One bladed razor. cattle related

[aj]

I saw an tv advertisement this morning for a mans razor. It didn't have 3 blades. It didn't have 15 blades. It had ONE blade. I think there is room for a great merchandising theme here. Simplicity. Easy to clean. No over kill cheap to buy. Cheap to maintain. Simple simple simple. Sometimes I think there is room for a similar merchandising theme in cattle.

 

[aj]

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a breed......that was simple. A breed where you didn't have to test for DS. A breed where you didn't have to test for pha or th. A breed that didn't require calving barn cameras. A breed that didn't need to be dehorned. A breed where you didn't need to use a special bull on first calf heifers. A breed where you didn't have to breed around stuff like fawn calf and marble bone and monkey mouth and rat tails and rat finks. Just some food for thought.

 

[aj]

If John Deere decided to make........say the standard 4440 tractor again. What would it cost to reproduce it todays costs. Could a new tractor buy the patent and reproduce it. Something simple. Maybe it would still cost a quarter million to reproduce it.....I don't know. Pull type combine for small producers?