I prefer cows to goats.  And I prefer cow milk to goat milk, but only just barely. I have an affinity for the gentle, calm, independent, quietude of cows.  They suit me.  But don't sell goats short.  They are as easy to keep as dogs. They are quieter, less smelly, and about as cheap to feed as dogs.  Plus, they never bite or actually kill anything, the way dogs can.  Goats can give you about a gallon of milk a day, while raising their babies.  And you can keep them nearly anywhere.  Almost everyone in the United States could keep a couple of goats, if they wanted to.  If they understood how easy it is and how much food they give.  If you let the goats raise their babies, you don't even have to milk every-single-day.  Most days, yes.  But milking isn't the dire, haggard, relentless, ball and chain most old farmers like to claim.  In any case, it only takes about 15 minutes to hand milk a goat.  High quality fresh goat milk is nearly indistinguishable from cow milk in taste, and supposedly even better for you than cow milk.  Its higher in fat and I'm told its more digestible.  We prefer to cook with it.  Hot cocoa made with goat milk is Sublime.  And, just like dogs, you can travel with goats in the back of a station wagon.