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Christmas poem

Got a new keyboard today so I am back at my usual pace… 😉 Read this out loud for best effect… JW You’d never guess from looking the name they hung on him at his birth I guess it wasn’t what you’d maybe expect it was Johnathan William Hinklesworth Now, that’s a purty long nameContinue reading “Christmas poem”

This, is what we need to do…

What I have thought all along, use fire to fight fire… it would work… http://www.velociworld.com/ The Wild Boars Gambit Have you ever been chased by a wild boar? I was, once, as a kid. It was pretty terrifying. And I’m relatively certain that was a domestic hog that had escaped, and in a year orContinue reading “This, is what we need to do…”

Rain!

Woke up to a wet world this morning. Wonderful stuff. got a few flakes also today and some drizzle. Just what the doctor ordered. It is cool but it is supposed to warm back up in a few days. This will sure help the coughing livestock! Thanks God! Here are a few shots Raymond andContinue reading “Rain!”

Back to facts…

Farm (ranch) productivitey Compared to 1950…… ! If same farm productivity as 1950,  only feed half of current U.S.  population …………. ! No food for:  CA, TX, NY, FL, IL, PA, OH, MI, GA. Compared to 1950…… ! Conventional beef cattle:  2/3’s less CO 2, land and feed required ! Dairy cattle:  63% more milk with 58% fewer cows,  70% less manure 65% less water 90% less land 63% less CO 2 U.S. cattle farmers & ranchers  provide 25% of the world’s beef  with 10% of the cattle 85% of U.S. grazing land is  unsuitable for crop production Globally, beef cattle consume just  5% of total grain production And if your worried about Global Warming…. Livestock accounts for less than 3%  of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions Open space – primarily managed by  cattlemen – provides habitat  for   75% of America’s wildlife

And some more facts

Interesting findings from a report on 60 Minutes 60 minutes sugar Dr. Robert Lustig Gary Taubes Sugar: >150 pounds per capita Beef: 58 pounds per capita And here is what the Bible said about what to feed honord guests… Genesis 18: 7­8 Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried  to prepare it.  He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared,  and placed it before them; and he was standing by  them under the tree as they ate. Hmmm, beef! Not veggies! Or tofu! AndContinue reading “And some more facts”

More fun facts…

Since 1950’s: Recommended diets from academia, MD’s and government: Low Fat/High Carb…no red meat, no saturated fat Results of 50 years of “low fat/high carb” diet strategies ! 15% of children between 6 and 19 are overweight ! 70% of Americans are overweight “½ of this figure is nearing obese! 19 million adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (1/2 of all adult Native Americans)!Continue reading “More fun facts…”