Caustic Burno
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novatech":1a03qawz said:That's it. We had no head gates, much less a squeeze. Grabbed them by the nose a snubed them up to a post. All the calves got thrown on the ground for ear marking, dehorn and nut cutting. I don't know if I miss the good old days or just miss the fact that I was able and not any more.Fred":1a03qawz said:The old wormer that came in the glass gallon jug was phenathysine. It was green and thick and you had to shake the jug up good to mix it. It would burn your skin if you got it on yourself. You would suck it out of the jug with a drench gun, shove it in the cows mouth a shoot it down her throat. It would kill worms and liver flukes.
I really would like to introduce every kid to this kind of of work. I will never forget the sense of accomplishment when at about 75 lbs. I could throw a 500 lb. calf to the ground.
The only thing good about those good ole days is they are gone. A day working cows then was real work.
I love head gates, pour on wormers and range cubes. I never want to return to when the trailer pulls up every cow turns white eyed, high headed, high tail and heads to the back 40. Worked twice a year if they needed or not.