The farm would also keep a small herd of cows plus chickens and almost certainly, a 'family pig' with its own pigsty. This was often attached to the house.
The pig would be 'fattened' on the by-products of the butter and cheesemaking processes and on household scraps.

Image courtesy of Rural History Centre, University of Reading

The milk that was produced might be sold directly from the farm...or made into butter...or sold to the creamery.

[John Gresham on selling the milk]

[John Gresham on making butter]

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