glossary

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Dear Prabhus,

 

Rohita Prabhu has made some suggestions for changes in the glossary. The

changes that I have a question about I have put in parenthesis with a

following comment. The rest represents what we have so far as a glossary.

 

Your servatn,

Chayadevi

 

 

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Glossary

Bovine: I took the word out of the standards since it was only used once. I

replaced it with the word cows. At the beginning we say that the word cows

refer to cows, calves, bulls, oxen.

 

Bunker Feeding: This was used once in a prohibited section like:

No total confinement (bunker feeding.........

 

I took out the bunker feeding. I felt no total confinement was clear.

 

 

Clear cutting:

Complete removal of all natural species of plants.

 

Concentrates:

Protein supplements and grains.

 

Cow/Land Trust:

Capital funds set aside for long term production. Use of assets and

income generated from assets benefit the cows.

 

Exotic Breeds:

A breed that is not native to your area.

 

(In the North America the

following breeds are considered to be native. Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire,

Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey, Longhorn and

Shorthorn; to this list one may include newer breeds arising from

various crossings of the above as long as they are not more than 1/4

exotic in ancestory. Thus Lancasters are not exotics but Santa Gretrudis

are. All others are considered exotic even though they maybe of Taurus

(European) ancestory, for example Devon (except in New England where it

is considered traditional or heritage). In South America the above North

American breeds are exotics (except southern Argentina) and the Zebu

(Indicus) is traditional.)

 

This is all good information but not necessary for glossary and we need

to keep it short. We'll keep this information on file for the manual. So

let's keep the original definition.

 

Experienced Breeder:

Is one who has a minium of three years working with cows and bulls under

guidence. He must know how to interpet breeding charts and be able to

distinquish the weakness and strengths of particular animals when

compared to other related or non-related animals.

 

Experienced Teamster: An experienced teamster is one who has had at

least 2 years experience with caring for cows prior to becoming a

teamster and has at least one year experience working with oxen both in

the field and at preachng events.

 

Forage:

Food for horses or cows including high protein supplements and grains.

 

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(>Forage:

>Is the process of collecting foodstuffs in our case for cows. These

>foodstuffs consists of the leaves and twigs of grasses, shrubs and

>trees. Forage and fodder are interchangeable terms. Generally fodder

>implies harvested by man (machine or hand) and fed to the cows. Forage

is what the animal harvests itself.)

 

This is how the word forage is used inthe standards. Therefore it appears

the original definition applies best.

 

 

3) The Purchase of Forage.

Purchase of forage without any plan for future sustainable

agricultural practices.

 

Goshalla:

A cow sanctuary, where cows, bullocks and bulls are fully protected,

productively engaged, and receive tender loving care for their entire

lives.

 

Heritage:

Traditional, non-hybrid seeds and animal breeds used historically in

sustainable, locally viable systems.

 

(Animals which are traditional can

be found in other areas (for example, Brown Swiss which are traditional

in central Europe but found in other areas of the globe). In livestock

heritage implies that there is only a small number of a particular breed

and that it has the possiblity of extinction.)

 

I think this confuses the definition. We had a discussion and decided to use

the word Heritage and it wasn't referring to breeds that were becoming

distinct. So either we change the word to traditional or we have our above

definition of Heritage. I think the origianl definition says it clearly

enough.

 

Inbreeding:

Breeding within same family line. There are two forms; linebreeding

where distantly related animals are bred to strenghten a particular

trait they have in common and inbreeding where both animals used are

within three generations of each other. For example grandsire to

granddaughter, cousins, dam to son, brother to sister. Neither forms of

inbreeding should be used without extensive knowledge about the animals

ancestory and only by an experienced breeder.

 

Land Capacity:

The number of cows the land can support. Supporting the cow adequately

means to provide grazing and/or produce fodder for year-round

maintenance of a specific number of cows, using local or intensive

natural agriculture practices. By talking to local farmers or government

agencies, carrying capacity of the land in the local area can be

determined. This can vary widely from area to area. If the carrying

capacity of the land is 5 acres per cow x 3 bred per year x 10yrs

(average life span) =150 acres.

 

Low impact

Agriculture that uses localized techniques that are sustainable and

environmentally viable. Labor intensive rather than capital intensive.

 

(Low

Impact:

Presence does not cause stress to the ecosystem; cows are low impact on

potatoes (they avoid them) whereas a potato bettle is high impact as it

subsists on potatoes.)

 

There would be some who would debate this statement whereas the original

above this explains fully enough.

 

Primary Cowherd:

This refers to the person who the community holds responsible for the

practical everyday care of the cows. He/she may be in charge of other

cowherds.

 

 

Self-reliant

Producing more than is consumned of most of the basic essentials

 

 

(Self-reliant:

Self sufficient, not dependent on outside sources for the nessities.)

 

I think we should keep the original (the second one) since we had a

discussion about the inadequacies of the word self suffcient

 

Silage

Fermented feeds stored in silos or bunkers, most commonly corn.

 

(Silage:

It is not restricted to corn, it maybe made from any forage, which it

differs from by the fact that it has undergone a fermentation

proceedure; it maybe stored in bunkers or silos.)

 

In the interest of keeping it short I think the original would suffice.

 

 

Stock:

Cows, Oxen, bulls, calves - the herd.

 

Tether: To limit a cow's pasturing ability by tying the cow to a fixed

spot.

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Produce:Milk, dung, urine are produce from the cow.

 

By-products:Leather and bones are by-products from the cow after death.