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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 188162" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>Dad had a little herd of about 100 when i was growing up. when i was 4 he would put me in the truck (stick) and tell me to drive while he kicked off bales of hay to the cows. he said that if a cow got in front of me and wouldnt move to just mash down on that middle pedal and the truck would stop. after choking down several times we decided to just let the cows get out of the way or be run over.</p><p></p><p> when i was about 8 or 9 i got a golf cart for Christmas. one day i decided that i would ride out around the cows. i stopped in the pasture to watch them. they were curious. i was too. i took it upon myself to "check on my cows" from there on out. i had learned all their eartags within a weeks time. started telling dad who was about to have a calf and alerted him of any problems. i kind of just took my dads cows over (which was fine with him b/c i needed a "job" and he was more focused on crops than cattle). it was just a natural thing that came to me all of the sudden one day and i started doing. it was like that was what i was meant to do?</p><p></p><p>by age 10 i was telling him that i wanted to increase our numbers b/c we could support a lot more cows than we were. so we did. got a fourwheeler at age 11 or 12 and that was the greatest investment ever made on the farm. during high school while other kids were getting high after school i was checking on cows and delivering calves in the pasture by myself (well, with the cows help!). </p><p></p><p>went to college for 6 years. LOVED it--mostly the social aspect, parties, no real responsibilty. got tired of school and felt guilty about being away so moved back home. bought some heifers. and now i manage my dad's herd, my sister's herd, and my herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 188162, member: 57"] Dad had a little herd of about 100 when i was growing up. when i was 4 he would put me in the truck (stick) and tell me to drive while he kicked off bales of hay to the cows. he said that if a cow got in front of me and wouldnt move to just mash down on that middle pedal and the truck would stop. after choking down several times we decided to just let the cows get out of the way or be run over. when i was about 8 or 9 i got a golf cart for Christmas. one day i decided that i would ride out around the cows. i stopped in the pasture to watch them. they were curious. i was too. i took it upon myself to "check on my cows" from there on out. i had learned all their eartags within a weeks time. started telling dad who was about to have a calf and alerted him of any problems. i kind of just took my dads cows over (which was fine with him b/c i needed a "job" and he was more focused on crops than cattle). it was just a natural thing that came to me all of the sudden one day and i started doing. it was like that was what i was meant to do? by age 10 i was telling him that i wanted to increase our numbers b/c we could support a lot more cows than we were. so we did. got a fourwheeler at age 11 or 12 and that was the greatest investment ever made on the farm. during high school while other kids were getting high after school i was checking on cows and delivering calves in the pasture by myself (well, with the cows help!). went to college for 6 years. LOVED it--mostly the social aspect, parties, no real responsibilty. got tired of school and felt guilty about being away so moved back home. bought some heifers. and now i manage my dad's herd, my sister's herd, and my herd. [/QUOTE]
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