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In a few weeks time (June) this was
a sight I looked forward to…
as it meant an income for future years.
Some years, though, it was heart breaking
especially if the weather was nasty…cold
and wet…lambs often died before they stood up.
This was also part of my farming life until the 1983 drought.
After that year it was decreed that sheep had bellies
which were much easier to fill than cattle,
especially in a drought year.
Sheep also did less damage to fences
than hungry, or not hungry, cattle did.
Goodbye cattle.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Livestock
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Seems like a change of stock by necessity. We have both sheep and cattle here in Utah, mostly in the mountain valleys. Wonderful photos. I especially love the ewe and lamb. 🙂 Thanks for joining the challenge!
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It was a necessity. When my Grandfather came and settled on the farm I think he chose the driest farm around and I’m sure it was winter. No allowance was made for our long hot dry spring, summer, autumns. Probably similar to Utah weather?
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Very similar.
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Too true, over here in the UK I’ve seen many a wooden railed fence with bite marks out of it at regular intervals. Horse shaped bite marks……
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