Article: The Water Buffalo Method; David Muller discovers a different way to say "cheese"

By any measure, David Muller's girls have got it good. They sleep on waterbeds in a brand-new space filled with light and fresh air. The walls inflate automatically the moment the air temperature becomes uncomfortably cool and deflate as soon as the chill is gone. The milking parlor has been specially designed to ensure that they feel no unnecessary stress during the short period each day when they are actually working, and their pasture overlooking South Woodstock has the sort of view that would make a real estate agent weep.

All the girls have to do in return is produce sinfully rich milk -- milk that has twice the butterfat content (8 percent) of the cows' milk sold in groceries, and ...

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