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| Most feedlot finishing diets contain cereal grain. In order to increase total starch digestibility and energy availability, grains are typically processed. Roughage is fed to maintain rumen health in cattle and to reduce the incidence of digestive... more... |
| Telephones, these days, are itty bitty gismos you can pack in your pocket, purse, saddlebag, holster or any weensy spot on your person or equipment. One particular cowboy (referred to here as Zeke) carries his cell phone in the sweatband of his hat. That... | |
| On a late fall hike up San Luis Peak, myself and three companions crossed over the second ridge in patchy fog at about 7 a.m. As the sun arborized through the clouds, we nearly collided with a regiment of elk numbering at least 30, mostly bulls, standing... | |
| As the World War I era song goes, “How ya gonna keep them down on the farm, after they've seen Paree?” | |
| My name is Lee Pitts and I was once a cattle feeder. Yes, I was addicted to cattle feeding. I have seen firsthand the impact this can have on families and their net worth so I am proud to say that I have been clean now for 20 years. | |
| Gentle readers, I would trust that most of us understand the term “equity.” There are different kinds of equity. There is equity in your home, your marriage, your children and numerous other examples. For rural folks, and I'm... | |
| A debt-ridden rancher friend of mine from Sarcoxie, Mo., ol' Owen Folks, gave me a call recently and said he could vouch first-hand how badly this country needs health care cost reform. | |
| I've been looking for a new horse for a long time now and have saved up my pennies to try to buy one. I didn't know for sure if it was a good idea or not because I am getting old and it's getting harder for me to compete anymore. But I... | |
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Nobody has to tell you that the economy is uncertain. You live it. The job (if you have one) is shaky. The savings account (if you have one) is emptying. Debt (you have that!) is growing and your way of life has changed, perhaps forever. |
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| Many of us took a meats course in college or have dressed wild game and have a basic understanding of how it gets from the pasture to the plate. Harry is not one of us, in that regard. Thirty years ago he and two fellow “city-boy” college... | |
| Lulubelle claims that early in her marriage, porcupines taught her about the romance of ranch life even though quilled critters are not Lulubelle's favorite animal. She wonders what does one do with one? She can't cuddle it, pet it, groom it,... | |
| With the sesquicentennial of the Civil War almost here, I'll give you a few suggestions for recent books related to the conflict. | |
| A cowboy's life has always been defined by what he did with his most valued possession ... his saddle. The greatest humiliation in life for a cowboy was to be broke and forced to sell his saddle. When an old cowboy retired it was a tradition that... | |
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In 2001 I had an opportunity to be on the trail with one of the truly gracious teamsters in the West: George Miller. At the time he was 90 years young and happy to be traveling along the Bozeman Trail in the Conestoga wagon he had built himself. George... |
| Well, it appears, gentle readers, that our President has finally lost his selective hearing when his party lost ol' Teddy's senate seat in Massachusetts. Yep, it appears now that he is able to hear the majority of conservative Americans on a... | |
| My friend from high school days, ol' Canby Handy, who lives near Platte City, Mo., recently ran across an interesting commercial object from the past. Canby's wife wuz rummaging through some sewing materials, that once belonged to... | |
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