Crowding

Since I don't live in Southern CA, I don't feel I can accurately comment on their <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/06/29/build/nation/72-pollution-rules.inc">pollution</a> problems. Whether the cows are a factor I don't know. What I do know is overcrowding when I hear it.<br />n<br />n<i>Marquez, whose family runs two dairies with a total of 70 acres and 2,000 cows, said it's hard to resist the $200,000 an acre being offered by developers.</i><br />n<br />n2000 cows on only 70 acres? Damn, do the cows even have enough room to lay down or are they stacked on top of one another? That many cows on such a small area would not lead to a small manure problem. It would be a HUGE manure problem. I can't even imagine. My cows roam over thousands of acres and nature takes care of the manure for me. <br />n<br />nI can't imagine stacking cows together that tightly. But, that just shows you the difference between the beef and dairy industries. I shouldn't really even say that since the large Midwest feedlots put a lot of cattle on feed together in a very small area and have some of the same manure problems. Still I can't imagine cattle crunched together that tight.<br />n<br />n<b>Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell. Clint W. Murchison</b>