I think goats are gruff-like. About as intimidating as an old fragile man. Meat on something like that's gotta be stringy and full of gristle.
More than likely goats claim the higher ground because they know the superior cow can't get to them. Not that the cows care, really, cause every goat has to come down eventually. The grass is greener down here anyway.
As for milking, cows are just made to be milked. Without them, you wouldn't have whipped cream and without whipped cream you wouldn't have pregnancies. Now who here can tell me with a straight face that they weren't involved in a pregnancy at least once in their lives. Uh huh. *scribbles down notes*
You see, without the god-like cow, us humans would not be able to survive. No whipped cream means no pregnancy and thus no reproduction. There would be no butter, and thus no amish. There would be no milk, and thus no vanilla ice cream. And most importantly, there would be no beef. There goes your steak, hamburger, tacos, pizza, meatballs, and the nifty ceramic cookie jars made to look like cows but really have removeable heads and hollow bodies to cleverly hide the goods.
If cows mean more food for the larder, then call me a larder. And I'll take it medium rare.