Fodder was gathered on the way home from the fields and certainly wasn't bought specially. Consequently the cows gave very little milk and what bit they gave had to be milked by hand, which took hours.
施尚斌民國五十九年養乳牛時，全省平均養牛戶只飼養五、六頭，牛吃的食物，都是不要花錢、隨時由田裡撿回來的草，因此乳牛的產乳量奇低。「辛辛苦苦用手擠了半天乳，一頭乳牛才榨出三、四公斤。」