41. Other callers wanted to know more about how the cattle were raised. 42. Outside of music, Owen raises cattle and shows them every year at the Stock Show in Fort Worth. 43. Rather than raising cattle to the size necessary for slaughter, Florida cattlemen produce calves that are then shipped to feed lots in the West and Midwest. 44. Raising cattle is always a gamble. 45. Rural residents, whether they raise cattle or harvest grain, rely on communications as much as transportation to get their products to market. 46. Since it usually takes about four months to raise feeder cattle to market weight, those additional animals should be ready for slaughter in the coming weeks. 47. Several years ago ranchers like Cunningham, most of whom raise cattle just upriver in the Quemado Valley, carried hunting rifles. 48. Since it takes feedlot operators about four months to raise cattle to market weight, the higher feedlot figures for June suggest ample beef supplies in the months ahead. 49. So much a month, and you can continue to raise cattle, the visitors say. 50. The club also used to raise free-range cattle on its southern fields, and some local residents say the cattle had a tuberculosis problem. |