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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

clhw wrote:

> Here in the Southeast, where pine forests are many and annual
> precipitation, mostly rain, is about 50 inches, our carrying capacity, as
> stated by the Clemson Extension Service, the FDA, and the Soil and Water
> Conservation folks (whatever their name is now) is 3.5 animal units to the
> acre.
>
> When we looked into buying land in Montana, around Lake Flathead,
> specifically in the Poulson area, we were told that the annual rainfall was
> 12 inches and the carrying capacity was 3 acres to the animal unit.
>
> In other words, we needed almost 10 times the land we have here to carry
> the same number of animals. So regional/climate differences can be
> enormous.
>  
And of course, nothing can be gained from looking at the numbers for a 
specific property.  You meant to say that differences between individual 
properties can be enormous.

If your pasture looked like the picture of Livermore in July, would you 
love it same?

Bill
S.Oregon coast