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Thought I would update on this thread. We bought what is called a Kyoto Brick maker. It is normally used for making bricks out of shredded newspaper for burning in stoves. It works great! surprising how fast you can turn out bricks with the little machine and its CHEAP!!! Once the bricks are...

I would just go with a jersey, breed her to an angus for beef calves. Then single milk her while she has the calf. You can use up an amazing amount of milk making cheese. People do not seem to realize it takes 12 pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese. Cheese yields can be better or worse...

Making the most of where you are and what is available is exactly what this forum is all about.

The concept of community disappeared the same time as we lost the concept of family. Out whole society is trained to "compete" rather than work together for a common goal from the time we are children, when we enter the school system, and on most TV shows. It really is a matter of conditioning...

He was commenting on the SS movement in general. But I have noticed it is applicable here as in any other SS type group.

Some one here earlier in the thread asked what OLDER people thought. I asked my grandfather just that. He is 95. His personal opinion is that we are in the mess we are today because all our focus is on what we don't like, who we don't like, and what is wrong with the world; rather than focusing...

Guess you don't want the competition from an innocent mod like myself with a tiny garden patch. :D

This will get you well on your way to answering meat regulation questions in Ontario. http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/index.html For cowshare stuff contact me through www.wildthingorganics.com

I wasn't cringing at all ... I was :lau remembering the first time I milked a cow. My grandfather set me up, after my mouthing off, with a first time freshener. Needless to say it was a comedy in the making.

There are raw milk cowshares operating in alaska.

If the baby continues to nurse on one side only (which may be very likely) and you plan to milk her for yourself after weaning then milk that side out twice a day if you can. If you don't later volumes will be severely decreased.

Your prices are about half of what we see around here. Might even be cheaper with shipping than buying local. Will have to look into that.

I just wanted to add a quick note to all as a moderator. If there is a problem on the board. DO NOT PM a moderator. By policy, we review and act as a team on all the boards, except in the case of something that is glaringly an emergency to be dealt with immediately. In order to follow our own...

It takes 24 pounds of milk to make that 2 lbs. of hard cheese. Overhead on a small dairy for that much milk could easily eat up half the cost for that quantity of milk. Especially if they have can't keep cows on pasture and have to get feed shipped in. Just a few things to consider.

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Here is a very good link for the subject http://victorygasworks.ning.com/notes/Gasifier_Construction_Plans

Our best hope for weathering and recovering from this doesn't begin with government. It begins in our own backyard and the decisions we make daily. What we buy, what we don't, where we buy it from. Do we get into debt over our heads? Do we barter or trade? And the list goes on and on. Mega...

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If he is charismatic enough to convince the people great strides can be made it is true the public themselves could propel a lot of recovery or damage control without a lot of government intervention. As far as Canada goes I am pretty sure we are headed for a coalition. Lets just hope and pray...

I actually feel sorry for the guy. People are going to expect rabbits out of hats and miracles that will fix the economy overnight. No matter who went in that just wasn't going to happen. Look around the world and it is obvious the downhill slide has not ended. There are countries we all deal...