Posted by coshoo on January 11, 2018 at 10:25:38 from (65.101.148.136):
In Reply to: Times change. posted by mb58 on January 11, 2018 at 08:16:53:
It has always been thus with Jersey bull calves- dad "humanely euthanized" them back in the '50's when we were milking- we'd end up owing the sale barn if we took 'em in.
But I hear you on the other changes- we used to have 5 or 6 livestock auctions within 100 miles back in the day- we're down to 1 now, but I think its pretty safe- we still have some dairy and beef in the area, and its just too far to haul anywhere else.
We also used to have "stock jockeys" around here (SW Washington)- guys who would just stop by your place in a pickup with a stock rack, to see if you had anything you wanted to sell (and do a little visiting and gossiping while they were at it). They'd usually concentrate on critters that didn't really "fit in" with the rest of your stock. The last days of that were probably in the 70's- some old guy stopped by my place- I wasn't really looking to sell anything, but he offered me about what this runt steer was worth, and I sold to him for the same reason some of us "buy local"- to preserve something that is falling by the wayside.
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