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The outside circle is an old cowhand reference. As the crew musters first thing in the morning, the cow boss will ask, “Who wants the outside circle?” In any pasture, there will be a far corner that requires a horse and rider to travel farther than the rest. Gus Bracket often volunteers for the outside circle – where there is nothing to distract him from pondering life’s big (and not so big) questions.
Time is different in the city. City dwellers have watches, clocks and bell towers. We in rural America rely on the sun. If you arrive a second past an agreed-upon time in the city, you are late. If you arrive a second past an agreed-upon time in the country, you will wait on the other person.
Have you read the Biblical creation story in the Book of Genesis? My favorite part is the description of Adam in the Garden of Eden. With a lonely Adam firmly ensconced in his garden paradise, God entrusted Adam with one task: name everything that God created.
A wise man once said, “Peeves make poor pets.” That being said, most of us have pet peeves. Sure, some of us refuse to call our minor annoyances “pet peeves,” but all of us have these minor annoyances.
Once I was working at a concession stand when a person ordered a hot dog and then asked, “Are these hot dogs kosher?” “It’s a hot dog! Someone should certainly pray over every hot dog,” is what I thought, but a simple “no” is what I answered.
Memorizing the acts of parturition for various animal species is a fun piece of trivia for animal scientists. Horses … Foaling. Cattle … Calving. Sheep … Lambing. These are the obvious ones. Do you know the act of parturition for pigs? Was your answer farrowing?
There are millions of ignorant youth that confidently express “facts”
about agriculture with the zeal of the town drunk explaining the health
benefits of alcohol. Let’s take a look at some of these “facts."
In agriculture, the greatest invention is very specific to your sector. ... It’s the same thing as a teenage girl saying that men’s deodorant is the
world’s greatest invention; a solution to your most poignant problem is
the greatest invention.
Farming and ranching is the art of selective neglect. If by some miracle you get caught up, there will always be another project. If you’re engaged in an agricultural pursuit, you know the truth in this.
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