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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

>
> If one can use the production one way or another and is amenable to
> the twice-a-day milking requirement, there is nothing better than a
> small Jersey cow for family dairy needs. And they are so sweet they
> are kissable.

Oh, yes. Not at all like your brown Swiss, which can be real rips.

Production can always be used for cheese, for raising a beef calf (or
dairy bull calf), or pigs. Milk fed piglet is a wonderful thing.

Marie