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Re: oxen- old cattle breeds



In article <50c9v4$pj0@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, JMGFlora
<jmgflora@aol.com> writes
>Can anyone help me find a source of information on Red Devon and other
>older all - around cattle breeds?.  Twenty years ago I had a neighbor in
>Vermont who had a magnificent matched pair of Red Devon oxen.
>
>I am attempting to restore some pasture here in Montana.  I am using goats
>for controlling leafy spurge and other noxious weeds, but also need some
>bovines due to the short-grass prarie nature of the place.  I have no
>desire to enter the "normal" cattle market.  The place is too small, (35
>acres )and we don't eat meat any more.
>
>Around here one can find Angus and Hereford.  That's it.
>
>Any ideas about sources of older breeds, or folks that raise and train
>oxen, would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Marc Flora

has just been news item in uk of farmer importing romanian water buffalo
- excellent low cholesterol meat, high fat milk, docile temperament and
good draft animals and not infected with BSE........good looking black
animals  

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