burnt
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for a gallon of milk in the US. Or for a four litre in Canada?
burnt said:4L here in Ontario is from $4.25 up to $5.50 for 2%. So not too far off from yours Martin.
What about other states or western Canada?
Soapweed said:Whatever milk costs by the gallon, it is worth it not to have the wear and tear on my poor old hands. :wink: Besides, it's just plain old thievery to steal the milk from a hungry calf. :roll:
Silver said:Soapweed said:Whatever milk costs by the gallon, it is worth it not to have the wear and tear on my poor old hands. :wink: Besides, it's just plain old thievery to steal the milk from a hungry calf. :roll:
:agree: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I milked the cow for enough years as a youngster that to this day when I smell raw milk, it brings me back to the smell of warm milk and warm sh!t hitting the floor all combined, with the added visual of the brown speckles in the white foam topped with hair freshly fallen from the udder. :gag:
I do miss the cream though :shock:
Oldtimer said:Silver said:Soapweed said:Whatever milk costs by the gallon, it is worth it not to have the wear and tear on my poor old hands. :wink: Besides, it's just plain old thievery to steal the milk from a hungry calf. :roll:
:agree: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I milked the cow for enough years as a youngster that to this day when I smell raw milk, it brings me back to the smell of warm milk and warm sh!t hitting the floor all combined, with the added visual of the brown speckles in the white foam topped with hair freshly fallen from the udder. :gag:
I do miss the cream though :shock:
I had an old Doc 50 years ago tell me that that- and picking out the big chunks that fell off the udder- was the natural inoculant we took in from the time we were kids- and kept us from getting many bacteria/viral diseases-- and the reason in the new world we have to use so much more vaccinations/antibiotics because the built up resistance is not there....
Even the "non-priced" ones because they illustrate the point that there's more to the cost of milk than hay and grain!
hillsdown said:Even the "non-priced" ones because they illustrate the point that there's more to the cost of milk than hay and grain!
Please elaborate .
burnt said:hillsdown said:Even the "non-priced" ones because they illustrate the point that there's more to the cost of milk than hay and grain!
Please elaborate .
Well when BSE hit there were a lot of cheap dairy cows hitting the butcher market. So I bought one that a local fairy farmer was shipping to get within his quota. She was a really nice, easy-milking cow. But because she had just 3 working spigots she was culled.
Well that old girl gave so much milk she pretty well wore me out! Twice a day! EVERY day including Sunday. Yup, we had lots of milk but after taking into consideration the time and commitment it took, I discovered that I was just another lazy consumer that would rather buy it than try it.
Soapweed said:burnt said:hillsdown said:Please elaborate .
Well when BSE hit there were a lot of cheap dairy cows hitting the butcher market. So I bought one that a local fairy farmer was shipping to get within his quota. She was a really nice, easy-milking cow. But because she had just 3 working spigots she was culled.
Well that old girl gave so much milk she pretty well wore me out! Twice a day! EVERY day including Sunday. Yup, we had lots of milk but after taking into consideration the time and commitment it took, I discovered that I was just another lazy consumer that would rather buy it than try it.
Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? :wink:
burnt said:Soapweed said:burnt said:Well when BSE hit there were a lot of cheap dairy cows hitting the butcher market. So I bought one that a local fairy farmer was shipping to get within his quota. She was a really nice, easy-milking cow. But because she had just 3 working spigots she was culled.
Well that old girl gave so much milk she pretty well wore me out! Twice a day! EVERY day including Sunday. Yup, we had lots of milk but after taking into consideration the time and commitment it took, I discovered that I was just another lazy consumer that would rather buy it than try it.
Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? :wink:
Even though there is nothing as good as whole, raw milk, you won't catch me digging out the milking stool any time soon!!