Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

They were shown over the cattery, the piggery, the milkers, and
the kennelry, as Mrs. Mortimer called her live stock departments.
None was large. All were moneymakers, she assured them, and
rattled off her profits glibly. She took their breaths away by
the prices given and received for pedigreed Persians, pedigreed
Ohio Improved Chesters, pedigreed Scotch collies, and pedigreed
Jerseys. For the milk of the last she also had a special private
market, receiving five cents more a quart than was fetched by the
best dairy milk. Billy was quick to point out the difference
between the look of her orchard and the look of the orchard they
had inspected the previous afternoon, and Mrs. Mortimer showed
him scores of other differences, many of which he was compelled
to accept on faith.