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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Sandy , some of us like "new words", but not necessarily new 'narcs' ..  :)  
.....bobford


--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com> wrote:

> From: Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Draft Horses
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 3:54 PM
> James, you are a constant source of amazement. 
>  
> "Bloviate"? I had to look it up. Shame on you, on
> the one hand for talking  
> over my head, but plaudits to you on the other hand for
> offering such a 
> Medieval  challenge. It's an old, OLD word!
>  
> I am back now from a monthly meeting, where I found myself 
> narcoleptically 
> (new word?) nodding off. I thought only old men fell asleep
> at  meetings, but I 
> guess Morpheus knows no gender-bias. Particularly
> embarrassing,  if anyone 
> noticed, because I have to sit up front where I am the
> subject of  close 
> inspection by the membership, and I am just now home and
> recovering from  the fact 
> that my left-foot bootlaces were not evenly knotted up.
> What an  excruciating 
> two hours.
>  
> When I get started on the fourth-quarter Property Owners
> newsletter, I have  
> made mental note that the term 'bloviation' is used
> somewhere in one of the  
> articles.
>  
> And I think I know where. Our former First District
> Supervisor did not run  
> for re-election to his post. He chose instead to go for the
> job as County  
> Assessor. Then he got himself appointed to the AQMD. These
> two posts now put him  
> in control of land and air. The only thing left is water,
> and he's probably  
> working on that.
>  
> And he's taken a good chunk of time off, now, to go
> into re-hab. I picture  
> him re-habbing in a hotel somewhere, with or without wife
> and kids / and / or  
> mistress - while his humungous salary and his bills
> continue to be paid.
>  
> Please send any other 'new' words that you have
> hanging around, because I  
> don't foresee this guy hanging around much longer.
>  
> I didn't mean to get off the subject thread - just had
> to vent and share.  
> Please continue with the draft horse information. I am
> particularly interested  
> in the mules.
>  
> Sandy
>  
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 10/10/2008 3:16:20 P.M. Pacific Standard
> Time,  
> Clansgian AT wmconnect.com writes:
> 
> 
> >  >I would imagine that James would be your best bet
> in this  regard.
> 
> Maybe not, because here is what I'd say:
> 
> Homesteader  types get too wrapped up in the minutia of
> breeds as if raising 
> South  Albanian Flathead ducks would make or break the
> flock rather than East 
>  
> Slabovian Blue Foots.  What applies to all ducks is 98% of
> it and  that is 
> what 
> makes or breaks the operation.
> 
> Same goes for draft  horses.  While it's a lot of fun
> to bloviate over this 
> or 
> that breed,  what makes or breaks the experience with the
> horse is not the 
> breed.   For that,  really any horse will do.  Any horse
> that you train to  
> the 
> harness will do all anyone needs done around a homestead. 
> If the  horse is 
> small, 
> you will need two or more.
> 
> I have a Belgian.   He is a wonderful soul, but he is an
> overkill.  He weighs 
> 2000 lbs  and scarcely bats an eye at hauling oak logs out
> of the woods, much 
> less  be concerned in the least with a plow or forecart.  I
> have him because 
> he  
> cost me very little.  By the bye, it does not cost twice as
> much to  keep a 
> 2000lb horse as a 1000 lb horse.  The feed and pasture they
>  need for 
> maintenance 
> is scarcely different.
> 
> Especially if you are  starting out, don't split hairs
> over the breed.  But 
> that's what I  say about all farmstead livestock.
> 
> Also don't limit your possibilities  to horses.  Mules
> are generally more 
> expensive but donkeys,  especially Mammoths, are less
> expensive than horses 
> and are 
> wonderful and  flexible draft animals.
> 
> If you've got a deep purse, have fun mulling  over
> breeds.  If you haven't, 
> keep your eyes open for whatever.   Any horse is a
> potential draft  animal.
> 
> James
> 
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