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THE ISCOWP NEWS Volume 14 Issue 1 2004
The Bull is The Emblem of The Moral Principle Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.18 Purport
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Annual Report for the Year 2003 1/1/03 - 12/31/03 This issue contains the annual report for ISCOWP activities for the year 2003. We are most grateful to you, our supporters, for your help in spreading cow protection both in the past and in the future. Lifetime cow protection is a challenge in a cold climate. The cows can graze during the spring, summer and fall, but they need shelter from the elements especially during the harsh winter months. You, our members, helped build the large cow barn (shelter) in the top picture. Thank you! The project for 2004 is to repair the loafing shed (to the right of the cow barn in the top photo). Details can be found within the ISCOWP Update. Letters: Giving up Commercial Milk Saves Cows? ISCOWP Profit & Loss Statement 2003
ISCOWP Financial Analysis 2003
Ox Power, Compassionate Use of Alternative Energy
Giving Up Commercial Milk Saves Cows? From: billy bob buckwheat <d_4h@hotmail.com> To: Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow@pamho.net> Date: 11/29/2003 12:10:03 AM Subject: Giving up on commercial milk saves cows?
Syamasundara, HK, The main point of this article on Chakra by what I
received is that,.. Its just fine to buy commercial dairy milk as long as we
offer it to God, because the cows are going to be killed anyway... ( So, why
don't we help to perpetuate this...?). I will say I don't agree entirely.
I can
see that you may have purified the milk and given the maker (the cow) some
spiritual benefit... but at the same time perpetuate the killing of her
daughter. When Ramachandara was on his way to Sri Lanka, there is the pastime of building the bridge of stones to Sri Lanka from South India. The stones were being brought by various entities, of which one was a small squirrel of some sort. Someone criticized his efforts and then the Lord corrected the criticizer by claiming that even though he is bringing insignificant stones, to our scale or calculation, he is still involved in the eternal spiritual cause to purify. His stones, though small, are an addition and very significant, but to his proportion.
Similarly one may "think" that the population of vegetarians or pious
Hindus (non-cow killers) are of a lesser number in the world. But If they
were to privately and unanimously boycott or refrain from having any
dealings with the purchase of slaughter-milk (which is often and variously
infused with foreign substances and not very pure anyway), the number in
liters or gallons in demand of milk would obviously have a significant
decline. No matter the measurement, this would be of great significance
even if it were to save 1 cow, which in this case would be thousands. Or
such groups of people could simultaneously locate a local dairy or fund
protected cows even if a bit of a distance to supply their dairy needs. If
none get a cow... If not possible, have someone send some dairy, if its not
possible, just remain abstinent until a further better situation arises by
their endeavors. Anything for the cause is what gets things done. Like the
cooperation of the bees in a hive for their stores of honey.... This would
be the ideal... At the least buy it and offer it. If the greater number
would abstain or find pure alternatives the effect would be great. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krsna is explaining to Arjuna about various articles of foodstuffs to offer him with love and he will except. This could be considered the ideal and in the mode of goodness. He then in the next sloka says, Whatever you take, works, do, eat, etc...at least offer them to me. We can see the rules are more lenient and less of ideal, being a second degree from the first sloka. People who are more in passion or ignorance, or between a rock and a hard place while desperate would follow this one. A great point to be made is that we are trying to purify.. not to remain dirty.. or accumulate more Karma for our tongue or laziness.
From a story I heard if exact; Even when Krsna killed the demon in the form of a bull, the gopis wouldn't talk to him and they turned their backs. He then bathed in all the various products of the cows.. Dust, dung, urine, milk.....Even he needed the purification I guess..?? What to speak of us and he is God... The point is not to be implicated in their slaughter, if you can spare yourself the karma and find another means of dairy, even if you think that your insignificant 1 pounds or 1 dollars worth of milk from the ' Slaughter barn' will not amount to much of a help to the perpetuation... IT HELPS....every penny.... every farthing... supports the cost, demand, and perpetuation of such pirate's businesses. And so like the one who kills, the one who packs, the one who transports, the one who sells, the one who buys, the one who eats, or supports in any way, is the same as the one who killed....isn't that what is said?
