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Old 06-01-2004, 05:12 AM
David I. Raines
 
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Default Self-Sufficiency Acreage Requirement? (getting fuel)

Gunner wrote:


On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:27:32 -0800, Jim Dauven
wrote:


A man with a good supply of horses (6) should be able to
plant 180 to 200 acres of grain crops in the fall and an
additional
up the rows for the planting for crops


As long as he keeps them out of the rapeseed field....if he dont...he
has dead or sick horses



Good point. Unrefined rapeseed oil *is* used as an insecticide.


-dir

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