Posted by Ron in Nebr on April 18, 2008 at 01:21:38 from (66.252.113.9):
In Reply to: Old Farmer's Almanac posted by Texasmark on April 17, 2008 at 21:51:08:
We're in the cattle business, not farming, so I can't answer your original question about planting...
But thought it would be interesting to note here that back before we got mostly polled bulls and used to have to dehorn lots of calves after weaning, dad would invariably mention the Farmer's Almanac and the current phase of the moon.....from what he claimed, the calves would bleed much less from getting their horns cut off if the "moon was right". Not on a reglar basis, but once every several years, one would bleed bad enough that it died. Usually though, if they bled at all, it'd clot up and stop in a short time...don't know if the moon had anything to do with that or not.
Although I don't know that we ever actually scheduled dehorning based on that factor, more likely just did it when we had time and hoped the moon was right...
Glad we don't dehorn like we used to- that was nothing but pure hard work! Running 500 or so 450lb calves through a squeeze chute, securing their heads on an apparatus mounted on the front of the headgate, and sawing the horns off by hand...by the end of the day you were covered with dirt, dried blood, and bruises....
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