Reading yesterday’s Facebook links has fired the ire of my wife (as the better half of this mom and pop cattle operation who is thankful she is not on Facebook) to be publicly singled-out and slandered, along with all the ranchers in Dry Creek canyon, of not feeding and purposely starving our cattle— misguided accusations by some uninformed animal rights activists. Part of the purpose of this blog is to chronicle our activities on Dry Creek and to offer our perspectives to hopefully bridge that ever-widening gap between rural and urban worlds. The following photos have been previously published.
August 9, 2013
August 17, 2013
August 25, 2013
September 9, 2013
October 14, 2013
November 16, 2013
January 3, 2014
Janaury 15, 2014
January 17, 2014
For those who need numbers, we’ve fed over 400 tons of alfalfa since August, equating to 1,600 lbs/cow in the past 150 days. In addition to hay costs, our everyday labor, fuel and the wear and tear on the pickup to deliver the hay amounts to more than $300/cow, thus far.
Link: Fresno Bee
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Facebook is a dangerous weapon for ignorant and misguided people.
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It is indeed, Angeline. Despite buying an online subscription, I can’t even comment on the Fresno Bee article without a Facebook account. (Long done with that.) I had hoped to link to these photos to dispel some of this hysteria.
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Do you mind if I post it on twitter?
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Please do.
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You are very diligent about following the “program”, John! Just ignore these idiots; your cows and calves are looking good and they show the care you are giving them. As I’ve said before, EJ would be so proud of you! So in his stead, let me say that I am too.
You and Robbin are the best!
Sophie
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Thanks, Sophie. As EJ said often, “You can’t starve a livin’ out of a cow.” They are our ‘girls’, our children. They have to be in good shape to cycle, breed and have another calf. But good alfalfa hay is only a substitute for grass, really what we need to get the above accomplished. Late in our season, we’ll take what we get in terms of grass and be thankful. Thanks for checking-in.
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I don’t know what is going on with so many of the on line news sites. Huff Post requires you to be a member of Face Book too. I refuse to give them control over me. Facebook and Google have gathered so much info on us that the NSA doesn’t need to do anything them selves. I just saw that the younger population is flocking away from facebook and I hope everyone else will also.
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I agree. An awful lot of info in the hands of a few.
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God bless you John! There have been so many ranchers here who have sold their cattle or trucked them elsewhere. It’s sad! We need rain so badly!
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