George, that was very inspirational on what you wrote about "The Touch of the Master." Thanks for sharing it with us.
My dad used to call his Herefords to cake with a loud, "KaBoss, KaBoss, Whoooooeeeeeeee." It worked for him and it works for me. :wink:
My 1998 Dodge one-ton diesel feed pickup has a noise all its own. It can't be used for anything else but feeding cattle, because when it starts, all cattle within earshot immediately become excited. They know that good things come from that pickup and that noise, and they willingly will follow it just about anywhere. Even in the summertime, when the cattle graze at our neighbor's ranch along the highway, they are attracted to the peculiar sound of that pickup. Cars and trucks go down the road all day long at speeds between sixty and seventy miles per hour, but all heads come up when this feed pickup goes by at highway speed.
A friend of mine hauled protein blocks in his airplane to snow-stranded cattle in the bad winter of 1978-1979. He said it was funny watching those cows run towards his plane with their heads high in the air, trying to be the first to arrive at the protein blocks. One time a protein block accidentally hit an early arriving cow, so he learned to give them plenty of lead. He said that a few years later he flew the same plane low over those cattle. They remembered the sound of the plane and ran enthusiastically towards him, heads held high.
It is easier to pull a chain than to push one. :wink: