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Yeah, honestly, it’s never made any sense to me why the Apples actually keep animals on her farm. It’s a damn apple orchard for crying out loud, and ponies don’t eat meat. Maybe sheep wool is still a commodity in this world, but nothing else makes any sense.
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It’s a damn apple orchard for crying out loud, and ponies don’t eat meat.
 
There are other sapient races in Equestria that could very well be carnivores or omnivores.
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A friend of mine suggested they used the pigs for shows or like, “best pig” contests or whatever, but it doesn’t really explain why they need so many.
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Applejack wouldn’t be a farmer if she didn’t have farm animals it’s part of the whole farm thing farms in real life have animals on them so farms in cartoons are suppose to have them too.
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Sure why not.
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Yeah, honestly, it’s never made any sense to me why the Apples actually keep animals on her farm. It’s a damn apple orchard for crying out loud, and ponies don’t eat meat. Maybe sheep wool is still a commodity in this world, but nothing else makes any sense.
They do have sweaters. And knitting. Why not wool?
 
 
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A friend of mine suggested they used the pigs for shows or like, “best pig” contests or whatever, but it doesn’t really explain why they need so many.
A question that I actually remember being asked before.  
 
You are of course free to keep your headcanon answer too, if you like.
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