On That Date, No. 22
/"It is reported that these cattle had been fed on poisoned 'whisky slops or swill'. . . ."
Read MoreHistorian. Author. Ranter. Idea Junkie.
This a blog. Sort of. I rarely use it anymore.
"It is reported that these cattle had been fed on poisoned 'whisky slops or swill'. . . ."
Read More"Lagoons --- the magic way to get rid of manure --- are catching on faster than any other new farm 'invention' in years!"
Read More"'My feeling is the hog industry has passed a threshold,' he says. 'They have solved enough of the problems of confinement production . . . .'"
Read MoreAs many of you know, I favor legalization of drugs. (Because why should thugs and psychopaths be earning all the profits. I want some of it in my government coffers.)
And unless you're truly uninterested in the issue, you know that the legal landscape of marijuana is changing damn near daily.
And those changes come with with complications, legal and monetary. I read about those daily, but this one grabbed my attention. Read. Weep.
Take another look at the images. There's zero sense of scale. There's nothing that places the feedlot in relation to the rest of the terrain.
Read More"The ideal way would be for [cities] to build small, cement, sanitary, slaughter-houses . . . ."
Read MoreWebsite of Maureen Ogle, author and historian. Books include Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer; In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; and Key West: History of An Island of Dreams.
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