Some people buy new furniture, nice clothes, grand cars.
The Vyne's are purchasing a snazzy new dairy goat.
She milks an entire gallon a day. In under 40 milkings, she's paid for herself with cow milk at a whooping $5.29 a gallon. Buck and Peace pick her up from Jubilee Farms right after his one class at classical private school. I asked my son to take other clothes and shoes than his spanking brand new uniform. Gosh, Peace looks handsome and scholatic in those khaki's and logoed polo.
I'm over a year out of practice with milking, because the whole family needed a break. We are going to sell half of our milk for pet consumption. Why just for pet consumption? Tennessee has made it illegal to sell (it's not illegal for us to drink it) unpastuerized milk for humans, so we hand it over to our friends stating the facts, and they do what they do with the healthiest whole milk in the world.
Peace has always taken the responsibility of milking a few days of the week. He manages to get the goat from the herd without letting the others out, bring her inside to the milk stand, milk, filter, refrigerate, wash buckets, clean up, and take the nanny back to the field all on his own. Tater and Wise One get stuck at the beginning part by letting all the other goats out. Buck and I have decided to make it worth their while to learn how to do it right with cash. Peace will get half the money if he has to help them in any way on their days.
More goat tales to follow in the future, I'm sure.
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4 comments:
sounds great! I like goat milk, and yes cows milk is getting expensive.
Sounds like a good learning experience for your son. If we lived closer, I'd purchase some of the "pet milk"
kdub,
We've milked before. Too bad you aren't close enough to get some milk for your dog.
My dog might be interested in purchasing some milk. He has a small side business making and selling soaps, and he's been wanting to try a goat's milk formula. I'm sure he'll be in touch.
Kat,
I'll know when I get a "woof" on my voicemail.
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