January 31, 2011

Small dairies making progress

Farm owner Russell Johnston, right, talks with Perfecto Valente as he milks a group of dairy cows at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
Pefrecto Valente sprays mud off the hooves of cows before milking them at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
Russell Johnston tries to maneuver one of his cows through the stocks at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
Two calves join the full grown dairy cows in a holding pen at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
Perfecto Valente cleans off a cows udders before milking her at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
A calf joins the full grown dairy cows in a pen at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)
Various tubes connect to cows udders as they are milked at the Johnston Family Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Newborn, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

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