Word: livestock
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...higher court accused him of "gross bias" against the company. In another case that had ecologists cheering, the judge refused to permit a trapping season for Minnesota's Eastern timber wolf; the decision caused considerable upset among farmers, who maintained that the wild predators were killing their livestock...
...their moral outrage. But last week, both President Bok and Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59 issued strongly worded statement denouncing the now infamous Pi Eta Speakers Club newsletter, which droolingly depicted an upcoming party as a stockyard slaughter with the women guests playing the livestock. And Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner this week issued her own condemnation of the newsletter. Fox wrote that "the letter makes a mockery of basic standards of civility, which the College takes seriously." Bok concurred that "tasteless and grossly insensitive references to groups of people (such as those made...
Instead of blaming red meat and eggs for their health problems, maybe people should give some thought to their gluttony. We in the livestock business have never advocated overindulgence. We produce high-quality products rich in vitamins, iron and protein. If the types of food we have been consuming for thousands of years are so bad for us, why is it that each generation is bigger and healthier and lives longer than the previous...
Hatch C. Smith, President Livestock Marketing Association of Texas...
...Then gains start flowing. First, the investment, over a five-year depreciation period, counts as an "off the top" deduction in the same way as savings in an Individual Retirement Account. It thus lowers the investor's taxable earnings. Next, 10% of what the investor pays for the livestock comes directly off his taxes. Also, through embryo transplants, each cow becomes a factory for calves, which can be sold profitably at auction...