Apr.
17th, 2010
I
slept in a little this morning after such a hard day yesterday. I was quite sore in my arms, shoulders, back
and legs but I felt good after accomplishing so much. I had a nice leisurely breakfast out on the
veranda with the sun shining and the birds singing. I thought that it would be wonderful if Erika
were with me.
Mekonen's cows on an earlier trip with Dr. Kolste |
Mekonen
came to get me at 8:30 to check his cows and dehorn his calves. I was very surprised that neither of his cows
had come into heat. I am not sure why
they didn’t unless they are both not cycling.
Even though we didn’t have time he insisted that we go to his father-in-laws
home where they fed me goat tibs and hot milk.
The milk was very good. Abera
joined us and helped me finish off my tibs.
We
met Mulgeta and Gemechu at the Arsi Negele office. A couple of the dairymen had arrived already
and the other two showed up as we were setting up. Mulgeta introduced me and translated for me
as I explained to them what embryo transfer was and how it could be a very good
business opportunity for them. I also
encouraged them to work together as a group to improve their herds and the
dairy industry in general in the Arsi Negele area. I encouraged them to lead out and help
develop the programs that would push the industry forward. I said that I was planting a seed that I
hoped would be nurtured by them and grow into a large fruitful tree. What I was talking about could not be done at
this time but the preparations for it could be started now so that we could do
it in a year or two. I told them that too
many of the development projects in Ethiopia were brought in by foreigners. It was like them transplanting a mature tree
for the Ethiopians and then leaving them to deal with it without teaching them
how to care for the tree which quickly withered and died leaving a monument to
failure.
When
we finished I had them do the jerky taste test for me. I think that everyone of them preferred the
sliced meat with the Leggs jerky spice.
I am finding that Ethiopians as a whole really like eating jerky with
any kind of spice.
This
afternoon I went over the records and got them all caught up. We have 13 embryos left to implant. I hope
that we can implant them this week at Adami Tulu. I would love to have all of the embryos
implanted before I go home this trip.
I
had the wonderful green salad and some fried fish for super tonight. The fish was very dry but had a good
flavor. This trip I have had a large
variety of meals here at the Lily Valley.
On my past trips I have mainly eaten the rice with meat sauce.
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