cattle wrangler

Today we had the chance to move our cattle around. During the winter we isolate and group off some of the cattle. We put the bull in a pen by himself. We put the baby calves away from their mothers and by themselves in a barn. We put some of the expecting heifers by themselves so we can watch them and see when they might have a calf and move up to the cow rank. The rest of the cows are in pasture for the rest of the winter, grazing in the fields with no real protection from the elements.

Cows really are pretty tame and fun to watch and try to pet sometimes. Some of them do have some personality and are especially friendly. Usually all you have to do is give them a head rub and they are happy as can be. With that being said, I don't really like having cows around. Because of them we have to bale hay in the summer. We have to feed them everyday in the winter. We have to grind feed for them almost twice a week. They really are a bunch of work for the small return I see. Especially when they find a bad spot in the fence and get loose. Then we have to go out with flashlights and whatever else and get them back in. My opinion is that we should get rid of the cows, grow more tobacco and have more money from that. I really don't like having livestock on the farm. I would much prefer to grow crops. We can always get more mexicans and be able to grow more tobacco. Especially if we don't have cattle inthe barns we already have.

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