Why do I use a milking machine with just one cow? Because it gets me back inside to my children quicker. It's really that simple :) Cleaning up the cow for milking takes the same time whether you're hand or machine milking. After that, the milking machine takes my actual milking portion of time down to 5-7 minutes instead of 15 with hand milking. What about cleaning the machine? I really thought this was going to be a bigger pain point for me than it is. It's actually really simple to do & only