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Post by epaul on Jun 22, 2024 10:19:26 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Jun 22, 2024 10:42:32 GMT -5
A couple fellows I know that raise beef cattle purchased a no-longer productive gravel pit from the county, basically 80 acres of ridge land, with scattered trees, meadows, and several nice waterholes (end result of gravel extraction). Horrible for farming, but great for grazing cattle. Which is what they do with it. The land is along the Great Eastern, a highway connecting Newfolden to Warren, so quite often you can see the herd grazing from the road. And amongst the cattle you can spot two long gray ears poking up... ears connected to gray head... which is connected to the rest of the donkey, which sometimes you see, sometimes you don't.
The land is four miles or so away from their farm, so several years ago they picked up a "watch donkey" to protect the remote herd. Using "Watch Donkeys" to protect a herd is not an uncommon practice. I don't know how effective it is, but these fellows haven't lost any cattle to wolves, coyotes, or dogs since they got their donkey. They swear by their "watch donkey, and they know more about it that I do. It is a cute little bugger and I enjoy seeing those gray ears poking up from amongst the cattle.
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Post by theevan on Jun 22, 2024 14:15:48 GMT -5
The elk are thinking "man, what an ass!"
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jun 22, 2024 19:25:00 GMT -5
A couple fellows I know that raise beef cattle purchased a no-longer productive gravel pit from the county, basically 80 acres of ridge land, with scattered trees, meadows, and several nice waterholes (end result of gravel extraction). Horrible for farming, but great for grazing cattle. Which is what they do with it. The land is along the Great Eastern, a highway connecting Newfolden to Warren, so quite often you can see the herd grazing from the road. And amongst the cattle you can spot two long gray ears poking up... ears connected to gray head... which is connected to the rest of the donkey, which sometimes you see, sometimes you don't. The land is four miles or so away from their farm, so several years ago they picked up a "watch donkey" to protect the remote herd. Using "Watch Donkeys" to protect a herd is not an uncommon practice. I don't know how effective it is, but these fellows haven't lost any cattle to wolves, coyotes, or dogs since they got their donkey. They swear by their "watch donkey, and they know more about it that I do. It is a cute little bugger and I enjoy seeing those gray ears poking up from amongst the cattle. There's a highway connecting Newfolden to the outside world?! Who thought that was a good idea? 😂 |
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Post by Cornflake on Jun 22, 2024 19:53:06 GMT -5
I'd read the donkey story and thought it was cool. Apparently both elk and cattle believe in diversity, equity and inclusion.  "There's a highway connecting Newfolden to the outside world?! Who thought that was a good idea?" An oddity about Arizona is that there are quite a few towns that are big enough to be on the map but can't be reached by paved roads. The ones that come immediately to mind are Young, Crown King, Klondyke and Dugas. There are sundry others. |
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Post by epaul on Jun 22, 2024 20:15:29 GMT -5
There's a highway connecting Newfolden to the outside world?! Who thought that was a good idea? 😂 Hmm... my descriptions of my home town have been more effective than I had thought. |
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