It takes 11 head of cattle to make what? ( the answer is not drove,
grove or herd)Help!!!!

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 28 Jun 2005 07:23 PDT

Hi opalring,

Here's a link to a page with a couple more collectives, no reference
to 11 head of cattle specifically:

The Dictionary of Collectives
http://www.opundo.com/gaggle.php?searchstr=%25

drove, herd, drift, team, mob


And, just because I found it, here's everything you ever wanted to
know about handling cattle:

Handling cattle
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/beefmanage/handling-cattle.htm

Anyway, let me know if your collective noun is here, and I'll post the
answer inthe answer box.

~~Cynthia

Perhaps, rather referring to a collective noun for a group of cattle,
this refers to the number of cattle carcasses or skins that are
required in order to make something. Such as (a made-up example) "It
takes eleven head of cattle to make one leather couch."

Good call pink, I didn't see that at all!

A day's supply of a McDonald's restaurant hamburgers?

"It takes a eleven head of cattle to make" one   "Texas dozen".  
They know a dozen is more than ten, but counting with their fingers,
they just give up and call the next number of cattle a dozen.

This explanation could have some bearing on US govt. budgeting.