In the final analysis there is no solution to man’s progress but the day’s honest work, the day’s honest decisions, the day’s generous utterances and the day’s good deed.

— Clare Booth Luce

Category: Stockmanship

Cattle Gather

This afternoon Tina and I were able to help a friend gather his cattle from this 80 acre pasture. This friend usually used the feed

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Alpaca Driving

I had a chance this afternoon to drive these six alpaca geldings. Even though they were “pets,” they still drove very well and seemed to

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Through the Gate

Here I’m easing the calves through a gate in the pasture. The first day they couldn’t even see the gate, but jumped the single electric

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Training Continues

The calves are working much better now. It’s taken longer than 3 trips of 30 minutes each (which works with most cattle) but they are

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Another Talk and Exhibit

I spoke at the Missouri Young Farmers/Young Farm Wives conference today in Osage Beach, Missouri. Because many Vo-Ag teachers and secondary school administrators attend, I

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