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    life & death, grids, grades and premiums...

    Sounds like you were fortunate to save the calf.....A tip for the next one....First, hold the calf up by the hind feet to get drainage out of the mouth and help clear the lungs; Second, tickle the inside of the nostril with a piece of straw or hay....you hope for a "sneezing" effect to help...
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    Cows and cowboys

    I turn 56 on Friday. . ..A long time ago my daddy taught me to be a "cowman" instead of a cowboy. . . He bought 1% of the fat cattle killed in this country for 25 years. I sorted cattle from the Rockies to TN; Tx to Michigan. Led em in the show ring from New York to San Antone. . . Here is...
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    Ranching and the future.

    I second what Soapweed said. . .Keep your cows in the middle of the road. .. .And, I have some experience with carcass cattle. . spent 7 years in a row on the wash rack at Chicago washing carcass steers. . .we won it once. . .And, in 2003 my son won the Carcass Show at the National Junior Angus...
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    A Cat Eyed Calf?... Pics

    I have a registered Angus heifer calf (born 2.26.07) with the same condition. . maybe we should start a new breed :)
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    HOW DO I..first tie a boline.....get that calf to the ground

    Way we used to and still do on occasion. . . .loop around the neck with a SQUARE knot. . ..bring rope back to right behind front legs and thow over back - bring around under belly. . .and half hitch rope. . .take straight back to flank and repeat (over top -under belly) and half hitch. . ...
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