Jim62":23idp8u3 said:
Someone tolded me that buzzards can tell from afar if a dead aminal is sickly, and will not mess with a sick one. Maybe that skunk was rabid or something?
I'm thinking there must be something wrong with him. He is still there today and there were a bunch of black buzzards not 100 yards from him trying to get some afterbirth from a late calver. Seems I've seen them eat skunks on the road before but I really didn't make a mental note of it. This one by the gate is so close I can't help but notice what happens to him. Funny thing is, I don't smell him in any manner. He is just there. I'd go over and poke him with a stick but I'm afraid the ingrained reflex action from my past experience would take over and I'd barf all over myself.
Alice I think you are right on the Dawn.
Best soap we had at the time was Borax. I think it was Three Mules or something like that
20 mule team Borax, they used to sponser Death Valley Days on TV.
I'll bet there are other old timers that remember it.
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