A
few
summers
ago
I
visited
two
dairy
farms
,
Huls
Farm
and
Gardar
Farm
,
which
despite
being
located
thousands
of
miles
apart
were
still
remarkably
similar
in
their
strengths
and
vulnerabilities
.
Both
were
by
far
the
largest
,
most
prosperous
,
most
technologically
advanced
farms
in
their
____________________
____________________
.
In
particular
,
each
was
centered
around
a
magnificent
state
-
of
-
the
-
art
barn
for
sheltering
and
milking
cows
.
Those
structures
,
both
neatly
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into
opposite
-
facing
rows
of
cow
stalls
,
dwarfed
all
other
barns
in
the
district
.
Both
farms
let
their
cows
____________________
outdoors
in
lush
pastures
during
the
summer
,
produced
their
own
hay
to
harvest
in
the
late
summer
for
feeding
the
cows
through
the
winter
,
and
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their
production
of
summer
fodder
and
winter
hay
by
irrigating
their
fields
.
The
two
farms
were
similar
in
area
(
a
few
square
miles
)
and
in
barn
size
,
Huls
barn
holding
somewhat
more
cows
than
Gardar
barn
(
200
vs
.
165
cows
,
respectively
)
.
The
owners
of
both
farms
were
viewed
as
leaders
of
their
____________________
societies
.
Both
owners
were
deeply
religious
.
Both
farms
were
located
in
gorgeous
natural
settings
that
attract
tourists
from
afar
,
with
backdrops
of
high
snow
-
capped
mountains
drained
by
streams
teaming
with
fish
,
and
sloping
down
to
a
famous
river
(
below
Huls
Farm
)
or
3ord
(
below
Gardar
Farm
)
.
