We were offered a Jersey cow this weekend at a pretty good price. She just calved, but is "out one quarter"-so would only give about 5 gallons a day. It is tempting. We would have all the milk we wanted, plus butter and cheese, plus maybe some for the pigs. At the price of milk (we drink between 2-3 gallons a day), the purchase price would be returned in no time.
Of course there is a dairy equipment expense, and we would have to construct some time of barn. There is the problem of food (especially in the winter), but we could perhaps grow alfalfa this year; we haven't planted yet.
We have about 2 acres-rule of thumb is one acre of grazing per cow. Our front yard (the football and baseball field) could easily be enclosed with a few stands of barbed wire for part of the year (then we could play real cow-pasture football), and we have an enclosed old goat pen-the pigs only take up a corner of it.
I think we'll take a look.
Oremus pro invicem!
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