Bashkiria. Koumiss

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Have you ever seen that horses were standing in the queue? That horse on four legs and a tail. And I've seen. Today, on kumysnyh stud farm Ufa №119.





01. Here is the place. The mares are milked in the morning. Here strict hierarchy: senior and authoritative are the first, and those who climb out of turn, get it in the neck - they bite and banished from the cherished door. To help you understand: the way through the door leading to the foals, a date with which the mares once a day.



02. On kumysnyh farm about 250 horses that give milk. Each of them has a foal grazing in the overall herd. The barn is designed narrow passage where the mare go one by one, and the two milkmaids with buckets, hooked to each milking.



03. They wait patiently until the front standing beneath. Mow the eye, shake their manes scored thistles, fending off flies.



04. Automatic milking poor, the old, so milked by hand.



05. The rear left foot should be put back. Mares know it. Those that tetchy, milkmaids slap on the ass: - Stand up, as it should!



06. In mares, both women - two nipple.



07. The milk produced is poured into jars.



08. The milkmaids are well aware of all the mares numbers. Everyone has their own character, to each his approach.



09. Another batch beneath and sent home.



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13. This is the most touching scene in the whole process: podoennye moms come to the paddock and grazing foals. Mares are not allowed to kids, they will pasture and evening milking. They will meet in the evening.



14. In the meantime, a shepherd drives the mares in the pasture.



15. Foals stand at the fence and escorted mothers views.



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17. Here, from mare's milk do mare.



18. These barrels of lime planks called chelyakami. They poured mare's milk and whisk wooden planks. As leaven - the remains of koumiss. The whole process takes about an hour.



19. Milk of chelyakov bottled.



20. With the simple device of the bottle sealed with metal lids.



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22. Two hours in a cold room and medicinal drink mare's milk is ready. In the center of Ufa kumys bottle can be purchased for 70-80 rubles. Kept Equine drink about five days. It tastes like carbonated yogurt. Tasty and is said to be very helpful.



23. That's it. On income from the production of substantially all kumysnyh stud farm, founded here in 1936 to supply the Red Army horses.

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