Prabhupada had on his hands the burden of supplying milk for God in a country that he did not know. Using the sloka ' whatever you eat offer to me' most likely. He strived for the
ideal
and arranged farms with protected cows. Now whatever matures from this
'should' be of the stance of improvement. Like individuals taking on the
responsibility of a cow and/or to eliminate to their power the cow slaughter
or at least the help of it... Keep a cow, or find an alternative. From: Syamasundara (das) (Bhaktivedanta Manor - UK) <Syamasundara@pamho.net> To: billybob <doctorox@pa.net>; Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow@pamho.net> Date: 12/10/2003 9:00:04 AM Subject: Giving up on Commercial Milk saves cows?
Thank
you for your letter and I am sorry about the delay in my reply.
I would
value your comments on the above
From: <Ekabuddh@aol.com> To: Syamasundara (das) (Bhaktivedanta Manor - UK) <Syamasundara@pamho.net>; <doctorox@pa.net>; Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow@pamho.net> Date: 12/15/2003 9:30:03 PM Subject: Re: Giving up on Commercial Milk saves cows?
I have been away from e-mail of late, however, just
checked this one.... escape the world. The world will not go away, we must work within it to the best of our ability. And help others to do the same.
obeisances ekaB From: Mark Middle Mountain <gourdmad@ovnet.com> To: <Ekabuddh@aol.com>; <doctorox@pa.net>; <Cow@pamho.net> Date: 12/15/2003 9:50:03 PM Subject: Re: Giving up on Commercial Milk saves cows? >If there is no demand
for their milk (unprotected cows), then those relying on cattle, milking or
otherwise, to make a living, would see no alternative but to slaughter. It
is only common sense, it seems to me.> From: <ISCOWP@pamho.net>
To cow@pamho.net
Just
because we can not have the ideal supported by ISKCON and the devotees, i.e.
ox power agriculture, doesn't mean we can't take a stand that is less
complicated and not difficult to institute- abstain from milk products from
the commercial dairy as much as possible. At this point in the movement it
has been long enough to say that since we don't have the ideal of ox power
supported agriculture we need do nothing. That has been going on for more
than 30 years.
If one
is worried about the image that devotees have due to taking some position on
cow protection; I can honestly tell you that we appear hypocritical and with
no backbone because we do nothing concrete nor take any strong position.
Lately, I have been contacted by several persons in PETA for various
reasons. These people are vegans for ethical reasons. They do not have the
philosophy we do, but they are willing to commit to some abstinence, some
austerities for the sake of a moral issue. On the other hand, most devotees
take no action and just go on saying it won't make any difference if we
abstain from commercial milk-just a drop in the bucket. And the devotees
have the perfect philosophy about cow protection. ISCOWP Secretary
Thank You for Contributing During the Fiscal Year 2003 (1/03- 12/03)
PATRONS ($7,500.00 - $1,000.00) Anonymous ..............................................................$7,500.00 Anonymous...............................................................$5,031.46 ISKCON Governing Body Commission........................................$5,950.00 Kanina d & Arjuna d.....................................................$4,000.00 ISKCON New Vrndavana....................................................$3,583.16 Anuttama d & Rukmini dd (Walker Family).................................$1,500.00 Henry Schoellkopf.......................................................$1,450.00 Suryaram and Sushila Joshi .............................................$1,300.00 Shastra d (Scott Frohman)...............................................$1,000.00
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"The infectious agent of mad cow disease remains infective even after exposure for an hour to a temperature of 680 degrees Celsius - enough to melt lead - and can withstand antibiotics, boiling water, bleach, formaldehyde, and a variety of solvents, detergents and enzymes known to destroy most known bacteria and viruses." Rampton, Sheldon, and Staubcr, John, "Mad Cow U.S.A.: Could the Nightmare Happen Here?' PR Watch; See also Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK), "Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): part 1/6, part I of a 6-part position paper, http://www.ifst.org/hottop5.htm [02.06.27:04] 01/02/04: "Right now you'd have a hard time finding a federal agency more completely dominated by the industry it was created to regulate.... The Agriculture Department has a dual, often contradictory mandate: to promote the sale of meat on behalf of American producers and to guarantee that American meat is safe on behalf of consumers." ["The Cow that Jumped over the U.S.D.A." - Op-ed by Eric Schlosser in the NY Times "France
tested over 75,000 cattle a week (on an average) in January 2001,
compared to the U.S.'s 57,000 in the entire 13 year history of the U.S.
