Tuesday, February 8, 2011
IMHO, raising animals ...
- it's just like gardening on steroids, at least in terms of emotions. Remember how you felt when these tiny green sprouts raised their tiny leaves where you put some seeds in black soil just a few days ago? Well, now imagine a couple of dozens lambs running around, playing king of the mountain and doing all kinds of crazy stuff the kids do on a pasture where there was no movement whatsoever just two weeks ago. Then again - remember that morning you found your favorite plant withered and dead? Well, at least before it died it didn't look at you with great comfort and hope - "Oh, the Gods are here. It'll be OK now. They will help me - just like they always do."
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I agree; and it seems like books about raising animals don't really cover this subject, of the psychological aspect of dealing with the mortality rate. I always say if I ever write a book about farming, I'd dedicate a whole chapter to this topic!
Michelle
You said it. Books about raising animals generally fall into one of two categories - "warm and fuzzy" or "technical manual". Neither kind seems to be comfortable with the idea that livestock are actually living and breathing beings, just like us but not, by any means, toys or pets.
P.S. So glad you have RSS now :)
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