Farming and hobbits

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Little Cows? Naw

Cattle are domesticated beasts of burden, quite docile and easily handled (or so I've heard). Hobbits wouldn't need miniature animals to be able to handle them. I'm sure they were able to control whichever creatures they put their mind to. But I also think that Hobbit livestock herds were probably small, meant only for the production of the family that owned them and perhaps their village butcher. There were likely no cowhobbits on the range driving cattle through the wilderness. Instead, they probably only had to go get a cow or two out of the field (or barn) when they needed one.

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