Hey Neighbor 324
Cover Crops Prove Enhancive To Both Cattlemen And Grain Farmers
Winter feed bills are sometimes the difference between profit and loss for cattlemen. Grazing cover crops is one way to help reduce cattle wintering costs, while offering no less than a handful of additional possible benefits to farming operations.
Special Awards Highlight Yearend Eastern Kansas Horseman’s Association Banquet
Naming and honoring high point riders in the Eastern Kansas Horseman’s Association circuit during the 2015 show season climaxed the recent year end banquet at Clay Center.
Electric Fence Offers Advantages For Cattlemen When Built Right
Cattle getting out of where they’re supposed to be is costly no matter how one looks at it. Thus, fencing is a key part of cattle management, according to Rod Schaub, Lyndon, Frontier Extension District livestock agent, who discussed alternative cross fence options during the Grazing Management Field Day at the Frank Graham farm, west of […]
No Outhouses On Main
Heading to church, we looked down Main Street, and no sign of mischievousness from the night before. Quite the contrast from decades ago when morning after Halloween revealed youthful orneriness everywhere.
Opportunities Lost By Sleeping
“Early to bed, early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.” An old familiar saying comes to mind frequently. Especially these shorter days, and even less daylight coming with the government clock fall back, for us who intend. to get lots done at the ranch after working a town job.
Kansas Cowboy Hall Of Fame Inducts Six In Class of 2015
For their lifetimes closely affiliated to the cowboy lifestyle, six individuals were recently inducted with the Class of 2015, into the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, according to Kathie Bell, curator of collections and education.
Hey Neighbor 323
Brush Battles Never Ending War For Pastureland Owners
“Managing invasive brush in pasture lands is a continuing battle for landowners.” Timberland was scant when covered wagon train travelers went West a century-and-a-half and longer ago, whereby a tree along a creek was an unusual and welcome sight. Far from the case today, as a wide variety of brush has intruded native grasslands, vastly […]
Fake Tooth Four Decades
About 2 o’clock, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 7, 1976, the gray five-year-old stallion, a son of Jet Mack, that we had in training reared, as we were just about in the saddle, and came over backwards on top of us with the flopping right stirrup knocking out one of our front teeth.