30 years ago I worked on a dairy farm our in Western Oklahoma, heifers were out on the range until 2-3 months before they were due (you know how that works) ever tried running heifers straight off the range through a DeLaval double 6 herringbone parlor? Part of my duties was calf feeding. This is where I learned a very important fact about cows that was not part of the animal science curriculum of Michigan State University- BEEF CATTLE, EVEN 1/2 BEEF CATTLE ARE REALLY DUMB ABOUT BOTTLES AND BUCKETS. An all-dairy calf would be slopping up milk out of a bucket in 5 minutes tops, one of the half Brangus you might be 15-20 minutes a feeding for two or three feedings. The farmer I worked for was also a DVM and didn't believe in bottle feeding they came in from the dry cow lot or off the range straight to a gang style calf hutch and onto a bucket first day no exceptions.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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