PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure certainty and reliability in reading cow numbers, improve versatility and applicability and reduce the cost of a total management system. SOLUTION: Cow number data Dn of all cows C corresponding to each stall As are preparatorily registered in a management computer 4 as cow number management data Dc, and a part or the total of the cow number management data Dc assigned for milking is received from the management computer 4 by unit controller 3a as assignment management data Dcp and set in the unit controllers 3a. Thereafter, the cow number Nc relating to one cow C in a pair of milking stall Asp and Asq to be milked is inputted to the unit controller 3a by the worker, and the cow number Nc relating to the other cow C is displayed on the display 5a of another unit controller 3a based on the assignment management data Dcp. COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT