10-06-2007, 10:31 AM
There's a lesson here folks. Pay attention.
If any of you know anything about livestock you will appreciate that in the spring cows have calves. This is good for the farmer as he fattens up the calves, ships them to market and makes some $$$$. Imagine what would happen to our farmer if one spring his cows didn't produce any calves. He would be concerned. So he calls the vet and says, "Doc, you gotta do something." So the vet comes out and takes a look at the cows and says, "Nope, nothing wrong with the cows, let's check the bull." After examination the vet says, "AH HA, Here is your problem. Your bull has osteoporosis in the hips. And that's why you don't have any calves." Farmer: "Well, doc, is there anything you can do about that?" Vet: "Oh sure. If you'll give me about $80,000, I could put a new pair of hips in that old bull and next year you'll have some calves." Farmer: "Doc, Stand back." WHAM Bull blown away with a deer rifle. A little while later the farmer is chewing on a piece of straw, pulls down his hat, walks up to the vet and says, "Now Doc, you knew I wasn't going to give you any $80,000 to put a new pair of hips in that old bull. I can buy a lot of bull for that kind of money. But let me ask you something. Every once in a while I get a good bull that throws good calves. I'd like to keep it around for a while. Is there anything I can do to prevent it from getting that osteoporosis thing?" VET: "Oh yeah, if you'll give a bull calf 10 cents a day worth of calcium supplements two weeks after he's weened, he'll never get osteoporosis." Farmer: "Doc, are you trying to tell me that for the less than half the price of cup of senior coffee down and MacDonalds that I could prevent an $80,000 disaster?" Vet: "Yup it's about that simple." Farmer: "Well, doc, I choose that." Moral to the story. On the farm, they don't have Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Medicare. And if they practiced medicine on the farm the way they do at your favorite hospital, the price of hamburger would be around $400/lb. There are over 150 known maladies that result just from a calcium deficiency, and the medical profession has a specialist for every one of them, not to mention about a half dozen different drugs for each one. And there are 73 other essential minerals that are not in our soils primarily because of farming methods. And if they aren't in the soil, they aren't in the plants. And if they're not in the plants they aren't in you. So take supplements or help support the life style of your favorite m.d. whether you like his bedside manner or not.
If any of you know anything about livestock you will appreciate that in the spring cows have calves. This is good for the farmer as he fattens up the calves, ships them to market and makes some $$$$. Imagine what would happen to our farmer if one spring his cows didn't produce any calves. He would be concerned. So he calls the vet and says, "Doc, you gotta do something." So the vet comes out and takes a look at the cows and says, "Nope, nothing wrong with the cows, let's check the bull." After examination the vet says, "AH HA, Here is your problem. Your bull has osteoporosis in the hips. And that's why you don't have any calves." Farmer: "Well, doc, is there anything you can do about that?" Vet: "Oh sure. If you'll give me about $80,000, I could put a new pair of hips in that old bull and next year you'll have some calves." Farmer: "Doc, Stand back." WHAM Bull blown away with a deer rifle. A little while later the farmer is chewing on a piece of straw, pulls down his hat, walks up to the vet and says, "Now Doc, you knew I wasn't going to give you any $80,000 to put a new pair of hips in that old bull. I can buy a lot of bull for that kind of money. But let me ask you something. Every once in a while I get a good bull that throws good calves. I'd like to keep it around for a while. Is there anything I can do to prevent it from getting that osteoporosis thing?" VET: "Oh yeah, if you'll give a bull calf 10 cents a day worth of calcium supplements two weeks after he's weened, he'll never get osteoporosis." Farmer: "Doc, are you trying to tell me that for the less than half the price of cup of senior coffee down and MacDonalds that I could prevent an $80,000 disaster?" Vet: "Yup it's about that simple." Farmer: "Well, doc, I choose that." Moral to the story. On the farm, they don't have Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Medicare. And if they practiced medicine on the farm the way they do at your favorite hospital, the price of hamburger would be around $400/lb. There are over 150 known maladies that result just from a calcium deficiency, and the medical profession has a specialist for every one of them, not to mention about a half dozen different drugs for each one. And there are 73 other essential minerals that are not in our soils primarily because of farming methods. And if they aren't in the soil, they aren't in the plants. And if they're not in the plants they aren't in you. So take supplements or help support the life style of your favorite m.d. whether you like his bedside manner or not.