Goodridge knows goats

Open class competitor Marilyn Goodridge of Molalla knows her dairy goats. She laughed when I called her an expert milker, but anyone who can milk six goats in 20 minutes has some serious skills.

Last year Marilyn had a champion Oberhasli goat that produced 4100 pounds of milk in 305 days. That's an average of over 13 pounds per day. The best goats can give up to 17 pounds of milk per day, or just over two gallons. No wonder the heavy producers have to be milked three times a day.

All of which got me wondering, if you had a goat that was carrying 4100 pounds of milk all at once, how long would it take Marilyn, working non-stop, to milk it?

The answer? Not as long as it would take you.