Over at Carpe Diem blog. Author Professor Mark Perry pointed out the incredible increases in productivity among dairy farmers since the twenties.
Some of the comments are plumb interesting (if sadly uninformed) and well worth the time it will take to read them.
It simply amazed me to discover that we give cows huge doses of estrogen and that, since milk production has increased three times or six times or whatever, their udder size must have increased in similar proportion (good thing this isn't true or they wouldn't be able to walk).
I subscribed to the comments just for the entertainment value. Give 'em a read if you have time.
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Breakfast this morning: Whey protein (choc of course) in ice cold milk.
ReplyDeleteDoing my part.
:)
Dang FC!! Now I'm really feeling guilty about eating that poptart for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteWhat a hoot! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFc, thank you kind sir. All dairy customers greatly appreciated!
ReplyDeleteDani, aw....you gotta indulge sometimes. We call potato chips and milk the breakfast of champions around here
Linda, aren't they hilarious...except for the really sad and scary part?
OMG! Those comments! I need some brain bleach, STAT!
ReplyDeleteBAHAHAAAAAA What a Hoot!
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Is it going to upset me? If it is I just can't read it... right now I'm in no mood for the misinformed public... :) being honest here...
ReplyDeleteLOVED the breakfast of champions... around here it's whatever can be munched on and sipped going out the door... FYI Dr.Pepper and Bananas... do not set well in the tummy...
um. something has gone horribly wrong - either with your link or my settings. aack!
ReplyDeletei find myself both highly entertained and utterly (ha!) appalled at the rampant stupidity sometimes. THINK people, it's not illegal yet!
Joated, they simply boggled my mind. I was aware of the statistics on dairy efficiency...but the public reactions, good grief!!
ReplyDeleteLinda, weren't they something? I said my bit and got out of Dodge, because reading some of them was like falling down the rabbit hole
Sara, upsetting yes, hilarious, yeah, that too. The kids know the way to my heart is to keep me in milk and potato chips. lol
Ericka, thanks for the heads up...how weird. It was working before. I changed it so you can get straight to the comments, but to read the main post you will have to click back to the blog. for some reason it is hard to link to Professor Perry's individual posts. Sorry