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find a heating or air conditioner guy and get the squirrel cage fan out of an old furnace. like road warrior said they really move the air.  around here you can pick them up real cheap. the one i have moves enough air for two of our show pens which are 16 ft wide.

we use permectin 2 in a diesel base for ticks and fly control in our rope applicators for the pasture cattle and mix it up in a water base and mist the cattle that are in the show barn, both ways seem to work for flys and ticks. good luck farmboy

THE BEST FAIR MEMORY FOR ME WAS WATCHING MY DAUGHTER RECIEVE THE SUPERIOR YOUNG BEEF PRODUCER AWARD FROM THE GOVENOR DURRING THE JUNIOR SHOW AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. THIS WAS HER THIRD TIME IN THIS COMPETITION AND HER TWO OLDER BROTHERS WERE JUST AS PROUD  OF HER AS HER FATHER WAS.

IN OUR AREA WE HAVE 3 DIFFERENT FAMILIES THAT SHOW AT ALL OF THE LOCAL FAIRS SHOWING 3 OR MORE DIFFERENT BREEDS. THEY SHOW THE CATTLE IN BOTH THE OPEN AND JUNIOR SHOWS. THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE STATE FAIR YOU SEE THESE SAME CATTLE AT THE STALLS OF THE LARGER BREEDERS AND BEING SHOWN AS THE...

just came home for a break. i have to agree, id rather deal with show cattle any day than some of the sale barn cattle that one of my neighbors buys. helped him catch 6 heifers that he said were tame ( only took us three days to catch them, with the help of another neighbor a mile and a half...

we have gone so far as buying a few feeder pigs and putting them in the dry lots with some of the more flighty calves. when we would tie the calves up to feed we would feed the pigs right with them. it seemed to calm the calves down some and it also made for a great BBQ later.

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE HAD. OUR COWS ARE MAINLY OUT OF A DIVIDEND SON AND A VICTORY SON  FROM ALDENS AND A DAZZLER SON  FROM ELMORE AND OUR LATEST HEIFERS WE KEPT BACK ARE OUT OF A RED CLOUD SON. JUST OUT THERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO PUT IN THE TANK...

HAS ANYONE USED MURIDALE BUSTER? IF SO HOW ARE HIS CALVES TURNING OUT?

YOU WILL ENJOY THE JR NATIONALS. ALOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO. ALTHOUGH FOR US PARENTS IT GETS A BIT LONG. IN THE BEGINING OF THE SHORTHORN JR NATIONALS IT WAS IN SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS AND IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT WE WERE THERE FOR ONLY THREE DAYS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE YOUTH CONFERENCES AT A...

WE HAD A QUARTER HORSE STUD AT THE VET SCHOOL AT COLUMBIA MO. FOR SURGERY, WHEN WE WENT TO LOAD HIM TO BRING HIM HOME A VET STUDENT THOUGHT HE WOULD HELP US AND HIT HIM WITH A BUGGY WHIP. NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WENT BALISTIC AND MY HAND GOT TORE UP PRETTY BAD. AFTER WE SENT THE VET STUDENT BACK...