Posted on 05/22/2011 4:51:51 PM PDT by decimon
This whole article is garbage.
Civilization may be based on cereals, but somebody forgot to tell the Andean peoples. Their civilization was based on potatoes and fish.
Prior to the Inca empire around 1400, maize was grown as a status food, not a staple crop. Certainly a civilization starting in 700 BC wasn’t “based on maize.” This was true of all Meso-American civilizations, but not the Andean ones.
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Mostly for the Fleece, (Fiber), I have found that it is superior to Sheep’s wool for the texture, softness and the Hypo-allergenic properties. Wool however is superior for keeping you warm even when it is wet. But does itch like crazy...
We also breed for superior animals, The American Alpaca industry is still very small and we can use as many breeders as we can get. The goal is to get the national herd above one million. It’s a round number, but we believe that at that size the commercial processing costs will drop considerably. For now though, Fiber processing is either done at mini-mills or by home crafting enthusiasts or fiber artists.
Ande ewe can do better? Cria me a river. ;-)
We’ve had llamas for years. Something interesting about their behavior is that they use communal dung piles. One of them picks a place to do their business and all of them will use that spot over and over. If they stay in one area for a while, they will create an area that will stay significantly greener and more productive for years. I can see how someone might have capitalized on this.
Interesting. Good luck.
Maybe you can fake them out by moving some of the pile.
For superior non-itching, warmth inducing natural fiber, nothing beats cashmere. Gotta love those goats!
Someone once wrote, “...if you like cats, you’ll like goats. Goats see being fenced in as though living in a gated community they’re free to leave at will!”
Um, GGGGG.
Gods, Graves, Glyphs, Grains, and Guano.
“Maybe you can fake them out by moving some of the pile.”
Yep, that’s how you do it. They will immediately start using that spot.
Didn’t she appear in “Secret of the Incas?”
It’s getting their heads stuck in the fence that’s the rub.
LOL! A writer of one article I read in Hobby Farms insists that to raise goats, one must be a romantic.
I have no idea what the above means. I hope one day to have a couple of miniature Jersey cows and a small flock of Santa Cruz sheep. No goats. I’m supposing no genes for romance.
Goatgranny has me convinced that goats will be our next project.
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