night thoughts
2.5 years I have been living here on my farm, since 1.5 years I think animals over 1 year before the first calf born. By then it was clear that I did not rob the milk and they can be fobbed off with milk powder, so I will, consequently, no cheese, etc. . Make
I think cattle, an ancient race that is threatened with extinction. In its heyday it was the "Butterkuh of the North", ie a high producing a profitable breeding race. Now I get so high-yielding cow from the day before yesterday. And for what? In order to produce their descendants continue to milk or meat for a ökobewusste Elite? The assumed the leading role, has yet to go back to very similar structures?
If the long-term goal should be, on meat and dairy consumption to give general information, reasons there are finally some, then it makes little sense to get an operating branch of its stock of natural, annually doubled in clear text (!): Milk production is calf production, ie a year per cow, a calf, ie, from a 20-strong herd of a 40 -person, or in other words, the Germans would have 4 million cattle annually eat (2010 total cattle population of around 12 million, of which about a third calves up to one year, PM Federal Statistical Office Germany, 07.01.2010) to provoke not only to further growth , reduction of meat no trace.
same time can not now live a normal peasant from a herd of 20 cows above, he will increase so try to bring himself and his family make ends meet. More cows is called back with more meat, more milk, over-saturation of the market, falling prices and less income for farmers, more cows, so a vicious circle. Some saddle so early as to, for example poultry, mostly the same on a large scale to be worthwhile, but is now likely that the mechanism will be the same: more poultry, more eggs and meat, too much supply, prices decline, more poultry, etc .
What I'm doing here is considered economically absurd, I hold my cattle without (visible) profit, I do not milk, produce no cheese and no meat. Although I expect in December again baby, but this is a dead end, because I do not want to breed and multiply, so they can be sent to the fattening cattle and dairy farms.
I am not a peasant child who has grown up that are cows and go, that calves are separated from their mothers that are looking for cows their kids and get calves finished milk, that they live to 4-5 in small departments in the stable, as long as they still need to be fed several times a day and only then natural movements like running and jumping meet on the field. But I have watched my calf, which had from the first day of life to a great need to move wanted to test their legs and try out. I have observed the relationship of mothers to their children, the behavior of other herd animals, even a different type. It was particularly interesting for me, was received with curiosity and openness to what the children of other races. I learned a lot in this first short time with my small herd, but a farmer's wife I have not gone.
My dream would be to share my observations to describe the various animal personalities and maybe also to show a new way, which seems to me the only possible one: our responsibility to the individual animal compared to that lives with us and of us depends. Race, however, is a word that is used today and can result in bad excesses. to get old races in order to eat and to use for me - unfortunately! - No goal. But since I do not even ever have to rely on the kindness and emergency financial support of my family wants, it is natural for me now the question in all urgency: What to do?
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