Posted by coshoo on December 13, 2020 at 11:09:42 from (174.21.178.216):
Anybody remember "stock jockeys"? That's what dad called them, anyway. Usually an older guy, with a pickup or one ton with cattle rack, would stop by your farm and ask if you had anything for sale. They were real handy if you had something you'd like to get rid of, but couldn't justify the time to take it to the sale by itself, and it wouldn't really fit in with the other cattle you had. Dad always tried to sell them something, to keep them coming around. One stopped at my place in the mid-'70's, I found a steer that was on the small side that I really didn't like, and offered it. He gave me a low-ball offer (of course), and I got him up a little bit, but wasn't really a hard bargainer, because I wanted to help the guy out and hoped he'd come back. He was the last one I ever saw. In those days (up til late '70's) there were a lot of part-timers, and it seemed like there were cattle behind every stump. Many (including me) got out in the disaster of the early '80's. Not many cattle around here anymore, as the number of guys who grew up on farms continues to diminish, and the rest are wondering why we thought farming was such a neat deal.
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