Hi Allan, To be less tied down, Gene Logsdon has written some stuff about how the calf and you share the milking chores, allowing you some freedom you wouldn't have if it was you in 'white slavery' twice a day....
No experience meself. I wonder about Barbara's word 'altruistic' below, I can see 'intimate' but altruistic? I am struggling with that... Frank > Dear Barbara- > > We are thinking of getting our first family milk cow here. I've been > reticent to be as 'tied down' as a wet cow makes one, but at this > point I'm pretty much tied down anyway. (Not getting a milk cow has > been pretty easy for this formerlly vegan household.) > > How many months of the year has your cow been wet? > How much time a day do you devote to milking? > > Thanks > > -Allan > > > >Hi Dorothy: > >>From my experience and knowledge cow manure(i.e. a female bovine) is by far > >the best. And a home milk cow would be la creme de la creme. This having to > >do with female fertility and the closer the animal is to you and your family > >the more likely the process can be altruistic. We have observed this "the > >whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" at Aurora Farm while initiating > >a self-regulating organism through the cow. > >Blessings, > >Barbara
