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What would you do

LazyWP said:
loomixguy said:
LazyWP said:
You forget, Kansas doesn't have brand inspectors. Besides, brand inspectors can't do much either. I know 1 brand inspector in this area, that turned someone in, and nothing ever came of it.
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Figures the Wheat Heads wouldn't have brand inspectors. You musta had a real pi$$ poor one. The guy down this way gets things done.
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My wife. And no she isn't pi$$ poor at it. There just isn't a whole bunch that can be done, as long as the sheriff is a part of the problem.
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Go to the County Attorney, NOT the Sheriff!
 
I've met a couple of so called cattlemen from Kansas who were so crooked that if they started walking they walked either backwards or in circles :lol: :wink:
 
loomixguy said:
jigs said:
brand inspectors are for areas with poor fences and crooked neighbors...neither are found in Kansas. :wink:
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Now THAT is pure BS!

Ever heard of a family in Jewell county with the last name starting with the letter "V"?
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if it is the family I am thinking of, yes...they had a daughter that was my age.... she was fine...... but the rest were sub -human.....

first three letters V O B ??
 
jigs said:
loomixguy said:
jigs said:
brand inspectors are for areas with poor fences and crooked neighbors...neither are found in Kansas. :wink:
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Now THAT is pure BS!

Ever heard of a family in Jewell county with the last name starting with the letter "V"?
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if it is the family I am thinking of, yes...they had a daughter that was my age.... she was fine...... but the rest were sub -human.....

first three letters V O B ??
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CORRECT!
 
I witnessed more than just a few situations like that last year (about this time) when I was day-working down in W-Central Kansas. It was heart-breaking and very depressing for me, seeing all that drought-cracked earth, water-tanks/windmills going dry and skinny cattle chewing on tree-bark just to get-by. I couldn't wait to move back north; no job offers (for me) as of yet, but at least the livestock I see (off the interstate and back-roads) are clearly doing better than they were back down south. I'm praying for the ranchers/farmers down there, but it's in God's hands now. Gov't can't do a thing while the economy is trashed and so many urbanites are either turning their noses up at the supposed 'dangers of red-meat', or they can't afford the prices at the supermarket. I sense HARD time$ coming for everybody; but I'm still praying quietly.
 
ltdumbear2 said:
I witnessed more than just a few situations like that last year (about this time) when I was day-working down in W-Central Kansas. It was heart-breaking and very depressing for me, seeing all that drought-cracked earth, water-tanks/windmills going dry and skinny cattle chewing on tree-bark just to get-by. I couldn't wait to move back north; no job offers (for me) as of yet, but at least the livestock I see (off the interstate and back-roads) are clearly doing better than they were back down south. I'm praying for the ranchers/farmers down there, but it's in God's hands now. Gov't can't do a thing while the economy is trashed and so many urbanites are either turning their noses up at the supposed 'dangers of red-meat', or they can't afford the prices at the supermarket. I sense HARD time$ coming for everybody; but I'm still praying quietly.
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It happens everywhere not just in Kansas.
 
I could be wrong, but doubt any cattle in this area are allowed to get into that bad a condition before people realize they are going to have to get them sold or moved, or buy feed!

And we were mighty hard hit by the drought!

It just doesn't make sense to let them get into such bad shape they are not going to bring a decent price, does it????

mrj
 
Worst thing I have seen was renter who had a pig penned up in a wire enclosure on the north side of a fence so the entire pen was in the shade.

It was cold and the pen was in a snow drift. There was no straw or bedding for the pig to lay on. That pig was really suffering. Also, a dog had been in the pen and chewed a hind leg off the pig.

I wasn't the only person who saw that, but I was the only one who called the sherrif who said they would look into it. A couple of days later, the pig was gone and the owner was angry with me.

I told him, among other things, that if he couldn't take care of animals, he should not have them. A lot of angry words filled the air that day.

CP
 
mrj said:
I could be wrong, but doubt any cattle in this area are allowed to get into that bad a condition before people realize they are going to have to get them sold or moved, or buy feed!

And we were mighty hard hit by the drought!

It just doesn't make sense to let them get into such bad shape they are not going to bring a decent price, does it????

mrj
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I mean no offense but it happens to animals anywhere. Doesn't make sense but maybe the investor needs to lose money.

I believe there was a FSA program called livestock indemnity or something that paid for stock that died that had been subject to adverse weather conditions. Seems like at the time it paid more than cull cows would bring. Crooked yes, but something to keep in mind in situations like this.
 
Times are hard with this damn drought, lotsa folks try and weather it at the expense of their stock.
I have seen some stock coming thru the sale barn that was so poor it was pitiful.
It takes a sorry SOB to do stock like that period, no excuse is good enough in my book.
good luck
 

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