This past summer my brother and two of his friends decided they wanted
to enter three of our calves in the county fair. The county fair is the
ultimate week of summer for farm kids. Who doesn't like animals and
fried food? And for my brother, this is the time to get as many girls'
numbers as possible. Anyway, in order to enter the calves, they have to
make a certain weight (which I believe is 1,000 lbs.) and be able to
walk quietly with the boys. This requires teaching them to walk, which I
got to witness first hand. It involves a tractor, some rope, and an
older farmer to supervise.
The cows were NOT hurt.
It was all quite comical watching them battle with the stubborn calves from where we sat on the picnic bench. In the long run, the cows didn't make the weight limit and the boys couldn't take them to the fair. Which of course, left more time to chase pretty girls instead of standing next to their cattle.
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