Guest guest Posted October 7, 1999 Report Share Posted October 7, 1999 >I was wondering in our whole ISKCON world is ther even one family that is >getting their livelihood from the energy of the ox. If they didn't have >there oxen they couldn't make a living? > >Is there anybody who can say I am dependant on the ox for my living? I don't know about any others, but at our farm at Pundarik Dham, Chittagong, Bangladesh (the birthplace of Sri Pundarik Vidyanidhi, see C.C.), we are completely dependant upon our oxen for our agriculture (plowing, hauling, gobar and part-time oil production). We produce all of our own grains (rice) and about 35% of our own vegetables, dal, etc. There are two families that look after the oxen (and cows), I imagine they could claim to be fully dependant and both them and the entire community would be very hard put to survive without the oxen. There must be similar situations in other places, at least in the 3rd world, if not in the west. ys, nistula dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 1999 Report Share Posted October 8, 1999 > > > Is there anybody who can say I am dependant on the ox for my living? > > Well, I don't know all the details, but in a brief conversation withRadhanath Swami last night, he was talking about 6 famers they have relocated from some area there has been drought for 20 years onto a lush 50 acre farm somewhere near Mumbai. He said they got them 2 teams of oxen and they took right upo with them. I didn't have time to get into a lot of detail, but he was saying they were a heritage breed, and said how difficult it was to get them, having to go to some special governmental agency to get them. Also, how they got heritage seeds. The higher yielding hybrids, bred to grow well with chemical fertilizer, were said to take 3 to 4 times as much water to sustain their growth as the heritage varieties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 1999 Report Share Posted October 8, 1999 > > I don't know about any others, but at our farm at Pundarik Dham, Chittagong, > Bangladesh (the birthplace of Sri Pundarik Vidyanidhi, see C.C.), we are > completely dependant upon our oxen for our agriculture (plowing, hauling, gobar > and part-time oil production). We produce all of our own grains (rice) and > about 35% of our own vegetables, dal, etc. There are two families that look > after the oxen (and cows), Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 1999 Report Share Posted October 8, 1999 > >I was wondering in our whole ISKCON world is ther even one family that is > >getting their livelihood from the energy of the ox. If they didn't have > >there oxen they couldn't make a living? > > > >Is there anybody who can say I am dependant on the ox for my living? > > I don't know about any others, but at our farm at Pundarik Dham, > Chittagong, Bangladesh (the birthplace of Sri Pundarik Vidyanidhi, see > C.C.), we are completely dependant upon our oxen for our agriculture > (plowing, hauling, gobar and part-time oil production). We produce all of > our own grains (rice) and about 35% of our own vegetables, dal, etc. There > are two families that look after the oxen (and cows), I imagine they could > claim to be fully dependant and both them and the entire community would > be very hard put to survive without the oxen. There must be similar > situations in other places, at least in the 3rd world, if not in the west. > > ys, nistula dasa If you all pray for us, there are a few devotees here in Mauritius also, who are trying to enter into this mode. I am taking the warnings of Carol, and others in that first I want to get the infrastructure together, before taking on a cow and Ox. But eventualy I dont see how I can develop a natural system of living without ox power. I certainly dont want to start depending on other forms of power, so we will probably end up getting the oxen early on. I would be interested to find out more about those oil mills! YS Samba das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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