Sweet Apple Acres

[I am Roseluck 13]

Just wondering, seeing as how they're ponies, why do they keep pigs, cows and sheep? They don't need produce or meat. Are they just for fun? It would seem they would be more... civilised, seeing as how they're all animals.

[Apple Bloom 2,916]

Just wondering, seeing as how they're ponies, why do they keep pigs, cows and sheep? They don't need produce or meat. Are they just for fun? It would seem they would be more... civilised, seeing as how they're all animals.

 

We have the cows for milk. As surprising as it may seem, some of us ponies do drink milk and we also use it to feed some of the other animals. The sheep are kept for their wool. The pigs are nothing but pets. For some reason they like for us to have beauty contests for them. Ironic huh?

 

(Seriously though, I think there may be some truth to some of that.)

Edited November 11, 2011 by Apple Bloom

[Doctor XFizzle 8,651]

Maybe there's two sets of animals in the show's universe. One that is fully-functioning members of society with speaking capabilities (so like humanoid, Zecora/zebras, buffaloes, the stampeding cows with the northern accents, Diamond Dogs). Then there's the primitive group of animals that are like the animals we have today, and they serve as livestock and such (Winona, Opal, etc.)

 

Like how there's the Diamond Dogs (mostly bi-pedal, can speak) then there's Winona (like a normal dog, can't speak).

[I am Roseluck 13]

We have the cows for milk. As surprising as it may seem, some of us ponies do drink milk and we also use it to feed some of the other animals. The sheep are kept for their wool. The pigs are nothing but pets. For some reason they like for us to have beauty contests for them. Ironic huh?

 

(Seriously though, I think there may be some truth to some of that.)

 

I suppose that could be true...

[Krall 263]

The Principality of Equestria is an apartheid state, and as such is an international pariah (hence why we rarely hear anything about other countries).

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Cows for milk

Sheep for clothes

Pigs for manual labor

Pigs just for the LOLz

[I am Roseluck 13]

Cows for milk

Sheep for clothes

Pigs for manual labor

Pigs just for the LOLz

 

[AppleShy Sparkle 311]

Without milk they can't make cupcakes! Ummm... you don't need milk for cupcakes, do you?

[I am Roseluck 13]

Without milk they can't make cupcakes! Ummm... you don't need milk for cupcakes, do you?

 

O_O Never thought about cupcakes. Can't live without them. Long live the cows.

[Krall 263]

Without milk they can't make cupcakes! Ummm... you don't need milk for cupcakes, do you?

 

They could always use Soy milk or some other substitute. Fact of the matter is, Equstria maintains a racist social hierarchy "for the lulz".

[I am Roseluck 13]

They could always use Soy milk or some other substitute. Fact of the matter is, Equstria maintains a racist social hierarchy "for the lulz".

 

Agreed.

[Broniesinarms 34]

applejack has a dog

 

dogs need food.

 

equestria has a deity/dictator

 

the sheep and cattle are rounded up like animals.

 

we need to go deeper

[SugarSlatheredCandyApple 20]

They could always use Soy milk or some other substitute. Fact of the matter is, Equstria maintains a racist social hierarchy "for the lulz".

 

Wait..........to have soymilk first they'd need access to......soybeans......and I don't think soybeans exist in the world they're in........but cupcakes do, so therefore they need cows for milk and butter.

[Swoop 2,276]

Do ponies use soap?

 

If they do, it's most commonly made from pig fat..

[Zoop 8,384]

The Principality of Equestria is an apartheid state, and as such is an international pariah (hence why we rarely hear anything about other countries).

T'is verily a sad state of affairs, and, tragically, one that nearly everypony seems all too willing to turn a blind eye to.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Seriously the inclusion of animals on the farm seems like the same reason they have a steam engine on a train pulled by ponies. It's more to make it look authentic than any actual reason.

[Krall 263]

Seriously the inclusion of animals on the farm seems like the same reason they have a steam engine on a train pulled by ponies. It's more to make it look authentic than any actual reason.

 

This is probably the true reason, but I like the idea that Equestria is some sort of equine South Africa (well, South Africa from 1948 to 1994).