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Jstpssng · May 10, 2015

farmer2009 said:
Of the main animals raised in the USA for food. Which species is the most feed efficient? Least?

. Sheep and pig?

turnkey4099 said:
Russian. Interesdting thing _if true_ I saw it on some sciency channel. Russians trained dogs carrying mines to run under tanks and blow them up. Too bad in field trials it didn't work. The dogs recognized the targets as any tank with a diesel smell. Russians lost a few tanks before they gave it up.

Harry K

Poor dogs.

If true, they were among the first suicide bombers.

Jstpssng · May 10, 2015

OK I cheated after answering... Goat and cow. (The latter surprised me, I thought their 4 stomached would make them pretty efficient.)

crash325 · May 10, 2015

HS is correct Black Cats were PBY.s painted black for night missions. Bombing & sea rescue.

Who was "Charles The Hammer"????
And what did he accomplish?????

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

Who was the highest scoring American ace in WWII? What did he fly, and what was his total kill? Were there any female aces in WWII?

houstonscott · May 10, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
Who was the highest scoring American ace in WWII? What did he fly, and what was his total kill? Were there any female aces in WWII?

Hardly worth talking about when you learn about the German aces.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4p2sjGBAvgc&autoplay=1

HS

2LaneCruzer · May 10, 2015

houstonscott said:
Hardly worth talking about when you learn about the German aces.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4p2sjGBAvgc&autoplay=1

HS

In terms of number of aces and number of kills, you are correct. Notwithstanding the accomplishments of the enemy, I tend to root for our side.

farmer2009 · May 10, 2015

vtsnowedin said:
My educated non googled guess is chicken for most efficient with just six weeks and one bag of feed to go from hatched chick to roaster ready to pluck and beef as the worst taking eighteen months to two years and tons of feed per animal.

Those are the answers I was looking for. Chickens are under 2:1. 2 pounds of feed/pound of gain. Our commercial flocks are running close to 1.80:1.

The other end is a little more cloudy. Cattle even though they are ruminates aren't very feed efficient. With feed conversations being 7:1-10:1 depending upon age and size. A straight forage diet can make it even worst. Upwards of 15-20:1. After a little research I was surprised to find that goats and sheep are very close also.

vtsnowedin · May 10, 2015

farmer2009 said:
Those are the answers I was looking for. Chickens are under 2:1. 2 pounds of feed/pound of gain. Our commercial flocks are running close to 1.80:1.

The other end is a little more cloudy. Cattle even though they are ruminates aren't very feed efficient. With feed conversations being 7:1-10:1 depending upon age and size. A straight forage diet can make it even worst. Upwards of 15-20:1. After a little research I was surprised to find that goats and sheep are very close also.

Yes but if the cattle are out on grazing land they collect their own forage. That is a very efficient way to convert grass and leaves we can't eat into good food.

farmer2009 · May 10, 2015

vtsnowedin said:
Yes but if the cattle are out on grazing land they collect their own forage. That is a very efficient way to convert grass and leaves we can't eat into good food.

Yes. You are correct. But I find it amazing at how much energy it takes to produce a pound of meat. Whether it be energy to raise grain and feed the animal or the energy of the animals to graze and digest grasses.

vtsnowedin · May 11, 2015

farmer2009 said:
Yes. You are correct. But I find it amazing at how much energy it takes to produce a pound of meat. Whether it be energy to raise grain and feed the animal or the energy of the animals to graze and digest grasses.

Yes and modern diesel tractors are quite efficient doing with one gallon of fuel what a team of horses would take all day to do and have to be fed that day plus some days in the winter. Just switching away from horse draw equipment freed up 33% more land as you no longer had to grow the grass , grain and hay to feed the horses.

RSKY · May 11, 2015

If we do away with farm chemicals, how much more land, how many more people, and how much more fuel (oil) would it take to feed the North American population?

I read the estimations a short while ago and the numbers stuck in my mind.

RSKY

houstonscott · May 11, 2015

RSKY said:
If we do away with farm chemicals, how much more land, how many more people, and how much more fuel (oil) would it take to feed the North American population? I read the estimations a short while ago and the numbers stuck in my mind. RSKY

I suspect the truth is it's impossible. Simply couldn't be done. HS

farmer2009 · May 11, 2015

The special interests groups like to throw around "sustainable agriculture ". But their definition of sustainable agriculture doesn't work. Because of population increases and total land area decreases. We ain't making any more land. I don't know the numbers, but I do know we can't take the cut in food production that taking all the chemicals away would give us.

But to guess. We would need 3 times the farmers and twice the land we are currently doing this on.

2LaneCruzer · May 12, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
Who was the highest scoring American ace in WWII? What did he fly, and what was his total kill? Were there any female aces in WWII?

A. Richard Bong, P-38 Lightening; 40 kills.
There were at least three Russian female fighter pilots who attained the Ace status.

crash325 · May 12, 2015

Who is considered the first licensed female pilot????/

What were the "Night Witches"????

Heywood Jannockitov · May 12, 2015

crash325 said:
Who is considered the first licensed female pilot????

In Canada, it was my great aunt

crash325 · May 12, 2015

Heywood Jannockitov said:
In Canada, it was my great aunt

She was quite the lady. But first only in Canada.

While most people think of Amelia Earhart, there were actually other female pilots before her. The first woman that we know about to earn a pilot's license was******* ********, back in 1911. And the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license was Bessie Coleman, in 1922.

On Night Witch's I should have said in WW2. Hope that helps.

k0ua · May 12, 2015

crash325 said:
She was quite the lady. But first only in Canada.

While most people think of Amelia Earhart, there were actually other female pilots before her. The first woman that we know about to earn a pilot's license was******* ********, back in 1911. And the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license was Bessie Coleman, in 1922.

On Night Witch's I should have said in WW2. Hope that helps.

I had never heard of the Night Witch's. An interesting facet to aviation in WWII.