testing program (as of 9/30/03)"
Click on picture to enlarge From: dalton@bluefrog.com To: iscowp@earthlink.net Date: 1/10/2004 4:03:11 PM Subject:Thank you I recently acquired a real gem of an Ox Yoke. I just finished removing two thick layers of paint! We will be displaying it in our church with some verses over it that Jesus spoke; "Come unto me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Thank you for the informative articles on how they are made. Wade
ISCOWP Profit & Loss Statement From Quicken Financial Software 1/1/03 12/31 INCOME Consult Service 1,200.00 Feed Re ISKCON 322.71 Gift Received: GBC 5,950.00 Members 36,195.60 TOTAL Gift Received 42,145.60 Rebates 287.64 Travel Refund 900.00 TOTAL INCOME 44,855.95
EXPENSES Animal Care: Feed 1,959.06 Gear 44.88 Medical 3,063.29 TOTAL Animal Care 5,067.23 Auto: Insurance 2,038.53 Oil 43.63 Parts 272.52 Tags 61.00 Taxes 57.13 Tires 460.00 TOTAL Auto 2,932.81 Farm Operation: Barn Construction 330.81 Bridge 600.00 Construction 670.76 Electricity 243.50 Equipment 893.93 Fencing 2,127.43 Garden 381.49 Greenhouse 239.00 Hay Barn 10,472.19 Property Insurance 1,834.67 Labor 4,248.28 Land 9,500.00 Road Construction 1,412.85 Seed 32.50 TOTAL Farm Operation 33,023.41 Medical 203.30 Membership Development: Canning 81.32 Cookies 58.47 Entertaining 188.62 Gift Boxes 55.62 Internet 239.40 Photos 200.50 Postage 395.24 Premium Gift Postage 1,037.08 Printing 1,395.58 Travel 3,479.65 TOTAL Member Development 7,239.86 Miscell 50.00 Office: Computer Repair 74.90 Hardware/Software 1,354.26 Subscriptions 72.00 Supplies 870.49 Utilities 27.95 TOTAL Office 2,469.50 Service Charge 51.18 Tax,: Fed 5.95 State 25.00 TOTAL Tax 110.68
TOTAL EXPENSES 51,032.23
TRANSFERS From Dove Checking 2,011.35 TOTAL TRANSFERS 2,011.35
TOTAL INCOME - TOTAL EXPENSES + TRANSFERS -4,164.93
2002 BALANCE 11,881.00 + INCOME 44,855.95 - EXPENSES 51,032.23 + TRANSFERS 2,011.35
2003 ENDING BALANCE 7,717.00
INCOME As usual, most of ISCOWPs income comes from its members to carry on the work of ISCOWP and for campaigns to improve the facilities at ISCOWPs farm. The second largest income bracket is from the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC) to facilitate the service to ISKCON of the ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture of which Balabhadra is ISKCON Minister. Since most of our herd is from the ISKCON New Vrndavana farm, the feed is paid for by them. Consultation income represents payment for caring for the New Vrndavana cows and advise and consultation on land and cow issues.
EXPENSES Farm Operation 65.12% of the expenses are for the Farm Operation which is the heart of ISCOWP. There are 26 cows protected here. In the year 2003, the hay barn was completed. This has made a big difference in eliminating hay spoilage. Just the other day Balabhadra and I (Chayadevi) were moving the hay bales into the cow barn from the hay barn and were pleased to note how they were all fresh with no mildew. We use to lose so much hay due to the hay having no shelter. The Hay barn was the largest expense of the year in the Farm Operation category. Much of the labor expense was also for the demolition of the old farm house and the construction of the new hay barn.
