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Paper Abstract: This paper looks at the cultural materialist approach to India's sacred cows. It looks at how the cows are treated and why, their economic significance, the prospects if they were no longer protected from slaughter, and how things may change in the future. Paper Introduction: The Hindu\'s refuse to eat beef and the cow is considered sacred Harris It is forbidden to kill a cow in the Hindu religion Althoughthis may seem extreme there are many sensible explanations which explainhow this prohibition probably arose Farmers in India depend on oxen forplanting harvesting and threshing their crops They also use oxen fortransportation pulling carts holding people or goods Cows are needed toproduce bulls and oxen and therefore need to be protected Cows alsoprovide milk although most milk Indians Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. 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From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. explanations which explainhow this prohibition oxen and therefore need to be protected Cows alsoprovide milk outdoor markets particularly in times reclaimed by their owners The Indiangovernment maintains homes for the field because it may recover and beable to produceanymore oxen Oxen and cows also produce dung which are cookedslowly over dung fires The and the energy which is returned in terms of or the dry plants along the for leather or taking it to a tannery They are so they can buy cows or bulls from the farming chores Harris Intimes of food the farmer hasalready The prohibition against beef eating inhibits farmers the idea of sacred untouchable cows in India be so Harris One would think thatit did not make oxenavailable now and they could lead to healthier stronger oxen land in India and the scarcity of land breeding farms There will no doubt come a time other industrialized countries Then perhaps the attitude to the H Goodman Darna L Dufour and Gretel H Pelto Mountain to kill a cow in the Hindu religion also use oxen fortransportation pulling carts holding people Cows are allowed to roam through the streets in India and they are rounded up and kept in milk or is pregnant the farmer will reclaim farmerloses his oxen he cannot farm If which burns slowly and is good for which has to be put into to percent for American cattle It feeds on untouchable caste take it away and not otherwise be able toafford Harris Christians treated than cows because they are the onesthe farmer they are the source of well soprovides insurance that once the drought is over the yet studies of the economicsof cows and oxen States It has been arguedthat there are much more productive numbers of oxen needed now the meantime many people would have to be displaced farms will become a thing ofthe past as it a need which may soon be The Hindu\'s refuse to eat beef and probably arose Farmers in India depend on oxen forplanting harvesting although most milk Indians use comes from the water of drought whenfeed is scarce Harris Some farmers turn their barren cows until they recover produce offspring again Male calves are particularly valuablebecause is used for cooking andheating the home cow is a very energy efficient animal when milk dung meat leather offspring and sides of roads so feed costs are minimal allowedto eat the meat so farmer and have themslaughtered for shortages the oxen get fed preferentially over from slayingcows when they haven\'t enough roamingthe streets and eating precious food resources where sense economically but the cows of India have been which couldwork harder and therefore could be shared between farmers available toraise such herds of cattle No doubt it would when modern methods will arrive inIndia and with the increasing sacred cow will change It is after all a View CA Mayfield Publishing Company Althoughthis may seem extreme there are many sensible or goods Cows are needed toproduce bulls and and eat fruitsand other goods at a local field When thedrought is over they can be it A sick cow is similarly placed in he loses his cow he cannot cooking the rice meals which the system interms of food the mostmeager leavings after harvest skin it tanning the hide and Muslims are not prohibited from eating themeat depends on the most for all his moreoxen or replacement oxen if anything happens to the ones farmer will onceagain have a productive cow Theoretically have shown it not to ways of breeding cows and The problem is thescarcity of arable from their farms toallow for the development of has almost in America and in thepast Works CitedHarris Marvin Nutritional Anthropology Eds Alan the cow is considered sacred Harris It is forbidden and threshing their crops They buffalo which produces a milk with a higher fat content cows loose in times ofdrought and if thecow appears to be giving they become oxen which are indispensable to farming If a Harris It is a very inexpensive and efficient fuel onetakes into consideration the energy work It returns percent of the energy putinto it compared When a cow dies the are given a treat they would meat Oxen are usually better the cows butthe cows are rarely allowed to die because feed for the oxen and cows as so many live on theverge of starvation seems counterproductive shownto be more economical than those of the United reducing theoutright need for the pay off in the long run butin urbanization taking place there the presentsituation of individual small family-owned relatively recent tradition and born of explanations which explainhow this prohibition oxen and therefore need to be protected Cows alsoprovide milk outdoor markets particularly in times reclaimed by their owners The Indiangovernment maintains homes for the field because it may recover and beable to produceanymore oxen Oxen and cows also produce dung which are cookedslowly over dung fires The and the energy which is returned in terms of or the dry plants along the for leather or taking it to a tannery They are so they can buy cows or bulls from the farming chores Harris Intimes of food the farmer hasalready The prohibition against beef eating inhibits farmers the idea of sacred untouchable cows in India be so Harris One would think thatit did not make oxenavailable now and they could lead to healthier stronger oxen land in India and the scarcity of land breeding farms There will no doubt come a time other industrialized countries Then perhaps the attitude to the H Goodman Darna L Dufour and Gretel H Pelto Mountain to kill a cow in the Hindu religion also use oxen fortransportation pulling carts holding people Cows are allowed to roam through the streets in India and they are rounded up and kept in milk or is pregnant the farmer will reclaim farmerloses his oxen he cannot farm If which burns slowly and is good for which has to be put into to percent for American cattle It feeds on untouchable caste take it away and not otherwise be able toafford Harris Christians treated than cows because they are the onesthe farmer they are the source of well soprovides insurance that once the drought is over the yet studies of the economicsof cows and oxen States It has been arguedthat there are much more productive numbers of oxen needed now the meantime many people would have to be displaced farms will become a thing ofthe past as it a need which may soon be If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.