To: Texas Fossil
We normally have a fair number of cattle, but the drought is so bad now that most everyone are selling out their cattle.
Time to bring back the Texas Longhorn. They were bred for their low maintenance durability. I know a farmer here in Michigan who has a herd he keeps as a novelty tourist attraction.
48 posted on
07/21/2011 1:24:06 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
Yep, there are a lot of them here too. Very gentle breed. The long horns look a bit intimidating but they are not.
We will put back Angus cattle I suppose. We could have kept a few head, have one pasture with springs and it is sub irrigated on 1/2 the plot. We could have even watered a little of the pasture but the winter is where the problem is. Unless we get general rains before mid-November it is doubtful there will be any wheat pasture this winter. It could happen, but it might not too.
I have had some thoughts about buying a select few head of very young heifers to give us something to start over with.
The problem is very wide spread geographically.
128 posted on
07/21/2011 5:37:04 PM PDT by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: cripplecreek
Moooo.
Wa choo doin wi dat rope, Gringo?
Not Texas Longhorns IIRC, but a close variation being bred by a FRiend of my wife's family -- for their low maintenance durability... and rather feisty nature.
139 posted on
07/21/2011 7:56:39 PM PDT by
LomanBill
(Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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