Herds & Economics

From: Carl Fink (carlf@panix.com)
Date: Sat 19 Feb 1994 - 03:41:19 EET


David Dunham writes in part:

D>Assuming the well-off nomad tends his herd 5 days a week (if he doesn't,
>his family will), he's got to have a 1C herd to earn 480L/season. And
>let's assume he's in the Bison tribe. A herd bison costs 1A (half of a
>riding animal). But a 1C herd is only 16 such herd bison. The herd (50
>cows) is probably a lot closer to 3C.

  While I don't speak for Sandy, I'll point out that bison are much
bigger than domestic cattle (Bos taurus). 16 bison cows are equivalent
in mass to about 35 domestic ones.
                            

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