My niece is (was) a Milkmaid in Switzerland. Her family dairy farm sold off all the cattle a few years ago when the state de-regulated milk. I remember the cat

My niece is (was) a Milkmaid in Switzerland. Her family dairy farm sold off all the cattle a few years ago when the state de-regulated milk. I remember the cattle were pastured across the road. There was an underpass for the cattle to get from barn to field and back. In the evening they would begin their trek, the herd gathering and filing through the underpass. Each cow would take her place in the barn, in a stall with her name, ready to be milked. To be sure, they re-purposed the land and farm. The national polo team practices in the field and stables in the barn. So that's some income. But not the same. My niece is a teacher now.