[MtnGoat]

Okay.. Nothing on Cow or bovine just figured someone would have back home or during a FFA project.

These are things I have learned over the years. You don’t need much land to raise a cow or cows. You can have an area of 4 to 6 to 10 acres. Yes it is best to have an area for them to graze on. Also water was a big thing; they need a lot of water. I have seen in Bosnia to Afghanistan dairy cow “pinned” up in a “room. These rooms were big enough for the cow and typically had an open for the cows head to come out and eat hay for a feeder. The room had a doorway and from this doorway the cow manure would be used for compost. Typically winter times the hay would be the issue. In Bosnia the farmer would have a hay stack that was 25 ft or more tall. Within the U.S. those large hay rolls 2 to 4 cows can go through one of them every one to two weeks. But a cow will feed a lot of people for weeks if you can keep the meat. If not you best know how to dry and/or smoke the meat. Bosnians were awesome at this.

This much I do know from being around the world. Female Cows cost more. This is because of their milk. This cost of the cow and her offspring’s are driven typically by how much milk she can produce. If you look at it in liters and she can produce 80 litters in a week she will cost more or her offspring will. Male Cow (Bulls or OX depended on where you’re at) are driven by the kind of offspring they have and their size. Beef Cattle/ Bulls are based off their size, how big they get.

In Afghanistan you many find Dairy Cows. The cows of Kandahar and Afghnistan (that I have seen) give good large quantities of milk. If you can get the humped variety is best due to their ablilty to hold more water. Just a in western USA. Dairy produce is important in Afghan diet, especially the pressed and dried curd called krut. Take your anti marlia pills!! We have had guys come up with TB, most likely due to eating this type of chesse. Their all good, just can't give blood ever. In Afghnistan many of us have been within those compounds where you find that cow in the mud room think how in the Frak they get this thing in here. It grow up in that room!! Typically Afghans will only keep the cow outside or have the ablility to let it come outside of its pin due to her being of good quality for breeding. Amount of milk her mother produced and what she makes a day. You will pay more for this too.