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How did you get Started Raising Cattle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hasbeen" data-source="post: 188433" data-attributes="member: 3220"><p>Seems that most of you were born to it or spend at least part of your life on one. My story's different. I grew up in a rural area (small town Appalachia) but was never around a real farm and know nothing about farming. However, I've always been facinated with it and wanted to try but land is just too darned expensive. Several years ago my father in law retired as a high school principle and started running about 30 head on the farm where he had grown up. I loved that place and spend every evening I could there watching the cows or fishing or just walking the fields or the mountain. I lucked out in that my father in laws only son is a judge and has shown no interest in keeping the place going so when my father in law became too old to keep the place up, he sold the cows, the tractor and the equipment but gave the land to me. (I think he realized I was his best shot at keeping the place in the family). I spent the summer clearing brush by hand with a weedeater and a riding mower and bought 8 heifers in November. I ask questions to anyone who will listen, I experiment, and I learn by trial and error. We'll just have to wait to see how the story ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hasbeen, post: 188433, member: 3220"] Seems that most of you were born to it or spend at least part of your life on one. My story's different. I grew up in a rural area (small town Appalachia) but was never around a real farm and know nothing about farming. However, I've always been facinated with it and wanted to try but land is just too darned expensive. Several years ago my father in law retired as a high school principle and started running about 30 head on the farm where he had grown up. I loved that place and spend every evening I could there watching the cows or fishing or just walking the fields or the mountain. I lucked out in that my father in laws only son is a judge and has shown no interest in keeping the place going so when my father in law became too old to keep the place up, he sold the cows, the tractor and the equipment but gave the land to me. (I think he realized I was his best shot at keeping the place in the family). I spent the summer clearing brush by hand with a weedeater and a riding mower and bought 8 heifers in November. I ask questions to anyone who will listen, I experiment, and I learn by trial and error. We'll just have to wait to see how the story ends. [/QUOTE]
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