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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Okay.  And Maire just wrote to van dell that sheep are too labor intensive 
for most dairy but cheese.  Mybe that is the reason that , until today, I'd 
never heard of dairy sheep.  thanks ....bobford

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--- On Sat, 11/8/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] sheep was Another wood-fired oven production
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 9:41 AM
> I am not sure either, not having made much of a study of
> dairy, but the (human) lactation specialists I've talked
> to, an the vets for whom I've worked, have recommended
> goat's milk because the proteins are smaller than
> others, and therefore more digestible.
> 
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> On Nov 8, 2008, at 11:22 AM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > Why would one kind of dairy matter much over another,
> with animals in general? I know a small percentage of people
> are lacotse intolerant, but I don't know how that
> applies across the animal world or why they would be more
> tolerant of one mil over another....bobford
> > 
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> > --- On Sat, 11/8/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net
> <paxamicus AT earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > 
> >> I think there is a bigger market for goat milk, as
> it is
> >> more easily   digestible by more animals.
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