Posted by Mike (WA) on September 13, 2009 at 09:05:03 from (69.10.199.42):
In Reply to: The cows are out ! posted by muckfarmer on September 12, 2009 at 15:06:47:
The folks went away for the weekend in about 1960, left me (12 years old) and the hired man "in charge" of the dairy. About 1 in the morning, answer a knock on the door, a State Trooper about 6 1/2 feet tall- our heifers got out, and were on Interstate 5 (freeway between Portland and Seattle). Troopers had them corraled, after a fashion, along side the freeway.
We couldn't get the '46 IH truck going, so we ended up hauling them home, 2 at a time, in the back of the hired man's '46 Hudson business coupe. About 4 trips, I think. I stood in the back with them, and space was confined enough that they behaved themselves pretty well. Except they sorta forgot their potty training. No problem, just hosed it out the next morning.
Turned out hunters had cut the fence so they could have "off street" parking. We had "No Trespassing" signs on every other post by the next night.
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