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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 21735"><p>Campground Cattle --- I know what you mean about the wealthy folks essentially buying first place for their kids. I think that practice is absolutely wrong --- even though I'm certainly not into class warfare. I'd just like to see all the kids have an equal chance. A friend of mine is a farmer and commercial cattleman and has managed to become pretty wealthy doing it (a few gas wells didn't hurt either). His kids won grand champ or reserve champ about 4 out of 5 years when they were competing. He could afford the very best in club calves and even went so far as to have a special room made in his barn with a commercial refrigeration unit so that the calves grow in a very controlled environment. Maybe lots of folks do things like that, I don't know --- but there really is scant chance that a deserving kid from a family of humble or even average means can hope to successfully compete in that sort of showing environment. Arnold Ziffle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 21735"] Campground Cattle --- I know what you mean about the wealthy folks essentially buying first place for their kids. I think that practice is absolutely wrong --- even though I'm certainly not into class warfare. I'd just like to see all the kids have an equal chance. A friend of mine is a farmer and commercial cattleman and has managed to become pretty wealthy doing it (a few gas wells didn't hurt either). His kids won grand champ or reserve champ about 4 out of 5 years when they were competing. He could afford the very best in club calves and even went so far as to have a special room made in his barn with a commercial refrigeration unit so that the calves grow in a very controlled environment. Maybe lots of folks do things like that, I don't know --- but there really is scant chance that a deserving kid from a family of humble or even average means can hope to successfully compete in that sort of showing environment. Arnold Ziffle [/QUOTE]
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