The endless red soil and yellow-green pastures show the color of an oil painting under the light and shadow of the rising sun. In the distance, you can see cowboys on horseback driving a herd of cattle on the horizon.
The red dust moves from far to near, as if it is the appearance of a character in a Western movie - you must hear his voice before you see him! He wears leather chaps with fringes, a cowboy hat, a thick long-sleeved shirt with flowers hanging from his legs
Wearing a noose and a square scarf covering his mouth and nose.
The dust is flying, the morning scene in the Temut Lake Pasture of Hank Farm, the red sun is slowly approaching and running wildly past the cattle and behind the cattle, the cowboys, Doyles, Hutton, Doyles, Han, Sarah, Liu
Minghe and two little cowboys joined in the fun.
The jumping cattle gradually stopped by the lake, and the galloping cowboys stopped and lined up on the hillside, just like cowboys in a western movie. Li Han pulled the little red dates and unwrapped them.
Wearing a square scarf on his mouth and nose, he smiled and said to Liu Ming, who looked embarrassed. "Ming, how do you feel? Isn't it good?"
Liu Ming untied his scarf and coughed a few times. He was a little uncomfortable with the fierce wind and flying dust. The pastures had turned yellow. Except for a touch of green left by the lake, a small part was yellow-green, and more was yellow. Autumn
The rising sun is very beautiful, full of golden light spots. It is good weather again today. Cattle and sheep are grazing. Before winter comes, perhaps, this is a rare sight. Green materials are piled up in mountains, and winter feed such as wheat and corn are piled up.
The small farm is sufficient to cope with the coming winter.
"It's okay." Liu Ming didn't want to show that he was inferior to others, especially since Dudu and Baobao were both fine.
"Uncle, drink water." Dudu rode Dabai and handed his small kettle to Liu Ming. Dudu was dressed like a cowboy, with a cowboy hat, riding boots with some gorgeous decorations, leather trousers, a riding crop, and gloves.
Leather jacket and pocket square.
Dabai had various cowboy necessities strapped to his body, plus a shotgun and a new air revolver, a complete set of cowboy equipment. "Thank you Dudu," Liu Ming took a few deep breaths. "Han, I didn't expect that driving the cattle would take so much time.
It’s really not easy to be a qualified cowboy.”
Li Han said with a smile. "Ming, the state grassland we are going to is much more desolate than here, with dry grass, shrubs, exposed sand, drought is full of dangers, gray wolves, mountain lions, and maybe bears and bison.
Man, are you really going to go hunting with us? You know, Weili would rather go to jail than go to that damn place."
Early this morning, Liu Ming came to the farm. He didn't know how to enter the farm on a whim. He wanted to experience the cowboy life. Cowboys are not a good job. Cowboys used to be extremely hard. Even today, cowboys are still not a good job. Most of the time, cowboys ride bikes.
On horseback. Nowadays, with the advent of pickup trucks and all-terrain vehicles, cowboys can do some riding, but most of the time they still have to rely on horses, which are truly all-terrain tools that ignore the terrain.
"I love the wilderness the most. If I could hunt down a wolf or a grizzly bear, that would be a wonderful thing." Liu Ming handed the kettle back to Dudu and wiped the water from the corner of his mouth. The grassland stretched as far as the eye could see, and the sun was rising in the east.
, the dead grass looks more desolate in autumn.
The branches of the bushes were messy, and the debris had just been cleared. It was the first time for Liu Ming to experience the life of cowboys so close. Hughton, Doyles, and Sarah kept running around the herd, driving the cattle to the selected place.
of pasture.
Li Han shook his head helplessly. "I hope you can maintain such a good mood then, Jim, the cattle grazing area today is on the lake pasture." "Yes, Han, this pasture has not been harvested yet, and the grass is still there.
Not bad.”
Jim pointed to the cattle and said to Li Han. "Han, Mr. Lambton came to the cowshed yesterday and seemed to be very interested in our breeding cattle." "Really? I know, I will talk to Lambton."
, Jem, you don’t have to worry about this matter, how is the situation of the beef cattle?” “There are two hundred head that can be sold, but the rest are too small, and Hulton and I don’t think they are suitable for sale.”
Before winter comes, autumn is the peak of cattle and sheep trading, but the price this year is not satisfactory. Li Han nodded. "Han, do you need to submit a trading application on this trading day?" "No, Jem, I think we can.
Wait a minute, isn't it? We have enough fodder, and I don't want our beef cattle to be priced at the same price as other beef cattle."
Now Li Han needs to talk to Chris, Hilton, and Jennifer. The demand for Chris Farm beef has increased sharply every month. I don’t recommend buying Hank Farm beef. It can save a lot of money in transportation. The prerequisite is that Li Han breeds beef cattle.
The beef is of high quality.
Jem didn't know Li Han's plan, but Li Han said it very firmly. Jem also got to know Li Han a little bit these days. Li Han is a person who makes up his mind and it is difficult to change. Of course, Li Han is willing to accept opinions. Jem is willing
Staying at Hank Farm, Li Han had absolute trust in him. Li Han rarely interfered with the internal affairs of Hank Farm. Most of the time, it was left to Jem and Hughton, and Dalton discussed and decided. "Okay, Han, I just
I hope these big guys leave the farm before winter comes."
