[Homestead] Scary as h*ll

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Fri Oct 17 00:37:37 EDT 2008


Even with canning and dehydrating, you would have too much meat for one 
person unless they ate it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desert and for 
snacks inbetween.  The average steer that goes into the average butcher shop 
weighs at least 250 a quarter (more for a hind).  A half a beef would feed 
one person for more than a year!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>>
>
 It doesn't have to be that way...many hands make light work.  One thing
> I have learned from homesteading is that one animal, whether it is a
> pig, a chicken, a goat, or even a mule(for plowing) can provide a lot of
> food for a good many people.  Everyone on this list is oft challenged by
> how to make the best use of the excess-either they sell it, they process
> it(like making cheese and soap) or they feed other animals with it.
> Do you think everyone is entitled to a paid vacation and health insurance?
> I don't think too many people get paid vacations, and I certainly don't
> think it should be an entitlement.
> Health insurance, if the society you speak of existed, where people ate
> what they grew and raised, then we would see a lot less serious diseases
> and health care would amount to little more than well care and emergency
> care.
> A question for you Lynn...how many months can a person live off of one
> beef cow, properly processed with no waste, i.e. soup bones used, blood
> used, etc.
>
>
> Bev
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