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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] goats & turkeys
  • Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:23:52 -0500

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:43:30 -0600, you wrote:

>More on goats...while of course they are EXCELLENT at eating down browse
>(all the things you mentioned Liz) many goat owners have learned (the sad,
>hard way) that tethering goats to accomplish your goal is a very bad idea -
>of course they would be helpless if attacked by dogs, e.g., but, more
>importantly, they very often manage to hang or choke themselves (unlike,
>say, tethering a dog).

I'd just like to point out that dogs can hang or choke
themselves as well. I wouldn't tie my dogs anywhere unless
I was right there with them to keep an eye on them.

Pat

-- northern Pennsylvania
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry




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