Friday, May 04, 2007

Farm From The Madding Crowd

Herd It On The Grapevine

A cash-strapped Swiss farmer is renting out his cows. Albert Breitenmoser, from Eggerstanden, said people can hire out cows Maxime, Wanda and Lynn from his herd for $160 a month. That entitles them to visit their cows as often as they want, milk them and receive a souvenir picture. In addition, they get a discount on bread and cheese sold by his farm and the chance to spend a weekend in an Alpine chalet by a lake in summertime, where the cows are put out to grass. Breitenmoser said: "The pressure on us farmers is big these days. Every farmer is looking for something special to make some extra cash."

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