I got the notion somewhere along the way that unlike deer or antelope that run in the face of danger, a cow has to stand and fight when predators come calling. Most predators are hunkered down during a rain or snowstorm, so its an opportunity for the cow to give birth unmolested. The rain and snow also wash away scents and trails. So evolution or Darwin tells me the risk of predator is larger than the risk from weather. So a drop in pressure signals the cow to drop the calf while the weather is bad. Also if you think about it, mankind is forcing these cattle to calve in January Feb. or March. Left to nature, they would loose their calves to early weather and eventually their pregnancy/birth cycles would sync to calving in May/June when the ground is warm and a rain not so bone chilling? Far less chance of hypothermia. Any thoughts???? Also, cattle have been domesticated a looong time, so bison or water buffalo may be a better example of how they would reproduce naturally. And even though we don't have predator issues much today, we're talking about 10s of thousands of years of evolution that makes them act the way they do. And then again...what do I know????
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Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
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