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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

For me, cows are out of the question, as are horses.  I had both growing up.  
I never learned to like horses. I like cows, but they are too big for me , at 
this point in my life. Here in Az, horses are a big deal.  To me they are a 
lot of trouble. 

 With five acres, I hope I could grow enough food for two people and have 
small animals( few pigs, chickens, rabbits, maybe a couple of goats?
 for meat (plus game).  I'm not limiting myself to five acres; I'm just 
saying to move to five acres with 'live' water, from a 1/3 acre city home, 
would be a nice transition.

If what I just described can not be done on five acres , please tell me why.  
I grew up on 104 acres, most of it just set there, not being used.  Only a 
small portion was truly productive. 

p.s. And, horses need way too much room .........bobford


--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homesteading getting around?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 5:17 PM
> They are advertising it as a potential horse or cattle
> ranch. I don't 
> know much about Wyoming, but (aside from the question of
> water) I 
> understand that the stocking rate in that area is something
> like 5-10 
> acres per cow. Four or five cows wouldn't make much of
> a cattle ranch.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> bob ford wrote:
> > Lynn, to this "city slicker", 'five'
> acres with good water would seem huge.....bobford
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Lynn Wigglesworth  wrote:
> > 
> > But maybe 40 acres sounds big to city
> >> slickers.
> >>
> >> Lynn Wigglesworth
> >> Tioga County, PA
> > 
> > 
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