We will pick it a second time. I hate picking seconds because it tears up the equipment, but we can't afford to leave good cotton in the field. IF there was a year we could skip seconds this would have been it. The cotton was well open. We've picked a few days of seconds and, lo and behold, there is a fair amount of seconds. Weather permitting we'll finish seconds this week and get the ground turned around so we can plant wheat by the end of the month.
The subject of one of my radio pieces this week was working dogs-
Working Dogs
by Paul H. Betancourt
Copyright October 2012
I have introduced you to my dog, Indy, and you know I think
the world of him. But the amazing dogs
on the farm are the working dogs- sheep dogs and cattle dogs.
Years ago we went to the Grand National Rodeo up at the Cow
Palace. It was pretty amazing
watching the sheep dog trials. The human would
stand on one end of the field, whistle and send hand signals and down to the
other end of the field and the dogs would gather the sheep and bring them back
in. This summer I watched the sheep dogs on the neighbors ranch help the
shepherd gather in some sheep that had broken through the fence. Then the dog
hopped on back of the four-wheeler and rode off with his human.
When we used to work cattle the dogs
would go out to the far end and bring the cattle in. Just amazing animals.
Just another dimension to life on
the farm. The animals are not just pets, or toys- they are part of the working
landscape. There’s nothing wrong with pets. I love Indy and he doesn’t gather
cattle. But, there is something special about working dogs.
I hope Y'all have a great week!
P
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