The next largest expense within the Farm Operation category was labeled land which means we paid off the mortgage on ISCOWPs farm. Now the land and buildings are no longer encumbered. We owe this to the anonymous donations of some members. Of course the mortgage payments were on-going with the bulk being paid by Balabhadra through his night job and selling firewood from our forest.
Roads into the forest to allow vehicles and oxen to access the wood in the forest were built and a bridge (one of several planned) was built across a gulley to further access the forest. These access improvements also make for pleasant walking through the forest. All income from selling firewood from the forest has gone into paying off the mortgage.
Fencing is an ongoing project as it is always needing to be repaired due to deer traffic, some cows who think it is greener on the other side of the fence, most of it old and in disrepair, and a great deal of the fencing on forest hillsides which makes it difficult to access and utilize machinery to build the fence line. Most of the fencing has to be done by hand.
Membership Development 12.27% of the expenses were for Membership Development which is maintaining and developing our member and donor base by premium gifts, newsletters, travel, and communication through the web page (www.iscowp.org) and e-mail. Last year we not only printed the ISCOWP newsletter but our first book Cow Protection, Book 1.
Animal Care 10.20% of the expenses were for animal care. Last year some of our close friends past away : Jitendra, Partha, and Agni. Medical bills were therefore high. When there is no illness, the everyday maintenance of the cows is not as challenging. Once the needed buildings, water system, etc. are in place (the basic structure of the farm) the main expense is finished. As the herd becomes older, medical expenses are expected to rise. Office 4.89% of the expenses were for the office. Last year we had some mishaps in the office computer category. However, now we have 2 good working machines by which we often have two people working at the same time. We had to update with software and a new machine to facilitate web page design and maintenance. Database, all financial calculation maintenance is on the machine we acquired in 2002. Our other machines and monitors were acquired in 1995 and either were becoming dysfunctional or too outdated for the current software needed to keep functioning within the 21st century. It seems a constant conflict living a simple life on the farm and then having to deal with high technology that keeps changing and advancing. Living isolated on the farm, this technology is now our main means of communicating the message of cow protection.
Transfers As you know Balabhadra and Lakshmi spent approximately 4 months in the mall during the winter of 2003. The purpose was to gain enough income for the following year so that Balabhadra could spend more time on the farm and in other cow protection pursuits instead of working a night job as he has done for the past 5 years. The additional goal was to help pay off the farm mortgage with some of the proceeds. That was accomplished.
Since Balabhadra is the person who is familiar with the ISCOWPs bill payments, he paid much of ISCOWPs bills while at the Muncie Mall during the 4 month period. Chayadevi took care of the basic farm finances. Therefore some of the farm expenses were paid for by Balabhadra for which he will be paid back this year. We hope to have a better system if we do the mall work again.
February Member Letter Farm Mortgage Paid Off Balabhadra and Lakshmis mall winter work, and the help of anonymous donors, paid off the mortgage on the cows property. Now ISCOWPs farm is entirely paid for. Securing the land for the cows makes us very happy. Thank you so much for the help!
Cows The cows are taking shelter of the barns during these cold winter days. Due to your generosity and the generosity of other members, the cows have a very nice shelter. With snow on the ground, there is no grass in the pastures to eat. Eating in the barn becomes a constant activity for all the cows especially since they have little to do in these winter months. Of course, the cows miss the green pastures but those green pastures will be available soon. Asha and Kamdhenu are safe and comfortable in their private apartment built for them in the big barn.
