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my grandfather’s (b 1903 & 1907) loved working horses. My father’s father, was almost helpless with a tractor, and god forbid if you got to ride with him in a auto……….. My father hated horse’s but loved the cows. Horses didn’t like being around him much either. he trucked cattle and horses for a living for the better part of 30 yrs in NY.

I remember reading that the introduction of tractors to the farms……..
Was the best thing that happened for horses…………..
Those people that enjoyed them and worked well with them, Kept them, Those that had No Buisness with horses got their wish and got rid of them…

As my father would say (insert teamster for truck driver)
There’s Truck drivers………………………
And then theres just Drivers of Trucks………….. (Steering wheel holders)

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@Theloggerswife 6624 wrote:

I think anyone looking for some bull calves this is the time to get them. My friend told us that he shipped a bull calf to the sales two weeks ago and got a check for $1.90 after commission and trucking expenses!

He’s lucky he got a check…………………… Down here in central NY, Its costing you to send them , as much as $25 after trucking and commission to the sale barn. Even jersey heifer calves aren’t worth sending as the veal buyers don’t want them. There has been talk that the unsold calves at this sale, are took out back and done away with.

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The proposed rule, entitled the “Official Animal Identification Numbering Systems,” was published by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in the Federal Register January 13. On Tuesday, the Obama administration ordered federal agencies to halt all pending regulation until they can be reviewed.

So maybe he is paying attention……..?? (Obama that is)

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