attr. Æsop, Three Hundred Aesop's Fables — The Milkwoman and her Pail (1887)
“ THE MILKWOMAN AND HER PAIL. A Farmer's daughter was carrying her pail of milk from the field to the farm-house, when she fell a-musing. "The money for which this milk will be sold, will buy at least three hundred eggs. The eggs, allowing for all mishaps, will produce two hundred and fifty chickens. The chickens will become ready for the market when poultry will fetch the highest price ”