When beef cattle grow to a certain extent, the proportion of fodder consumption and weight gain decreases. For a cowboy, it is not a good idea to leave the beef cattle that can be sold through the winter. "I think it will, maybe it won't take too long, Jim, these beef cattle,
I hope I can eat the newest and tender grass recently."
Jem nodded. "Han, I will arrange it." Li Han and Jem talked for a while about the winter plans of cattle and sheep, fodder storage, and transportation. Of course, Li Han would not forget to learn about some recent news.
Trading market, beef cattle price trends.
Jem left, and Liu Ming said with a smile. "Han, is it very good? Jem is a good manager. It's really easy for you as a farm owner." "Thank you, Jem and Hughton are both good people. The farm
It will be better with them.”
"Let's go, we won't disturb Jem's work." Li Han pulled the reins, galloped the horse, lowered his cowboy hat, wrapped the square scarf around him, and galloped away with full momentum. Dudu and Baobao, the two little cowboys, said nothing.
Said, they slapped their crotches and the white cow jumped out, leaving three streaks of dust flying.
"Ahem, this guy Li Han must have done it on purpose." Liu Ming wrapped himself in a scarf, pulled the reins, and chased Li Han. By the lakeside, Jiemu and others looked at a few streaks of dust and blue smoke, and smiled at each other.
He smiled. "Okay, guys, we have to work."
Li Han and Liu Ming, Dudu, and the baby came all the way to the cow road. Li Han smiled and said to Liu Ming. "I will show you how real cowboys live." Li Han pointed to the empty road in front of him, and Liu Ming
There was some confusion, but after a while, Liu Ming understood.
Thousands of longhorn cattle appear on the cattle track, and smoke billows. After a while, a lot of dust will accumulate on the hats of the cowboys around. There are dots of black on their eyebrows and beards. As long as they shake their heads, the dust will fly.
"How do you feel?" "Unexpectedly, I have the impression of a cowboy, free and unrestrained, holding a revolver, just like the Chinese knights who rob the rich and give to the poor, duel, brave and free." Liu Ming was slightly disappointed, it was different.
Li Han said with a smile that cowboys now have a lot of hard work. "The cowboys used to drive cattle across thousands of miles. The situation was not like today. It was much more difficult. At that time, the hat cattle team could usually drive 2,000-3,000 cattle."
, usually consists of 11-12 cowboys. Most of the time during the cattle drive, the cowboys are on horseback, traveling 10-15 miles every day. It is not an easy task to let thousands of cattle walk in an orderly manner.
The herd cannot move too slowly, which will affect the progress, nor can it move too fast, because when the cows arrive at the destination, they will have grown hard muscles and are not suitable for consumption, which will affect the price of the cows. On the hats of cowboys
After a while, half an inch of dust will accumulate. The dust on the eyebrows and beard is as thick as animal hair. As long as you shake your head, the dust will fall down like rain.
Not only that, at the end of the day, cowboys' throats and lungs are also filled with dust. This is why many early cowboys suffered from lung and respiratory diseases. Along the way, cowboys not only had to climb mountains and wades, but also faced changes.
Unpredictable bad weather and obstruction from the Indians. But what scares the cowboys the most is the sudden explosion of cattle at night. Any abnormal noise may alarm the cattle, and they will run around wildly.
Along the way, the cowboys not only have to climb mountains and wade, but also face unpredictable bad weather and obstruction from the Indians. But what scares the cowboys most is the sudden explosion of cattle at night. Any abnormal noise may alarm the cows.
In groups, they will run around like crazy."
Liu Ming was speechless and rolled his eyes. "Han, I just want to participate in a hunt, but I don't mean to be a cowboy." Liu Ming realized at this moment that this guy, just saying unpleasant things, really made himself a bit embarrassed.
hesitate.
"By the way, Han, you didn't just bring me here early in the morning to watch the cattle drive." Liu Ming was a little confused and looked at Li Han who looked serious. "Of course not, with such a big group of cattle, you have to go there if you want to trade.
There's a big bull market fifty miles away from Comision, these are just passing by and I want to see what's going on."
Most of the beef cattle are sold at 1,200 pounds. They are fat and strong. Among the cattle in front of you, there are some thin-looking beef cattle, weighing 700 to 800 pounds. "Han, are you planning to buy some of these cattle?"
"Why not?" Liu Ming looked at Li Han in surprise, and Li Han was happy. "Just kidding, I just took a look at the situation of beef cattle that I plan to sell recently. Did you see that there are some thinner beef cattle? I think
Maybe there is a problem with the pasture, or there is a problem with the farmer’s funds.”
Liu Ming's eyes lit up, and he was right. Recently, there have been fewer and fewer farms and ranches for sale, but most of the surrounding areas of Mi Xing have been acquired by Xiaowang Farm and several large real estate businessmen. Although Liu Ming's reaction was not slow, he did not take it.
To how much.
Li Han came to see the cattle, just thinking that the price of beef cattle might fall further. As for whether the farmer had problems, it had nothing to do with Li Han. Although the funds in Li Han's hand were not too small, they were not too much. For the renovation of Pearl Flower Ranch,
Li Han doesn't have any extra money, so he might be able to buy some calves. I think there won't be any problem with the funds. Now, depending on the situation, I think various farmers and ranchers are willing to sell some of them. The calf market is relatively deserted. Buy cows with calves, or
It's a pregnant cow, which is rare and relatively large. (To be continued...)
