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Re: British Beef Situation



 
In article <416@vishwa.win-uk.net>, David Scott Libby (dslibby@vishwa.win-uk.net) writes:
>Why don't we castrate them and turn them to work as Oxen.
>
>Forget beef altogether we can do without can't we? It would reduce
>a hell of a lot of forest destruction and would benefit numerous
>ecosystems.
>
>We could simply keep the dairy industry going and use all males
>for draft work.
>
>It'll give people jobs and the beasts won't have to suffer.
>
>They do it in India, why not elsewhere?
>
>Obviously it couldn't be done overnight. There probably aren't many
>farmers who would give up their warm tractor cabs for a bullock
>cart. But it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
>
>A thought for the future/sustainability/employment and the
>re-vitalising of rural economy.
>
Um, pardon me but which planet do you live on?

Have you thought about the comparative ploughing capabilities of a
tractor and an oxen?  Have you considered how many teams of MEN (I
speak generically) and oxen it would take to replace only the
tractors on say one 500 acre farm?  Have you thought how much
these men would have to be paid?  Have you considered what the
price of food might be? 

Would you be prepared to educate the urban public as to the costs
of such an exercise?

Cloud cookoo land.  Regenerate the economy - you cannot be serious.



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