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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 1057193" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>You can do anything you want Taurus but what you can't do is expect folks to pat you on the back because you overcharged the kid for what was probably not a heifer that would make a great 4H project.</p><p></p><p>Personally when i had the same opportunity I let the kid use the heifer for two years and AI'd her and she got to keep the calf. I also bought her a youth membership to the Gelbvieh Assn and helped her with feed and helped her pay her way to the National Junior show.</p><p></p><p>Why because she impressed me with her work ethic. Did I come out? No it cost me dearly. She overfed the heifer the last trimester and caused her to have a massive calf and I believe she damaged her bag also. Do I hold that against her. He[[ no! She learned some hard lessons and she made none of those mistakes with her next heifer project. She also became aquainted with one of the Major Gelbvieh operations in the country and has been mentored by them since then.</p><p></p><p>One thing i did not do is a "means test". If i had it would have proved what i already knew. Her family's net worth is more than mine. Who cares. It's about the kids, at least for me it is!</p><p></p><p>and just like you can't tell Calhoun what to do with his bull I can't tell you how to treat a 4H kid. If yo are OK with that transaction then that's all that matters!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 1057193, member: 6713"] You can do anything you want Taurus but what you can't do is expect folks to pat you on the back because you overcharged the kid for what was probably not a heifer that would make a great 4H project. Personally when i had the same opportunity I let the kid use the heifer for two years and AI'd her and she got to keep the calf. I also bought her a youth membership to the Gelbvieh Assn and helped her with feed and helped her pay her way to the National Junior show. Why because she impressed me with her work ethic. Did I come out? No it cost me dearly. She overfed the heifer the last trimester and caused her to have a massive calf and I believe she damaged her bag also. Do I hold that against her. He[[ no! She learned some hard lessons and she made none of those mistakes with her next heifer project. She also became aquainted with one of the Major Gelbvieh operations in the country and has been mentored by them since then. One thing i did not do is a "means test". If i had it would have proved what i already knew. Her family's net worth is more than mine. Who cares. It's about the kids, at least for me it is! and just like you can't tell Calhoun what to do with his bull I can't tell you how to treat a 4H kid. If yo are OK with that transaction then that's all that matters! [/QUOTE]
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