Used to milk 40 cows every morning when at school, 2 were Jerseys. Used to take home half a pint of cream off the top and a pint and a half of shorthorn milk. The old girl made butter and we used the remains for cereals etc. Kept 2 pigs and half a dozen chickens and one gosling for Christmas. That and rabbits kept us going with home made bread or bread from village bakery.
That was living, along with beef dripping.