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<blockquote data-quote="Ryder" data-source="post: 350610" data-attributes="member: 663"><p>Those ugly, one-horned bulls will breed anything they can get to.</p><p>You may well have some animals that need to be culled out and use the money to buy some good cattle, You may not be able to buy as many as you sell, but if you have some scraggly inbred cows, the quality may really be a whole lot better with some new stock. I am not saying sell everything. Just see if you think there should be some culling.</p><p></p><p>I'll just menton that you probably need some way to identify individual cows if this is not being done. You need to be able to know which ones are giving you a calf every year and which ones need to go.</p><p></p><p>For your soil test, with a place as big as yours you will need to sample from several different locations. Call the extention office. They will tell you how to proceed. They will probably give you a sheet with directions telling you just how to do it. I think they will also give you bags to put your samples in and whatever tags or paper work you need to fill out. Once you have your samples, you can give them to the extention office and they will take it from there.</p><p></p><p>You may be able to get all this directly from the lab. But it actually comes under the duties of ag extension office and in the long run may save confusion to go through them.</p><p></p><p>Everything from buying a bull to pasture work is going to take time. Don't get in a rush. Remember-Graduate School is first priority for your time and attention. I say this because it is awful easy to get caught up in some new interest or activity and lose your focus. Of course, you are old enough and far enough along to know this without me saying it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryder, post: 350610, member: 663"] Those ugly, one-horned bulls will breed anything they can get to. You may well have some animals that need to be culled out and use the money to buy some good cattle, You may not be able to buy as many as you sell, but if you have some scraggly inbred cows, the quality may really be a whole lot better with some new stock. I am not saying sell everything. Just see if you think there should be some culling. I'll just menton that you probably need some way to identify individual cows if this is not being done. You need to be able to know which ones are giving you a calf every year and which ones need to go. For your soil test, with a place as big as yours you will need to sample from several different locations. Call the extention office. They will tell you how to proceed. They will probably give you a sheet with directions telling you just how to do it. I think they will also give you bags to put your samples in and whatever tags or paper work you need to fill out. Once you have your samples, you can give them to the extention office and they will take it from there. You may be able to get all this directly from the lab. But it actually comes under the duties of ag extension office and in the long run may save confusion to go through them. Everything from buying a bull to pasture work is going to take time. Don't get in a rush. Remember-Graduate School is first priority for your time and attention. I say this because it is awful easy to get caught up in some new interest or activity and lose your focus. Of course, you are old enough and far enough along to know this without me saying it. [/QUOTE]
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