Hi Allan: A cow in a formerly vegan household,- how wonderful! Morning and evening farm chores inclusive of the milking can happen in 2 hours. Attitude and organization is key and when the family cow knows she is loved and honoured she will help the process out considerably. As the Mennonite farmer , who brought Bessie to us, said "The more you treat her as a family member , the happier you all will be." And right he was. She could milk for nine months,- max production around eight weeks after freshening and then give her 3 months rest from the milking while she is growing a new calf. Being tied down is sometimes an issue, mostly not as you are no longer driving to the grocery store for milk, cream , yoghurt, lassie, butter or cheese. And her caretaker gets a "trip" each time they go to the barn beginning with that first breath of "internal smell" as Steiner described. Morning and evening chores were and are for me the most fruitful times of the day. Meditating with the cow flops as they are placed onto the forming compost pile. The cow is the ticket to the correct bacteria available for the land and the table with no necessity for deodorizers, parasite cleansers, etc. That wonderful milk is for me symbolic of Peace and Abundance. And I read with interest one of the last books written by the Dalai Lama where he speaks of the universal preference of milk particularly a cup of milk will be the preference to a cup of blood. Peace and Prosperity, Barbara
http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora -----Original Message----- From: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:52 AM Subject: Milking the Home-based Compost machine Re: Soil building withplant matter compost >Dear Barbara- > >We are thinking of getting our first family milk cow here. I've been >reticent to be as 'tied down' as a wet cow makes one, but at this >point I'm pretty much tied down anyway. (Not getting a milk cow has >been pretty easy for this formerlly vegan household.) > >How many months of the year has your cow been wet? >How much time a day do you devote to milking? > >Thanks > >-Allan > > >>Hi Dorothy: >>>From my experience and knowledge cow manure(i.e. a female bovine) is by far >>the best. And a home milk cow would be la creme de la creme. This having to >>do with female fertility and the closer the animal is to you and your family >>the more likely the process can be altruistic. We have observed this "the >>whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" at Aurora Farm while initiating >>a self-regulating organism through the cow. >>Blessings, >>Barbara >> >>http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Dorothy O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:22 AM >>Subject: Re: Soil building with plant matter compost >> >> >>> >>>Here's a basic question: Is there supposed to be a >>>difference among various types of cattle manure for >>>compost? In other words is dairy cow manure >>>preferable to beef cow manure for compost? Is cow >>>manure better than steer manure? >>>Thanks, Dorothy >>> >>> >>>__________________________________________________ >>>Do You Yahoo!? >>>Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of >>>your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com >>>or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com >>> >
