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“You gotta’ minute?” inquires
the Farmer in innocent tones, pok
ing his seed-corn hatted head
through the front door.
“Actually I’ve been summoned
to pick up my first installment of a
million dollar lottery win and don’t
have a moment to spare.”
Or “I just got off the phone
with the President and he needs me
to leave this very minute for the
White House.”
Maybe “The Nobel Peace
Prize committee is on its way
down the road with my award.”
Noting that none of the above
would prove even faintly believ
able answers - he’d laugh me out of
the house -1 sigh and acknowledge
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the initial question. Yes, in all real
ity, I probably have “gotta’
minute.” And no good excuse not
to lend it to this need - whatever it
Seems a bunch of dry cows -
maybe a dozen or so - had grown
bored with their vacation-from
milking pasture. When the ele
ments of tall, fall weeds, and
dampness after a good shower,
teamed up to short out the strand of
electric fencing, these heavy-with
calf bovines seized the chance for a
change of scene.
They’d spent the previous after
noon back visiting old herdmates
at the dairy bam, a quarter-mile
distant on our country road from
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the dry cow lot And, while die vis
itors could be herded into the trail
er and hauled back, that would take
two trips.
Probably simpler to just herd the
whole bunch back down the toad.
Uhhh, right.
All I had to do was guard a
potential break-out space between
the garage and the split rail yard
fence. Once started in a pack down
the road, the touring band would
collectively hightail it down the
paved route and we’d neatly herd
them into the pasture.
On hand were a half-dozen of
us, all experienced to some degree
in corraling cows. A pair of three
wheelers would serve as the
quarter-horses in this cattle drive.
Only thing lacking on this drive
was a chuck wagon for meals: but
it was only going to take a minute.
Right?
It was a piece of cake, once a
couple of stragglers were chased
back out of the yard, and one con
trary cow had leveled a path
through the bedding sawdust pile,
sending a cloud of dust into the
bright, sunny, morning air.
At least for the first twenty-five
yards.
Until the left front-runner spied
the field road, a gateway flanked
by fields of dense, cow-height
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 1,1968-B5
Sudan grass. In an effort worthy of
Olympic note, she eased left and
melted away into the tall, wet
greenery. A couple of copycat
cows followed suit, their passage
marked only by waving tops of
lush foliage.
Each pause to collect stragglers
only allows escape time for those
still moving on track. Best to keep
the rest moving, fast, in the proper
direction. So, a couple of us - who
were only supposed to guard a
space between the garage and the
fence - took off running. While the
wheeled-horses rounded up and
chased the Sudan explorers back on
track, we trotted those remaining
along the pavement path, trusting
that no unexpected traffic would
come flying down the road and
tangle with our drive.
Up the grade, over the ridge and
down the other side they went,
eyeing the temptation of fields of
com and alfalfa. Attempts to steal
off into the stalks for a taste of
green com earned the culprits has
ty turnarounds.
Only a few hundred yards to go,
the pasture comer in sight. By
gosh, this might be simpler than a
couple of trailer runs.
And about that lime, the whole
pack swerved off to the right, neat
ly exiting the pavement, to
promptly be swallowed by a stand
of com just tall enough to offer
cover.
Sweat and leftover morning dew
soaked shoes and clothing as paths
of waving stalks eventually met in
one comer of cornfield. A final
sweep of waving arms and revving
motor brought order to chaos.
Trotting hooves and swinging dry
udders headed for the dry cow
bam, where they knew a hay and
chop breakfast awaited exercise
whet appetites. And a figure on
three-wheels headed to check
fence.
The “minute” had stretched well
beyond a half hour.
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