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Handling Yearlings is Just a Bunch of Audibles
This column was originally published June 18, 2014 Handling yearlings consists mostly of a using a technique known as winging it which is essentially carrying out a series of audibles. The problem I have with my Hubs calling an audible is that he calls them inside his head where nobody else can hear them. For…
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A New Purpose For A Plain Old Rock
Every ranch kid (and ranch wife) has picked his or her share of rocks out of a hayfield and I’m guessing most of those kids probably have no interest in picking up any rock for the fun of it, doing any rock hunting, or collecting rocks. We still drive past the rock piles where our…
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Ag Men and Their Tractors
This column was originally published February 5, 2014 Just the mention of the word tractor or anything tractor-related piques men’s interest into lengthy conversations. The kind of conversations that allow wives enough time to get their shopping done alone without being rushed. Men-of-the-tractor are like Southerners and their college football; they’re serious about their machines…