[Homestead] Scary as h*ll

DSanner106 at aol.com DSanner106 at aol.com
Fri Oct 17 08:24:44 EDT 2008


My grandparents raised black angus on the family farm and our family got 1  
steer a year every year for a couple decades. We had 2 and later 3 kids and 
that  steer made it all year, with leftovers until we kids hit the teen years, 
then  had to conserve just a bit. 
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 10/17/2008 1:57:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
erthnsky at bellsouth.net writes:

Yeah, I  did the math on it and adjusted conservatively and came up with 
a steer  supports 3 people for a year, based on one 4 oz serving a day.
If there are  50 people on my loop, my neighborhood, I could put 15-20 
head of cattle on  my pasture and feed everyone for a year.

Lynda wrote:
> 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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