I recall my daughter researching cow gestation. I think there is a 3 week spread between the breeds.
Kirk --- Kim & Garth Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I live in the middle of nowhere and yes, we do see > this all the time. No > one walks anywhere, no bicycles, very few > motorcycles. They drive 25 miles > to the city daily for whatever, even if they do not > work. Many who live > here drive 150+ miles a day to work and back. > > Me, I go to town once a week, in my Volks TDI. I > did look at getting a > motorcycle, but the animal feed ect. just doesn't > fit. Eventually we hope > to lower the amount we are spending off farm, but it > takes time and effort > to build the place, improve the soil and keep > everything done. Being self > sufficient is really hard to set up. For example, > right now I have to buy > milk and milk products because my cow is almost 2 > weeks overdue to have her > calf. I did have some milk in the freezer, but we > ran out. Mother Nature > makes this lifestyle an art, not a science. I have > read books like 5 acres > and independence, but they obviously did not have a > Jersey cow. > > The biggest problem I have found it that local > economy is so > expensive. They expect you to pay dearly for the > privilege of buying > locally, to the tune of double what I can pay 25 > miles away. > > Worse than that, the local produce store carries > Californian oranges, not > the Texas or Louisiana oranges that I get a Walmart. > [I am in east > Texas] We have nothing produced locally that is > sold locally. The high > gas prices have had little effect on the lifestyle. > > Most people who have moved here from the city have > no interest in doing for > themselves. Less than 10% of the homes have > gardens, and this in a place > where gardening year round is easy. The reality of > today makes it hard to > believe that any 'new urbanism' is going to be an > improvement. > > Bright Blessings, > Kim > > At 12:51 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote: > >I think the reason the film spoke of "new urbanism" > as one possible result > >(not solution) is that a possible trouble with > moving further out is that > >unless you can provide all of your own > goods/services (which most can > >not), the increased distance will require MORE not > less transportation > >(and hence more energy). High density living > facilitates a > >reduction/concentration of transportation, and also > enables the use of > >higher efficiency transportation methods (mass > transit for individuals, > >trains for goods, etc). > >_ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
