Meanings
plural share-milkers
- alternativeAlternative form of sharemilker.
This gentleman bought a farm, unimproved, thirty years ago, and he has had his present share-milker for fourteen years.
1940, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 257, page 2562 more examples
At Karsha they said that cattle on the Pensi-La would produce about 5kg of butter, and that a share-milker would take half of this.
2001, John Crook, Henry Osmaston, Himalayan Buddhist Villages, →ISBNAn interesting system to facilitate the entry rate of young people into the industry is provided by the share-milker program of New Zealand.
2009, Rattan Lal, Agricultural Sciences - Volume I, →ISBN, page 151
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