RE: Ruminants

Walker Bennett (WBennett@caldwellspartin.com)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:52:14 -0400

Paul:
I think you would do well to try your hand with a few goats as a
small garden-marketer. They are more cost and labor effective in the long
run. Goats are much more efficient milk producers (lb. feed per lb. milk
produced) than are cows or larger ruminants; require less space; require
less tending. The initial outlay is normally much less also.
They will also thrive better where others won't. A goat prefers
scrub to good pasture (mine would never tough good grass, but would kill
over poison ivy and rose of Sharon.
The drawback - a cow won't jump a fence...

Walker Bennett
wbennett@caldwellspartin.com <mailto:wbennett@caldwellspartin.com>
wabennett@gw.total-web.net <mailto:wabennett@gw.total-web.net>
w_bennett@msn.com <mailto:w_bennett@msn.com>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schmitmeyer [mailto:ps@erinet.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:42 AM
To: Sanet
Subject: Rumenants

Hi all,
If the small garden marketer cannot have cattle(dairy or beef), is it
possible that many of them could have a goat or two. Doesn't have to be a
cow, just a rumanant.

Right???

Match the rumenant with the land.
Someone want to help me out with this?

Also one other thing. Can anyone explain to me why it is that they don't
recommend any meat scraps in the compost?

Thanks,
Paul

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