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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 632793" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>This is probably the wrong place to ask about miniatures. Most here are dedicated to industrial cattle production. As I've explained it, you don't go to a trucker convention and ask what the best car is for hauling groceries. Truck drivers deal with the most efficient hauling of large loads - tractor/trailer. Yes, that is most efficient, but not if hauling household groceries. Likewise, industrial cattle production is most efficient at producing large quantities of beef, but if you don't need alot.....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Too small to butcher? So, rabbits and chickens and turkeys and hogs and sheep can't be butchered because they're under 1500 pounds? How large is large enough? Sure it's more efficient to run a big steer through a processing plant, but there is a world outside of them.</p><p></p><p>What's wrong with pets that can be eaten? Seems there is less questioning of people who have "regular" horses they never ride, or dogs they spend hundreds/thousands of dollars on, etc. Sure, small cattle don't fit the industrial production model, but does that mean people on small acreage should raise something with NO value? My brother has 3 Belgian draft horses to which he feeds over $5,000 of hay yearly (dairy quality irrigated alfalfa he raises) so they can do nothing. Is that more understandable to you than someone who raises and eats a small beef? Is it better to have a useless horse weighing a ton than one weighing a quarter ton?</p><p></p><p>Some of us just want a cow or two to mess with. A small cow still qualifies, with less crap, less stress on fences and pens, less tearing up the ground, etc.</p><p></p><p>And yes, according to the laws of physics, a small animal is easier to handle, and less likely to hurt you than a big animal. I actually had a guy tell me it hurts no worse to get stepped on by a 1600 pound cow than an 800 pound cow. Huh? I guess a mouse hoof hurts just the same, too.</p><p></p><p>Like it or not, the population is growing fast, and acreages will be smaller. They say the population in our area will triple by 2055. Farmland disappearing daily. Some people might want a cow or two but only have an acre or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 632793, member: 8265"] This is probably the wrong place to ask about miniatures. Most here are dedicated to industrial cattle production. As I've explained it, you don't go to a trucker convention and ask what the best car is for hauling groceries. Truck drivers deal with the most efficient hauling of large loads - tractor/trailer. Yes, that is most efficient, but not if hauling household groceries. Likewise, industrial cattle production is most efficient at producing large quantities of beef, but if you don't need alot..... Too small to butcher? So, rabbits and chickens and turkeys and hogs and sheep can't be butchered because they're under 1500 pounds? How large is large enough? Sure it's more efficient to run a big steer through a processing plant, but there is a world outside of them. What's wrong with pets that can be eaten? Seems there is less questioning of people who have "regular" horses they never ride, or dogs they spend hundreds/thousands of dollars on, etc. Sure, small cattle don't fit the industrial production model, but does that mean people on small acreage should raise something with NO value? My brother has 3 Belgian draft horses to which he feeds over $5,000 of hay yearly (dairy quality irrigated alfalfa he raises) so they can do nothing. Is that more understandable to you than someone who raises and eats a small beef? Is it better to have a useless horse weighing a ton than one weighing a quarter ton? Some of us just want a cow or two to mess with. A small cow still qualifies, with less crap, less stress on fences and pens, less tearing up the ground, etc. And yes, according to the laws of physics, a small animal is easier to handle, and less likely to hurt you than a big animal. I actually had a guy tell me it hurts no worse to get stepped on by a 1600 pound cow than an 800 pound cow. Huh? I guess a mouse hoof hurts just the same, too. Like it or not, the population is growing fast, and acreages will be smaller. They say the population in our area will triple by 2055. Farmland disappearing daily. Some people might want a cow or two but only have an acre or two. [/QUOTE]
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