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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

>
> Not out of line.  Dairy cattle are always negotiable and the initial offer 
> is
> usually a bit high.  If she were in full lactation AND rebred, that would
> make the price even more in line.
>

I'm going to wait until I go north and talk to some people there.
Maybe get a couple of heifer calves and grow them out. I could use a
little time more with milking the goats to be a better home dairyman
anyway!

> The quality of the milk is the max.  I'm not fond of milk myself but I love
> the butter, yogurt, kefir, and cheese.  One Jersey cow supplies our family 
> of
> six (or more at times) with all the milk, ice cream, and every other form of
> dairy with enough milk to barter ten gallons or so a week for this and that 
> and
> still enough left over to raise two hogs on it.

I'm like you not much of a milk drinker but like the other dairy...
and the hogs.

>
> We also milk three or four goats for a few weeks a couple of times a year 
> but
> now most of that goes into feta and jetost and pigs.

I do like my goat feta. Easy cheese to make and store.

Rob - Va