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[Zantan]

According to the wiki, milkable creatures can be milked almost twice a month, or a total of maybe 20 times a year.  Since dwarves eat once per year,  that means that four female cows can provide enough food to feed a mature fortress (80 dwarves).

I know that food is ridiculously easy to get in DF, so this may be a moot point, but what how often does everyone think a cow should produce enough milk to feed a dwarf for a year?

[100killer9]

I don't recall dwarves eating once a year. I haven't played Fort mode (too many bugs) but was it changed?

[Zantan]

I may be remembering wrong, but I thought each dwarf ate once a year and drank twice a year.  I don't know if anything has changed in the new version.

Edit: it's 8 food and 16 drink a year per dwarf, according to the first fortress guide on the wiki (for 40d)
So that means one cow can feed a little more than dwarf for a year on just milk...still seems high.

[LegoLord]

Dwarves have never had a drink or food anywhere near that seldom.  I think it is indeed a two to one ratio of drink to booze, but not a rate of 2 booze/year and 1 food/year.

[Vattic]

Apparently 2,305 gallons of milk a year is realistic for cows. DF is only unrealistic because our cows eat nothing, don't get sick and require very little work except milking them. The other problem is that, other than a bad thought, there are no adverse side effects to an all milk diet.

[Max White]

Especially when it is a well minced milk roast.

[soul4hdwn]

eatting rate is twice a season with drinking rate twice that.
milk rate is either twice a season or once i can't remember some of other documentation on the forums.

[Jay]

Especially when it is a well minced milk roast.

Doesn't work anymore.
They melt when a dwarf tries to eat them.
Rather comedic -
*Urist McDwarf picks up liquid roast*
*Roast melts*
"DAMN IT!"
*Urist McDwarf picks up another liquid roast*
*repeat ad nauseam*