the milking stools (njung&#8217;wa), getting the milking buckets (ndoo cia iriya) ready, positioning the 50 liter milk cans (mitungi ya iriya) and tying cheese clothes (gitambaya kia iriya) over the mouths of the milking cans ready for the milk to be poured in after each cow was milked.\u00a0 They brought the fresh warm water and terry cloth for cleaning the cow udders, and positioned the milking jelly (maguta ma gukama) within reach of whoever will be milking.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In the meantime, the boys who brought in the cows from the paddock held the herd in one corner of the compound, guiding one cow at a time to the milking shed (njooku) as signaled by those at the milking shed.\u00a0 Each cow had a name it responded to:\u00a0 Kadogo, Reveti, Susana, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Churchill, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jaramuge, Wangai (honoring our veterinary officer who made rounds all over the settlement scheme on his bicycle), Forana, Jaaki and other such colorful names.\u00a0 Whenever a cow heard its name called out, it recognized it was its turn, so it broke away from the herd and marched towards the milking shed.\u00a0 The routine had been mastered by both animals and humans, making the milking chore somewhat manageable. When the milking of each <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">cow was done, its milk was emptied directly into the 50 liter milk cans, pouring it through the cheese cloth that was tied over the mouth of the cans, sifting out any contaminants like fur (guoya) that may have dropped into the milk during the milking process.\u00a0 One by one, the cows were ushered into the milking shed, and once done, they were led out of the compound and back into the paddock, while another cow took its place in the milking shed, until all the cows were milked, all 10 or 15 of them.\u00a0 This tedious task went on for an hour or two until all the cows were milked and safely back in the paddock.\u00a0 All this was happening in near pitch darkness with only one hurricane lamp hanging over the milking shed, barely illuminating half the shed.\u00a0 But my brothers had mastered the milking routine so well, they could do the job with their eyes closed. \u00a0 It was an operation that was skillfully choreographed with military precision. There was no room for error and these young men had mastered the task to perfection. My parents must have been very proud of them but they never said it. Parents never complimented their children back then. They gave you food, clothing, shelter and an education and that was enough to let you know they loved you and appreciated you. Talk is cheap.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Milking was done twice daily, morning and evening.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">KCC (Kenya Cooperative Creameries), the only buyer of Nyandarua milk only accepted milk deliveries in the morning before 9am.\u00a0 It was therefore left to the Nyandarua farmers to keep their evening milk supplies overnight, mixing it with the morning milk before sending it to KCC.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Luckily for Nyandarua, the freezing temperatures were ideal for keeping the milk very cold and fresh through the night.\u00a0 It was natural refrigeration at its best.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The milk from the previous evening formed a thick layer of cream, typical of Nyandarua milk due to its natural richness. My<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> family skimmed the layer of cream and mixed it with milk for our tea. Visitors to Nyandarua never forgot the delicious creamy taste and richness of our tea.\u00a0\u00a0 For us who grew up in Nyandarua, we were so used to that rich creamy taste in our tea, we never thought anything much about it, until we tasted tea outside of Nyandarua and wondered what was wrong with other people&#8217;s tea; it tasted watery, almost bitter.\u00a0 The difference was the milk.\u00a0 I can still taste the difference, making my siblings and I appreciate where we come from even more.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The cheese cloth was ideal for filtering out any traces of cream from the overnight milk stock, making it blend with the morning stock consistently.\u00a0 And with that, the milk was ready for delivery.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lush green pastures also meant high milk yields. 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