Bridget is her name.
She moseys down the alley
twice every day, hops swaying
with each step she takes. Her
eyes rake the terrain, checking
for that unexpected opportunity.
Then, finding the borderline
unprotected for just a moment,
she casually steps over the delin
eating marker and sidles off into
forbidden territory.
I hope the rope tied between
the two end stalls and do a twen-
ty-yard dash down the middle of
the barn, hook a right turn
through an empty spot and in
the best terms of the Old West
PITTSFIELD (Warren Co.)
The 70th Warren County Fair is
being held on the grounds in
Pittsfield from Aug, 8-12.
Tickets at the gate are $7.
“Farmer for a Day,” a new inter
active display, will be on the
grounds for the first time. Al
though it is billed as an attrac
tion for the young, the young at
heart will not be disappointed.
This' educational display will
teach without reading or writing.
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“cut her off at the pass.”
You can almost hear Bridget
muttering under her cud as I
give her a friendly swat on the
rump, head her back out of the
feed trough and into her favorite
end stall for milking. Chain
snapped into place for the brief
hour or two she’ll be in the barn
during milking, Bridget settles
down to munching silage while
we get down to the business at
hand.
As I begin to prep her for
milking, she turns around and
licks me in the face.
You haven’t lived until you’ve
Warren County Fair Open Aug. 8-12
Participants learn as they try
their skill with the props pro
vided.
The Motor Sports Arena is
presenting a pre-show on Mon
day evening to whet your appe
tite for the thrills and chills that
motor sports events add. Stadi
um Truck Racing starts at 7:30
p.m. There will be a small charge
for this new event.
Brad Paisley and Chad Brock,
the Brad and Chad Show, open
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been kissed by a cow.
Today is National Cow Appre
ciation Day.
Cows have the miraculous her a usual candidate for demon
ability to take stuff you and I stration purposes,
won’t eat and convert it into one Near the top of the friendly
of our most valuable food sources cow-scale are a few others which
for calcium and assorted other immediately come to mind;
minerals and vitamins. Dry corn, Patty, an old cow from our ex
barley, soybeans, chopped corns- tensive and heifer-prone “P”
talks, fermented chopped hay family or Jandy, whose calm dis
and slices of dry alfalfa stems position is slightly warped with
and leaves just wouldn’t cut it on her “busybody” nature,
most of our tables. But when the While cows have a reputation
Bossies of the world have altered for being contented grazers,
it into the source of stuff like usually pictured lounging around
cheese, ice cream, butter, or some green pasture, most of
milkshakes, it goes down a lot them have a streak of curiosity
easier in the human diet. they never outgrow. Whoever
Here in our dairy barn, of coined the “curiosity got the cat"
course, every day is Cow Appre- phrase could just as well substi
ciation Day. Some cows we just tuted “cow” for cat in their cliche
appreciate more than others. development.
A favorite cow in our herd Bongo comes to mind. Bongo
right now is Butter, a big, mostly- is known around here as “the
black bovine with the gentle tern- electrician." Confined to a boxs
perament of a beloved old dog. tall for treatment for a sore foot
Butter was a friendly pet from after calving, Bongo promptly
the day she was born and, even took to turning off a big fan set
as a heifer, would greet visitors up on hot days for extra barn
to the pasture. Butter has one ventilation. Cows are highly sus
speed slow and can’t be ceptible to stray voltage and
chased or hurried. If visiting chil- electrocution, so Bongo has been
the week’s musical perform
ances. WKNB is once again on
board helping to present this
show. Reserved seats are re
quired. Brad and Chad present
two shows on Tuesday, Aug. 8.
The early show begins at 6:30
p.m. with the second show fol
lowing at 9 p.m. Call (814)
563-3565 for ticket information.
Midway rides, food, and ani
mals, abound. Children can pet
animals and watch the animals
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dren want to touch a cow or try
their hand at milking one. But
ter's placid friendliness makes
be put through their paces dur
ing judging. There is no charge
for any animal event. There are
horse shows nearly every day.
Lee Germain and Judi, come
dy illusionists, are featured on
stage near the fair office.
Three performances by the
Wild West Follies will be given
daily.
WHUG and the Warren
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 15, 2000-B3
banned from being anywhere
near the fan.
One recent morning, I recycled
some calf feed bags by tossing
them into a heifer bedding pack.
The layered paper bags include a
liner of thin plastic bag for mois
ture protection; I ripped the lay
ers apart to remove the plastic,
then tossed what remained of the
bags into the pen. Before I’d got
ten to the third bag, at least a
dozen big heifers had abandoned
their fresh, leafy alfalfa hay to
cluster in a group to nose, shove,
stomp, rip and nibble at the dry
sections of tasteless paper. Go
figure.
Cows will pull out, push in, rip
up, run down, take apart, stomp
fiat, chew on and ultimately
splatter with manure anything
and everything they get close to.
Having been behind one of the
“girls” while milking one recent
evening when she coughed at the
same time she “lifted her tail," I
can personally attest to that.
At that moment, I had second
thoughts about celebrating Cow
Appreciation Day.
brothers from Middle Tennessee
who started singing together as
children.
Mark Lowry, premier Chris
tian comedian, will present one
concert on Thursday. Aug. 10.
Reserved seats are required. Call
the ticket office for more inform
ation.
Pick up a brochure to find out
about all of the great entertain
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