Ah, yes, food. That's a very good point. Lets see, A gallon of whole milk is between $2.50 and $3.00 in my area. Ergo, this would only be worth it if you could feed the cow on less than $2.50 a day. I'll admit to knowing nothing of agriculture, so does anyone know how much hay 2.50 would buy? Do you think it would be enough to feed one of these dwarfish things?
A gallon of whole milk is between $2.50 and $3.00 in my area. Ergo, this would only be worth it if you could feed the cow on less than $2.50 a day.
When you add in SS, Medicare & FICA taxes, you have to ''earn'' considerably more than the cost of the milk. (The butter/ cream is a bonus.)
A cow produces around 60 to 70 pounds a day averaged out over the lactation period. Feed costs run about $10 per head per day without a labor component. Dairying is not the bidness to go into to get rich.
There is something to be said however for fresh milk being available from a family farm from cows or goats.
You're talking about a tropical region. There are weeds that grow 6 inches a week down there. Clear cut areas in the Caribbean would be completely overgrown in 10-15 years with oppurtunistic "weed" species if humans and grazing animals were removoed from the environment.
That being said, the Cubans should be driving a newer sub-compact American or Asian car to their local supermarket which should have refrigeration, 24 hour electricity, and a food selection at least equal to that available in the Dominican Republic. Instead they breed cattle. This is what America's deep green anti-civilization environazis want here in the USA.
Well, just as a frame of reference, consider how much it costs to feed a large dog. I would guess it would be similar. Unfortunately, I can't comment on this question since I don't have a dog.
In Cuba, where all the world's a shortage, I don't see it working out.
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I'm not sure, but I do know that you need to milk them the same time every day, otherwise the milk production suffers.
Fortunately, it's only in leap years that that you have to do that 366 days a year. Other years you can get by with 365 days a year getting up at 5 AM, so you can be in the barn and started by 6 AM, And of course you have to be there again at 6 PM every afternoon.
Again, if you do decide to do this, it's only 7 days a week, not the 8 days a week the Beatles sang about! It will only SEEM like 8 days a week,
Man, I wanna live where you are. Gallon of milk is $3.99 here at grocery here.
Costco has them for $2.05, but it's across town and only a monthly trip kind of thing.