Wow, bison meat is expensive! This e-bay ad
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4357244827&ssPageName= MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr2_PcY_BIN_Stores

has somebody asking approx. 10 bucks a pound! If we figure he's trading
at retail for a $15,000 clapped-out Cessna 152, that's only 3/4 ton of
meat! And here I was thinking I didn't have a big enough basement to
hold the necessary freezers....

What's a live adult bison go for? The National Bison Association says
they have a wider diet than cattle.
http://www.bisoncentral.com/index.php?s=&c=63&d=73&a=1022&w=2&r=Y
If they eat honeysuckle and sumac shoots maybe I could support a couple
in my back yard instead of buying all those freezers.

But I'll have to turn you down on the potatoes, corn, and herd of Angus
-- you can't get a semi down my back alley, and I'm not sure the wife
would agree anyhow.


Jim Burns wrote:
Interesting marketing idea. What would you bet that he'd value his bison or
meat at full retail and value your airplane at less than wholesale?

We're about to have a cattle sale here Aug 27. All registered Angus, about
175 head. I'll trade all of them for a new Bonanza A36.
OR
If your backyard isn't fenced, I'll give you the potatoes from 40 acres,
about 40 semi loads.
OR
If you need corn, how about 450 acres worth, over 90 semi loads.

Heck, I'd even keep your names a listed insured on the Bonanza. )

Jim