Our new milk cow...

Most of you are probably familiar with James Harriet (Pen name of Alf Wight), the English veterinary surgeon.
Our new cow, co-featured in this brief, if wonderfully well made, documentary film, is the very essence of some of the milk cows mentioned in Harriet’s books. She is gentle and kind, a very likable cow, especially when compared to the infuriating pests that go by the title of “goat”. A cow you can just imagine being one of the old cows some highland farmer views more like family than livestock, an old friend he greats every morning as he makes his way, lighting the lantern in the chilly barn; you can imagine the light illuminating his frosty breath.
Anyway, she’s a splendid cow and the calves (not hers) are adorable as well, even though they appear more like deer in the film, Jerseys are the cutest cows, aren’t they?
We have many friends who purchase any extra milk we get, I even tried some while home, and it was very good. I hate goat milk and was expecting fresh cow milk to have some odd taste as well but was pleasantly surprised. My mother has already made cheese and butter from the cream as well, which I didn’t get to try.

The goat in the movie is a leftover buck that has the job of staying in the pen with the calves and teaching them how to eat grain, something calves actually don't pick up on their own very well, he's doing a good job of it, but no surprise there.