It was almost like we were in a movie. Farmers of every age, in their welly’s (rain boots), standing around a pen about 20x10 feet bidding on calf’s, sheep, and cows. It was definitely a site to see as the announcer was talking at lightning speed trying to sell the animals. A few others, including our instructor who bought four calves for his farm, and myself all sat in the back and just watched all these men make the smallest gesture to bid on an animal. It was also, I guess you can say a learning experience, in that I learnt the mixed white and black cows are more for milking because they don’t put on as much meat as a brown or black cow. Also, I learnt how much a calf went for, which was around 150-200 Euros. That is almost like a cow, except maybe a bit more; we didn’t stay to see the cows being sold. Sheep and some rams were sold for about 40-60 Euros each. I think the worst part about the whole experience was the smell. Oh my gosh, I have never smelt something so bad in my life and it didn’t make it any better that (one) we were in a confined space and (two) we were surrounded by about 100 cows! In the end though, it was a great experience and something that I can check off my list.
Kelly Spring Semester 2010
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