inyati13
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Last week, I was in Missouri with the lovely Lady of Fire Sweep Simmentals. I got there Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday, I attended one of Kris’ classes at Ozarks Technical Community College. Kris is an outstanding and talented teacher. She connects with her students and has a refreshing teaching style.
Friday, we visited the Genex facility in Springfield. Saturday, we worked some of her livestock including a difficult cow, Peaches. It took all of us to get her into the facility. The kids worked with their show stock. Their oldest daughter was there to do the clipping. Late that afternoon, their daughter's friend broke his left forearm riding a four-wheeler. It turned out to be a serious break. A piece of the radius was broken and rotated.
Sunday was a day of trepidation for me. I went to Church with the Fire Sweep Clan. It was not as bad as I imagined but I was sure thankful when I was back outside in the sunlight. Bling had her calf Sunday. Glenn loaded the calf across his lap for a ride to the barn. Bling ran along after the four-wheeler and was never more than a step behind. The bouncing calf caused Glenn’s pants to slip down. I turned to Kris and told her that Glenn sure has a pretty butt crack. I guess she has seen it before because it was not that amusing to her.
I thought the calf would weigh 90 pounds. It weighed 83.
On Monday, we were met at Owen Brothers Farm by Adam Owen. Adam has a talent for imparting useful information. In the span of two hours, I picked up some useful information. Their livestock is magnificent.
Kris has 6 of the nicest heifers I have seen anywhere. Lilly is a masterpiece. Ronnie, Elsa, Taylor and Bush are magnificent. Her cows look big to my eye. That was a surprise to me. My cows are better conditioned or you could say they are over-conditioned compared to Kris’ cows. I expected that. I did not expect that her cows on average are bigger than mine. Not so much in frame score but her cows are wide. They are thick muscled. She has a great cow herd. Kris is a good manager, breeder and organizer. She plans her matings and the results are there to admire. Kris is a cattle master in my book!
But the one who does all the heavy lifting is Glenn.
Thursday, I attended one of Kris’ classes at Ozarks Technical Community College. Kris is an outstanding and talented teacher. She connects with her students and has a refreshing teaching style.
Friday, we visited the Genex facility in Springfield. Saturday, we worked some of her livestock including a difficult cow, Peaches. It took all of us to get her into the facility. The kids worked with their show stock. Their oldest daughter was there to do the clipping. Late that afternoon, their daughter's friend broke his left forearm riding a four-wheeler. It turned out to be a serious break. A piece of the radius was broken and rotated.
Sunday was a day of trepidation for me. I went to Church with the Fire Sweep Clan. It was not as bad as I imagined but I was sure thankful when I was back outside in the sunlight. Bling had her calf Sunday. Glenn loaded the calf across his lap for a ride to the barn. Bling ran along after the four-wheeler and was never more than a step behind. The bouncing calf caused Glenn’s pants to slip down. I turned to Kris and told her that Glenn sure has a pretty butt crack. I guess she has seen it before because it was not that amusing to her.
I thought the calf would weigh 90 pounds. It weighed 83.
On Monday, we were met at Owen Brothers Farm by Adam Owen. Adam has a talent for imparting useful information. In the span of two hours, I picked up some useful information. Their livestock is magnificent.
Kris has 6 of the nicest heifers I have seen anywhere. Lilly is a masterpiece. Ronnie, Elsa, Taylor and Bush are magnificent. Her cows look big to my eye. That was a surprise to me. My cows are better conditioned or you could say they are over-conditioned compared to Kris’ cows. I expected that. I did not expect that her cows on average are bigger than mine. Not so much in frame score but her cows are wide. They are thick muscled. She has a great cow herd. Kris is a good manager, breeder and organizer. She plans her matings and the results are there to admire. Kris is a cattle master in my book!
But the one who does all the heavy lifting is Glenn.
