by Dr. Steve Blezinger, a nutritional and management consultant in Sulphur Springs, Texas Every cow-calf operation contains several basic components without which it cannot survive. First, the producer has to get the females bred. Second, the bred females have to carry the unborn calf to term. Third, she has to calve with a minimum of [...]
The U.S. Postal service will issue four new first class stamps on April 17th in a series known as “Cowboys of the Silver Screen”. The stamp art is by freelance illustrator Robert Rodriguez, whose work has been featured on more than a dozen previous stamps. Rodriguez based his portrait of Roy Rogers on a selection [...]
This blog is one year old today. I’ve done 381 entries during the year and hopefully you found them interesting. People especially like postings about old movies and old movie stars and I get a lot of email from people “remembering” the good old days. But most other topics get responses too. Besides learning about [...]
Kathy Kentala owns the Bee Cave Riding Center in Texas and specializes in training youth groups. If you have problems seeing the video below click HERE.
Did you know that four beef packing companies control 85% of the market? – Tyson Foods in Arkansas is the biggest player in the US beef market with 107,000 employees and $26 billion in sales. They are the second-largest food production company in the Fortune 500. – Cargill Meat Solutions has 159,000 employees and $116 [...]
From their website: Eco-Cowboys will be a national and internationally distributed television series dedicated to and honoring the many ranchers that for centuries have been the “Good Stewards” of land. This series will represent a clear, honest and exciting view of these hard working independent individuals and businesses that use ecological and energy efficient methods [...]
From www.beefmagazine.com Is now the time to sell cows or buy them? That’s the basic question often posed at the beginning of each year to Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska agricultural economist. Answering yes to either question currently could make economic sense, Mark says. There are fewer beef cows in the national herd than at [...]
Great streaming western music and much more! From their website: “If anyone believed the “civilian” press, the American West, and all of its iconic symbols, has died more often than a cheap light bulb. They are wrong! The American West and the intrinsic importance of the horse are still sacred to a large part of [...]
Originally written for the High Noon Western Americana January, 2010 Smoke Signals newsletter and used with permission. By Phil Spangenberger. Phil Spangenberger writes for Guns & Ammo magazine, appears on the History Channel and other documentary networks, produces Wild West shows, is a Hollywood gun coach and character actor, and is a Field Editor and [...]
By AQHA Professional Horseman Jay Holmes with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal “People who don’t rope a lot are better off tying-on in the heeling,” Jay says. “For one thing, their hands might not be used to the roughness.” “When you dally in the heeling, your horse is stopped but the steer [...]
From Horse Illustrated magazine- May 2006 1. Ask your vet about adding vegetable oil or an essential Omega-3 fatty acid supplement to your horse’s well-balanced diet for added shine. 2. Sponging your horse’s face clean after exercise helps prevent fungal hair loss. 3. Keep different sized sponges for different duties (face, body, dock) and remember [...]
One of the earliest western film stars was William Hart. From Wikipedia: “William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer….In his twenties, Hart began his acting career on stage and would not consider acting in movies until he was 49 years of age. [...]
Back in December I posted some early pictures and got a lot of feedback asking if there were more. As many of you know my father passed on last month and one of my tasks as eldest son has been to go through all of his family pictures. In that process I found a few [...]
From BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly By Scott B. Laudert, Ph.D. a beef cattle technical consultant based in Woodland Park, Colorado. Shortening the calving season is among the most effective practices a cow-calf producer can implement. Improving early calving frequency increases weaning weight and enhances carcass value. Two recent university reports evaluated the result of shortening the [...]
This is from the interesting website The Horse Lover’s Corral. 1. Safety Rule 1 is “No surprises.” Make sure your horse knows you’re there – approach so he can see you (I usually come in diagonally from the front toward his right shoulder), and talk to him as you do. Position yourself by his shoulder [...]
By Carolyn Heinze in The American Quarter Horse Journal It’ a common-enough occurrence: A horse bows a tendon, is put out to pasture for six to 12 months and returns to work, only to injure himself. As is the case with so many other leg-related problems, with bowed tendons, a lot of it has to [...]
Musician “Miss Devon” Dawson learned to play at age 4 when the red-headed youngster accompanied her father on banjo. Today she’s a very popular western swing and jazz musician after a 22 year break to raise her twin boys. You’ll see her on Starz-Encore and she performs at many many western events, especially demonstrating her [...]
by Robin Flinchum The inside of a pioneer wagon, or ‘prairie schooner’ as they were often called, was designed first for utility and then for comfort. Enough supplies to last the occupants for up to six months had to be packed into an area usually ten feet long and four feet wide (about the same [...]
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