Back in the Dark Ages, here in Melbourne milk used to be delivered to
one's home by a horse and cart with human assistant, well before dawn.
It came in glass bottles with a foil cap, and unhomogenized into the
bargain. Here in the Yarra Valley (Ivanhoe) there was a lot of cream in
it, from local Jersey herds.
And sometimes you'd go out to bring it in and there would be a hole in
the foil and quite a lot of the creamy-top missing. This happened to
neighbours as well, and one watched through his venetian blinds early
one morning. He saw a 'crow' walk up cautiously, peck the bottle-cap,
and drink as far down as it could reach.
We all got boxes to protect the milk after that.
Anthea Fleming
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