xbred
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guaranteed good read...... "Half Broke Horses" ...let me know what you think of it...
good book
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MO_cows
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EXCELLENT book! The cover just caught my eye in an airport bookstore back in Sept., was looking for something to read on the plane and during a layover. I grudgingly gave $26 bucks for it and now I'm glad I did. Did that lady live a life or what?? Great stories in there. I thought it kind of petered out at the end, but the beginning and middle were well worth it. I am looking for the author's other book in paperback now.
Ryder
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I browsed through part of the book and plan to read it when I get time. Younger people in particular should read things like this to get a good perspective of what life was like. My gosh, I don't think they even had cell phones. :roll:
If you like the "real" stuff, you would probably like "The Cattlemen". I think it is the one by W. R. McAfee. About two brothers ranching some years back in the real world.
Gives a good description of how life was. One major problem was fighting screw worms. In the morning a man would ride out and do what had to be done by himself.
Their "infrastructure" was a horse, saddle and rope.
I don't think they ever heard of a headgate, squeeze chute, calf table, or "call the vet". They didn't worry about animal rights people telling them how cruel it was to rope a calf or "bust" a steer.
They did with what they had and that was that. (They were not hobby farmers :lol2: )
Sometimes I just shake my head when I read of all the stuff a beginner is supposed to have when he asks for advice and has two cows. :roll:
One member, whoever he was, that used to post a lot that had a pretty good idea of reality was Caustic.
He had been there, done that. At least one of the Caustics had. There were also some other people that knew about the real world. Cattle Annie comes to mind. Thinking about how she used a pitchfork to adjust the atttude of harmful bovines makes me smile.
But back to original subject, "Half Broke Horses" looks good to me.
If you like the "real" stuff, you would probably like "The Cattlemen". I think it is the one by W. R. McAfee. About two brothers ranching some years back in the real world.
Gives a good description of how life was. One major problem was fighting screw worms. In the morning a man would ride out and do what had to be done by himself.
Their "infrastructure" was a horse, saddle and rope.
I don't think they ever heard of a headgate, squeeze chute, calf table, or "call the vet". They didn't worry about animal rights people telling them how cruel it was to rope a calf or "bust" a steer.
They did with what they had and that was that. (They were not hobby farmers :lol2: )
Sometimes I just shake my head when I read of all the stuff a beginner is supposed to have when he asks for advice and has two cows. :roll:
One member, whoever he was, that used to post a lot that had a pretty good idea of reality was Caustic.
He had been there, done that. At least one of the Caustics had. There were also some other people that knew about the real world. Cattle Annie comes to mind. Thinking about how she used a pitchfork to adjust the atttude of harmful bovines makes me smile.
But back to original subject, "Half Broke Horses" looks good to me.
MO_cows
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I loved the part where she is weighing her career options, which as a female of that era were limited to teacher, nurse or secretary. She didn't want to be a secretary because working for somebody else was "like slavery, without the security." Loved her attitude!
