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Cold Cow


By Dawn nelson, Creston, wa It was a cold, icy February afternoon on our cattle ranch which is located near the flat, scab rock and sagebrush-popu- lated town of Creston, Washington. My husband, wanting to visit a friend, asked if I could take care of the ranch by myself with the help of my almost five-year-old, daughter. I was determined to show him I could most definitely take care of the ranch while he was away, so I agreed. The temperature that afternoon was


well below freezing and with it being that cold I had to break the ice with an ax on the large water troughs at least twice a day. Our water troughs are homemade, three-foot-deep, twenty-by-twenty con- crete troughs.


On that particu-


lar day, I had already fed the cattle herds and had busted the ice on the troughs once. It was about two in the afternoon when I headed out to check


It was about two in the afternoon when I headed out to check the cows and break the ice again.


the cows and break the ice again. Our cattle were split into three differ- ent herds that year, registered Gelbvieh


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cows and Balancers in one, registered Angus in one, and commercial cattle in the third. When I checked the first herd, I found two new calves. After tagging them, I checked the second herd. Five calves. So again, I tagged the calves and went on to the third and final herd for the evening.


I checked the herd and found four


new calves, which I weighed and tagged, continued on page 33...


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