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Got rid of the kids yesterday.  Had a teacher's inservice until 1:00.  Glad it's over.  Time to regroup and get ready for next year.  The great thing about being an Ag Teacher is we are on a 12 month contract, so I don't have summers away from school  like the other teachers.

We cut the amount of feed being fed and replace with the same amount of cottonseed hulls and beet pulp.  When you cut the amount of "good" feed the calf is getting, you cut the amount of nutrients he is getting.  To keep him fresh, be sure to feed a good quality topdress and a little fat.

Is she anywhere there is grass that is seeded out?  We have problems here with cheat grass seeds getting in the eye and irritating it making it look like pinkeye.  Roll her eyelids back and look at it.  You can usually see the seed and pick it out of there.  The eye will get blue around the...

The * just means that they have blood other than Shorthorn, not necessarily Maine.  A lot of the old original appendix Shorthorns had Chi, Sim. and some other things in there as well.  Some of the old original Irish cattle were appendix registered because it was cheaper to register them that way...

We have linebred Shorthorns for several years.  You just have to know what your cattle are and that they don't have any major genetic problems.  The Deerpark Leaders and some of the old dual lines work well with this type of breeding program.  Look at the pedigrees of the Hub's cattle or Wayne...

Anyone have any results from the OYE in OKC.  We had to leave before the steer show was over.  After being there since the 10th, I was ready to be home.  I wish they could shorten the schedule a few days. 

I have one just like that.  I had to break it out a few years ago and show some kids that the rotobrush is not a new deal.  You can really wind a tail up in it if you are not careful.

If you are interested in teaching, check it out.  I'm not sure what your state is like as far as salary, but here in OK, starting ag teacher base salary is in the $40,000 a year range.  This is a 12 month contract and some this year were getting above base because teachers are in short supply. ...

Thanks DLD.  I didn't get to go and was wondering who won.  Tyler judged our county fair a couple weeks ago and did a good job on all species.  I heard the number of entries were down about 30 head from last year.  May be due to Tulsa putting in a prospect show there.

Did anyone go to the Okla. State Fair last weekend? I was wondering how the prospect show went. 

Spring-O-Matic is the old standard in a manual operated table.  You can set them up anywhere and only need electricity to run your grinder.  I have one that I have had for over 20 years and it was an old used one when I bought it.  It is as good today as it was when it was new. There are some...

I think sometimes we confuse femininity and refinement.  Cows can be feminine without being too refined.  When I look for femininity in cattle, I look for a cowy looking head with some length and a long neck.  I think the cow can have some in the brisket area and still be feminine.  Those cows...

This is a good thread and provokes a lot of thought.  After thinking about it for a while, I guess the way I see it is something like this--- I have been involved in the showring thing since 1975 and have been in the cattle business since way before that.  I have seen the smaller ones when we...

We have sold some for that before to good homes.  I think if someone is going to abuse one and not take care of it, that price is the least of their problems.  We've been known to take less for calves if we knew they were going to good homes and would be taken care of and have a chance to win...

DLD, I know what you mean.  Here in NW OK we are green and the grass looks great.  Last year we never got enough rain to make our grass start and we would only get showers and green it up for 2-3 days and then get 100+ degree days and it would look like it had never done anything.  We haven't...

Stick, That Get picture really brought back some memories.  I showed against those cattle and they were huge.  If I remember correctly, Lefty 83rd was the heaviest Shorthorn bull to show in Denver at that time.  He was owned by Dean Fieser at Plains. Ks and Twig Marston hauled and showed him. He...

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Would that be Jack Ragsdale from Sutherland Farms?

The Deerpark Leader cattle will stand a lot of linebreeding.  They will get better every generation and are good producers.  The only negative we had with them was some bad udders.  If you get some lined up a little, they really work on outcross genetics.  I'd use him if I had access to the...

aj-- I'll second what you said about the Hub's cattle.  Virgil and Steve developed a great set of linebred cattle that were right for the times in the 70's and 80's.  I think they had the most uniform set of cows of any kind I ever had the opportunity to look through.  There wasn't much...