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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Draft Horses
  • Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:07:30 -0700 (PDT)

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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