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Rural/Farm Life

farminator3000

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7. do you milk? (cows of course)

Reply to Scuba (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 12:38 PM

Mar 2013

so is the book i have outdated? i read Jerseys have the highest fat content in their milk?

also, what quantity are we talking here, i have a feeling one cow is more than enough?

am i wrong in thinking 4 or 5 gallons a day?

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Also, I'm thinking about getting a cow this year, a Jersey. any thoughts? cow owners? dairy guys? [View all] farminator3000 Mar 2013 OP

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

I grew up on a 12 inch stool building forearms like Popeye, but haven't milked a cow in 45 years.... Scuba Mar 2013 #8

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