Click on picture to enlarge The new and old barns now united make a nice shelter for the cows during the winter. Weather In the previous monthly letter, I expressed the desire that it would get cold so the earth would freeze and create a less difficult terrain for the cows to traverse. The rainy and warm weather of November and December plus the concentration of the cows in the barnyard created holes filled with mud in the areas where there was no cement. These areas became a dangerous mess and an opportunity for the cows to slip and hurt themselves. Before this year, these areas were not a problem because the ground would freeze by the time the pasture could no longer provide grass and the cows needed to be in the barnyard. There is the saying, be careful what you wish for. Now the weather is consistently cold often in the single digits. For the month of January 2004, the weather people are saying it was the coldest January since 1977 with temperatures consistently 10-20 degrees below normal. The ground is ice in most areas with snow on top. Now in the first week of February, we have had several days above freezing accompanied with heavy rain, followed by freezing temperatures, which has left everything covered by sheets of ice. It is really the most treacherous weather we have had in a long time. Loafing Shed for the Cows = ISCOWP Project for 2004 The rainy and warm weather of November and December (2003) plus the concentration of the cows in the barnyard created holes filled with mud in the areas where there was no cement. These areas became a dangerous mess and an opportunity for the cows to slip and hurt themselves. Before this year, these areas were not a problem because the ground would freeze by the time the pasture could no longer provide grass and the cows needed to be in the barnyard.
The worst area of mud and holes is the loafing shed yard. Not cemented, this area is dangerous to the cows. We were relieved with the first week of freezing temperatures in January, because we thought the mud would now freeze and there would be less danger for the cows in regards to slipping and being stuck in the mud. After the first few days of freezing temperatures, we found the barnyard area frozen except for a puddle right in front of the loafing barn. We assumed this puddle was a result of all the rain as it had never been there before the fall of 2003. After closer inspection, we found it to be either a spring or a new source of ground water run off. We inserted a metal rod vertically 2 feet into the puddle with no resistance. We wont know until May or even June, when conditions dry out, if the water is still running and if it is indeed a spring or in reality just ground water run off. Currently the loafing shed and its yard are fenced off and the cows have no access to them for their safety. The holes created by the warm weather of previous months have frozen in place and created an opportunity for the cows to trip.
The cows also use the loafing shed in both spring and summer. The size of the loafing shed is 62 ft long and 20 ft. deep with a cement floor. Roof and 3 sides are corrugated tin, with the front being open. Drinking water is available in this area because we installed a freeze-less water tank in 1996.
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The loafing shed (on the far right) in relationship to the big barn can be a nice facility for the cows
As has been our goal, we are trying to create a first class facility for the comfort of the cows and for the training of cowherds and ox teamsters. Each year we try to accomplish at least one project to get closer to having the infrastructure completed. Last summer, with your help, we were able to complete, start and finish the building of a 74 ft. by 40 ft. pole barn for storage of round bales of hay. By the end of hay season, we had under roof 200 round bales of hay. This has made a huge difference in quality of hay for the cows over the winter months. We have had virtually no spoilage of hay due to rain and snow. Spoilage has been decreased by 95%.
Now, the cows have shown us another area in the infrastructure that needs dealt with, THE LOAFING SHED.
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We closed off the loafing shed yard because it is dangerous to the cows.
With the enclosed photos, you can see the muddy conditions and disrepair of the loafing shed. What we are planning to do is to extend the cement floor another 25 ft that would eliminate a large muddy area. A roof that will give shade in the summer and protection from snow and wind in the winter will cover the new cement floor. Separating a cow or group of cows from the herd will be possible after we install a wall in the middle of the shed to divide it into two compartments. If in fact there is a new spring and it is strong enough to develop, then that will be part of the project. If it is too weak to develop or just ground water run off then we will install drain tiles and channel the water away from the area.
The shed was built 20-25 years ago and at that time, a French drain was built around the shed. That French drain no longer works and is the source for a lot of water seeping into the loafing shed. Digging up the old French drain and replacing it with a new one with better quality pipes will enhance the longevity of the drain and building. Before pouring the new cement floor, there will be additional drainpipes assembled under the floor connected to the French drain so the drainpipes will catch the ground water that goes under the new floor and carries away from the building.
This is an estimate of cost for the Project:
1) Concrete = $2,905.38 a) footer 2ft by 2ft by 62 ft b) retaining wall 1 ft by 3 ft by 62 ft c) floor 62 ft by 25 ft by 6 inches
2) Gravel = &nb |
