From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Mon Jan 11 1999 - 21:51:31 MST
At 07:17 PM 1/11/99 PST, Eric wrote:
>I don't know a percise percentage, but I'd say only about half(for sake
>of argument) of the cow population's function is for diary purposes. So
>that leaves the other half to "deal" with. My second observation is
>that I agree, It would be nice spare the "post-prime" cows, for
>nostalgia; etc., but on the other hand, this would be INCREDIBLY
>EXPENSIVE!
I think you have a good point. Too many cows would be expensive.
(Especially for the farmer who has a big headache today with the expense of
pigs). So, if 1/2 of the population of cows that are used for dairy
purposes were also in the fields grazing aesthetically, then they would be
pre-post-prime nostalgia, and later, in their retiring years, they would
inevitably be, as you say, post-prime.
>Well, I hope that was helpful.
Well, I'm not a farmer by profession nor a cow eater by trade. While the
cows may escape my table, not all living creatures do.
Natasha
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