(Continued from Part 2. This concludes the article.) More milk cows Cows are no trouble at all if they have what they need: plenty of grass to graze‚ hay during the winter‚ a little grain at milking time‚ minerals‚ plenty of fresh water‚ good fences‚ shelter‚ and no predators. I should tell you that I obtained more milk cows and there’s a reason for that.  Once I weaned the calf‚ my Jersey’s milk production started to drop until she was giving half a gallon of milk a day.  This happened over a few month’s time.  She was about 8  months … The post Milk Cows on the Homestead – Part 3‚ by SaraSue appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.