4.51 cows for every one person is hard to comprehend. Once you factor in cow-less children and the fact that many Dakotans aren't cow farmers, that leaves 15+ cows for each person to take care of. Lots of work...
We used to raise herds of 120 or more when I was a kid, and we now raise several feeder calves at a time, mostly on pasture only giving them enough grain to keep them tame enough to work with. If you have the set-up for them, - good shelter, good fences, plenty of pasture and hay, ponds, and good loading chutes, - cows aren't hard to raise. (Except for cow-calf operations because there is always one mother who decides the farthest corner of the farthest pasture is where she wants to drop her calf - usually in a snowstorm.)
Not uncommon here in Australia for one labour unit (me) to manage over 1000 cattle and similar sheep numbers on my own with occasional casual helpers. It can get busy though...
I will defend New Jersey until my last day on earth. Who ever wants to fight can meet me in New Jersey. Come to Newark so we can settle this. No one disrespects my state. No one.
I'm from New Jersey, but I'm attending college in Massachusetts and everybody from around the world hates New Jersey no matter how many times I tell them the good things about it. Nice to see somebody else appreciates my state!
I don't think everybody hates New Jersey. I certainly don't. I have always found it to be a very nice place, but it does have a very unique personality. It's just that at some point in history it became the punch line for lots of jokes. Maybe some of your insecure neighbors just needed someone to look down on to make them feel better about themselves. Maybe it's because the Jersey stereotype has become profitable or amusing for some and is being perpetuated because of it. I certainly haven't met too many people like the cast of "Jersey Shore". Every state has it's positives and negatives.
First time I visited NYC, I made the pilgrimage to Hoboken New Jersey. I found myself in Schnackenbergs Luncheonette in Hoboken NJ, and it was just beautiful. Old-fashioned and beautiful. Great coffee and an amazing donut. I'm told by my friend in NYC that it is no longer there. :((
I've known lots of farmers who were Democrats, but lately it seems many rural areas go conservative while cities go liberal, but the fact that a state voted majority Democrat or Republican doesn't mean that every person in that state voted the same way. Many states go one way or the other by a thin margin and may flip the other way in the next election often due to the direction of votes by independents. I don't think it's right to stereotype every person in a state or region as conservative or liberal just because what could be a small majority of the state votes that way. It might be interesting if someone would do a quiz on the states with the highest and lowest vote tallies for majority wins in the past presidential elections.
Unions don't have to be about labor. They could organize for another purpose. Better grazing conditions. More outdoor time. Better forage quality. More time with the family.
Woop Woop, Go South Dakota! The cows here are so plentiful that I walked into my yard today, and two cows were standing in my front yard, being a good person, I called the closest farmer and he says the cow to person ratio is 4:1, so just keep em, and that's how I got Bessie and Bessie jr (I'm kidding btw ;)
Moomoo can you come here
Sincerely,
A non city New Yorker