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Rural/Farm Life

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2. How much land do you have?

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 12:01 PM

Mar 2013

Cows are herd animals. A lone cow may be too unhappy to give a lot of milk.

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Do you have any goats? Betsy Ross Mar 2013 #1

nope. farminator3000 Mar 2013 #3

How much land do you have? Sanity Claws Mar 2013 #2

~250 acres. farminator3000 Mar 2013 #4

don't know Sanity Claws Mar 2013 #5

Holsteins for quantity, guernseys for quality. Scuba Mar 2013 #6

do you milk? (cows of course) farminator3000 Mar 2013 #7

Wow! She looks a lot like my next-door neighbor tosh Mar 2013 #10

A Jersey's milk tends to have a high fat content. fasttense Mar 2013 #9

If I were going to get a cow, I'd get a Dexter. LWolf Apr 2013 #11

I raised Dexters for years they are wonderful! truegrit44 May 2013 #13

Jerseys are nice MrsMatt May 2013 #12