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Colour photograph of Alasdair MacDonald, Kilmoluaig.

Alasdair MacDonald, Kilmoluaig milking a cow into a `tanger`, used to milk cows that kicked and to measure feed for calves.

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Other Number: K60

Milking a cow into a `tanger` in the 1980s

Smaller than the usual milking pail, a tanger was handier for milking cows that kicked or when milk had to be measured for feeding the calves. Here Alasdair MacDonald of Kilmoluaig is showing how it`s done.

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