>Karen Kerr, a local farmer spoke about the benefits of raising heritage
>animals and direct marketing to the public. A heritage animal is a breed of
>animal that has been around for generations, but is in danger of going
>extinct because they do not fit into high tech farming methods. They do
>however have characteristics that our forefathers thought beneficial. Most
>are very hardy, able to utilization a diet modern animals would find
>difficult to use, and fit readily into a pasture based farming method. The
>Scottish Highland Cattle she brought with her, are the leanest of cattle,
>thrive with almost no graining and have a coat that protects them from all
>but the severest of winter storms. They were the cattle the pioneers used
to
>pull the prairie schooners across the American frontier because of the
>adaptability of their diet and their ability to be used as draft animals
>once a final destination was reached. Kerr also raises Cotswool and Jacobs
>sheep, Feighting goats and most notably Tamworth hogs.
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