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During his public Assets declaration recently on a popular Social media, Presidential candidate of the #APC Major General
Mohammed Buhari repeated his 1999, 2003, 2007 sermons, " I have 150
cows only as a part of My Assets and not 'less' than One million Naira
in My bank Account."
As a young Man, I think one should not encourage
poverty, and I will not take the respected General as a mentor when it
comes to Economic and Financial Issues.
Here, I disagree with General Buhari. You cannot have 150 Cows in 1999 and still be a poor man.
In 1999, a generous father, a herdsman gave his Son
150 Cows. You know the story of Naboth & Ahab & the
'inheritance' vineyard? (1 kings 21)Don't give it away he advised, a
counsel of a father to a Son.......
ok, back to the matter..
150 Cows, 30 males & 120 lively Females (Though
the General never told us how many Males & females) as an
enterprising young Man, is equals to REPRODUCTION, except the Cows are
all Impotent.
Breeding is a game mechanic that allows animals of the same species to breed with each other to make new animals.
A cow takes-in 15 months after birth and 60 days after first calf, can conceive again...
It means, well groomed ones would produce more
every year.... let's say, average of 2 per year if they engaged in
family planning.
It is important for us to note here that Heifers
are female bovines that have not had a calf. A heifer will no longer be a
heifer after she has had a calf where she becomes a Cow: a female
mature bovine that has had a calf. Heifers remain heifers from the day
they are born until they have had their first calf.
So, 1999 to 2014, I don't think my heifers that never reproduced can be called cows…
I was advised to note that most heifers "will start
to show the first signs of heat when they are between 9 and 22 months
of age."
They would start breeding from at least 15 months of age.
Fast forward...................
So, from 1999 to 2014, i.e. 15 years i.e. 180 months.
If it takes a Heifer 15 months after birth to
mature and Breed and a cow 60 Days to conceive again after delivery, It
means, in 15 years, As a good farmer and economically conscious of the
fact that my livelihood depends on how well my farm yields, I will
frugally manage My resources and grow it, I am likely to have lots of
Cows.....
In 15 years, with 120 Heifers, I should on the
average have up to 3600 new ones, (Bulls, Heifers and cows excluding
initial start-up 'Capital') with two new calves per Year a Heifer or
Cow.
If Two Calf per year a Heifer or Cow, (Being overly
optimistic, take into consideration Death as well) as a good manager of
resources, in a Year, I should have 240 Calves. (Let's say, 10 died,
But I Did not say so when I made my reports public, so we stick with the
150 Cows.)
240 Heifers multiplied by 2 will give us another
480 the next year excluding initial start-up 'Cows'....et cetera, et
cetera, et cetera.
Now, if in the 2nd year of management I have 480
Heifers and now a total of 240 Cows excluding Bulls, as a good manager
of Resources, how many Heifers and Cows will I have In the Next 13
years? (Let's put death rate at 3% annually.)
The father of the Young Man just returned from his
Journey, like the Biblical Jesus who told a Parable and called the Son
to account for the resources He left behind in his care.
The report card says that in the last 15 years, the son was given 150 cows, lo and behold! the son added no value to it...
It remained stagnant, unproductive....
It's either the young man isolated the males from the females or he has a better excuse to give for this level of failure...
Now, I refer you to the biblical parable of the
three servants & their journey man master who gave each, pieces of
talents. While two reproduced, you know the pathetic story of the third
foolish fellow who hid his away.
The father got angry, fired His son and hired a stranger to manage his Farm.....
Is the father wrong?
Will you hire the unproductive man to manage your own farm?
There's no excuse for failure, though we fail sometimes.
Roland Akachukwu writes from LAGOS.
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