NAME: WAFULA WANYONYI

SCHOOL: LUKENYA UNIVERSITY

REG NO: 1312/LCK/TEC/2020

DEPARTMENT: SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL STUDIES

COURSE: DIPLOMA

SUPERVISOR: DAUDI BAKARI

DURATION: 2 MONTHS

COMMENCED: 24TH MAY 2021

COMPLETED: 16TH JULY 2021

ORGANISATION: LUKENYA UNIVERSITY DAIRY FARM

H.O.D: KIVYATU
DECLARATION

I declare that this field attachment report is a product of activities I carried outing the Lukenya dairy
farm during my attachment from 24th of May 2020 to 16th July 2020. It has not been submitted by any
other university for the award of academic Diploma.

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INRODUCTION

I carried out activities in the dairy farm like milking and feeding the calves. I always participated well
during the field work as it constituted to my learning on how to milk and feed the calves without
supervision.

PROGRAMMES IN THE DAIRY.

The Programs that I performed during the study included;

---assembling the milking equipment such as the milking stool, milking cans, milking jelly, milking
buckets and warm water.

---milking

---Feeding the calves one by one using their names.

---Cleaning the sheds where the cows slept pouring water to prevent dust

---washing the milking equipment to ensure they look tidy and neat

---Measuring the milk issuing it to the customers

MAIN ACTIVITIES

I carried out milking and feeding of the calves in the dairy farm. This constituted all my duties of the day
which I went to gain experience. I worked hard towards the task as it marked how experienced I could
be after the attachment.
 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

During the field study I learnt the milking procedure where I found it was necessary for one to wash the
udder with clean warm water to remove any dirt from the milk.

I also learnt that milking jelly is always advisable to be applied on the teats to prevent the teats from
cracking and causing some wounds. For my case I used the Armis milking jelly because of its smooth
touch.

I noted that the cow takes 5-7 minutes and fails to give out milk .instead I used to give it a small amount
of dairy mash to make a the cow cool.

i came across a cow which had difficulties during the milking and l used rope to tie it so that l could do
the milking properly.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

I hereby thank the administration of Lukenya University for giving me the opportunity to have
attachment. I also pass my gratitude to my supervisor, Mr. Bakari for his willing heart during the study.

I would recommend for an expansion of the farm for it to accommodate more animals for the same
study