MILK PRODUCTION
Modern farming manuals state that two reasonably well-bred
goats will supply an average household with all the
milk it requires and most of the butter, each goat being
able to produce 250 gallons of milk or 100 pounds of
butter per year.[643]
If the House for the Goats and Goatherds
sheltered one hundred goats at a time, these animals must
have contributed considerably to the monastery's daily
supply of cheese.
In layout, design, and dimensions, the House for the
Goats and Goatherds is identical with the House for
Visiting Servants (figs. 402-403), which relieves us of its
reconstruction. The same holds true for the two remaining
buildings of this tract, which we shall discuss presently.
