There is a dismal prospect for any milkman at Arthur’s Pass, for most households in the mountain settlement have their own. milk supply, goats being the providers (reports the Christchurch Sun). At least 11 families rely on goats for milk, and appear quite satisfied with the. arrangement. In winter, the settlement is under snow, so that cows would have to be hand-fed: Tho goats, however, forage for food in the adjoining bush, and invariably put in an appearance at the back door at milking 4 , time. ■
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Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 61
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