Beef country propaganda

[Guest guest]

Following is an article I found in a local magazine propounding the benefits

of that wonderful boon to the environment - beef. The magazine is printed

by:

 

Legends Printing & Graphics

901 N. 2nd Ave

Dodge City, KS 67801

316-225-0020

Their e-mail address is legends

 

Please let them know what you think of this garbage, and forward this

message to others who will do the same.

Article follows:

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BEEF Country

MOTHER Nature's Recycling Machine

 

* Cows are natural recyclers. Their remarkable stomachs allow them to

digest grass, roughage, food by-products and other materials that people

can't eat.

 

* Cows help ease landfill problems. Twenty-five percent of food processing

by-products is fed to cattle. Sugar beet pulp, potato skins, almond hulls,

fruit pies, cottonseed, and grape skins from juice and wine production all

help produce healthful, nutritious, low-fat beef.

 

* Cows make the most of our food production resources. Eighty-five percent

of what cattle eat is material that people can't digest. In fact, half of

the plant material resulting from food-crop production, such as corn stalks

and wheat straw, would go to waste if cattle didn't eat it.

 

* Cattle production is solar powered. The solar collector " (sic) is the

millions of acres of land in the U.S. that can't be used for growing food

crops. About two-thirds of all agricultural land in the U.S. is classified

as grazing land. The sun provides the energy for this natural resource to

grow the grass that cows eat.

 

* Cows are also environmental protection machines. Like mowing a lawn or

pruning a tree, cattle grazing promotes plant vigor and diversity. Experts

say that soil productivity, as well as water and air quality, is better

maintained by well-managed grazing than by almost any other type of land

use.