3. The Natural Home Dairy

Livestock Course•Homesteading And Livestock
Deborah Niemann
Deborah Niemann Thrifty Homesteader

With the help of cow, goat, or sheep partners, and by sharing milk with their babies, you can produce all of your family’s dairy products, from fluid milk to cheese and soap. Plus, you can use their milk to feed other animals that can be raised for meat and leather. The icing on the cake is that you can use their manure to fertilize your garden and fruit trees.

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