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j By W. H. Lyne
Extension Agent,
Agriculture
People have requested my expanding on last weeks’ Tips on handling or managing cattle during drought conditions. First, let me say youir Extension Agent, Agriculture has no magic wand or cure-all solution to the critical situation people are facing regarding feed and water shortages. Secondly, remember that management is only a guestimate (at best) based upon what has been proven right and on what we think is right. Perhaps the best advice Ij could give farmers and home owners would be that each and! everyone first to thank thoroughly. study thoroughly, their individual situation. If this doesn't help you reach a solution, don't feel someone will consider your asking for advice silly or childish. Neither would it be wise to believe your solution is the best possible. The man who knows all the answers hasn’t been born. Okay - here we go on points to ponder. Chew them up - spit 'em out - after all situations ate different and there is no one cut and dried answer even though many things are about as drv as they can get. TIPS ON CATTLE "Remember a good cow herd is hard to come by even if you have plenty of money and can afford to sell at a loss and buy back without pinching the pocket book. Infact a good herd of cows is seldom bought; they are built over the years under the watchful eye of the master. Hold to the best females you
ph most herds ther&are some. Tree-loaders1’; get rf0 bTOris kind first. The old, the poor milkers, the fools that are hard to handle and keep the entire herd stirred up. The shy breeders and diseased should go. Probably next to consider -are those "late calves”; cows that, comes October and November will have only a 30C pound calf at side. - I assume of course that you got rid of that non-producer long ago. A cow that produces less than $100 income per year is no asset - in most herds she is a liability even under best cropping conditions. It could prove profitable to have an experienced person to palpate, or pregnancy test, the TP*1.
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