My dad did that for years had about 40 milking Gurnsey's. They ate good too. To keep a good supply of milk you will need heifers old enough to breed so you have a steady supply of milk cows that are dried off until they give birth. We had a young stock barn too along with pregnant cows.
You get a lot of manure from this many animals and you need a good supply of food like hay and silage and grain. This isn't a job when you don't feel liking going to the barn. They need to be fed at least twice a day to keep milk production up. My brother and I both worked in the barns. He helped with the milking and I cleaned the young stock barn and fed them. They need a constant supply of water too. We did this before heading off to school. This was for the morning milking. We helped in the evening too as they need milking again and they all need to be fed again. Gutters had to be cleaned twice a day since they were kept inside about 6 months out of the year. My dad was happy as a pig in slop doing that every day 7 days a week.
When the Korean War broke out that started a change. My brother joined the Air Force in 1951 3 days after we graduated. Eighteen months later I got drafted into the Army. I was still helping with the morning milking up until the day I got drafted. Too much for my dad to do as he was getting up in years. Got rid of the farm in 1954. Hal
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