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Thankyou! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Love Livestock & Co. from Los Molinos are new members of the American Angus Association. The association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed as- sociation in the world. Its computerized records in- clude detailed information on over 18 million regis- tered Angus. The association records ancestral information and keeps production records and genomic data on indi- vidual animals to develop industry-leading selection tools for its members. The programs and ser- vices of the Association and its entities — Angus Genet- ics Inc., Angus Productions Inc., Certified Angus Beef LLC and the Angus Foun- dation — help members to advance the beef cattle business by selecting the best animals for their herds and marketing quality ge- netics for the beef cattle in- dustry and quality beef for consumers. LOSMOLINOS Love Livestock & Co. joins Angus group There has been a fire rag- ing in Kansas and Okla- homa for days and you probably haven't seen any- thing about it on the news. It is the largest wildfire to ever burn in Kansas. The last week has been long and tiring for the peo- ple and livestock living in Woods County, Oklahoma, Barber and Comanche Counties in Kansas. A wild- fire started along Highway 64 in Oklahoma. Maybe it was from a cigarette tossed out the window or a brake that threw sparks on a big rig. It really doesn't matter how it started at this point. What happened in those 3 counties? 367,620 acres burned pushed by winds that reached 57 miles per hour. The humidity was extremely low and the soil moisture was very dry. That is the equivalent of 367,000+ football fields burned black. There is never a great time for a wildfire, but a March and April fire is just when the grass is starting to grow and when most farmers plan to burn any- way. This fire was not ideal conditions. It was burning hotter than ranchers would like to see, but the native grasses are resilient. They survived wildfires long be- fore man came along to ex- tinguish them. Ranchers can use fire as a means to control many trees and bushes that try to over take grassland. We also know, just as the Na- tive Americans did, that fire gives us better more nutri- tious grass that is good for both cattle, buffalo and wildlife alike. It burned a lot of cedar trees. These trees are very invasive and choke out grass under them. Eastern Red Cedar Trees also send sparks flying into the air when they burn which was probably a big part of how the fire spread with the help of the wind. Cedar trees also use lots of water. There was a report saying that a rancher saw water run- ning from a spring in the burned area that had not been running water before. With the trees gone, there will be more water for live- stock and wildlife and will improve the habitat for the Lesser Prairie Chicken and Bobwhite Quail populations that have been dwindling in recent years. While on March 23, Den- ver airport was closed be- cause two foot of snow in the blizzard through Colo- rado, Kansas and Wyoming. Easter saw an inch of snow fall on the fires to help the fire fighters. FebruaryandMarch 1953 The Daily News had front page stories about the Te- hama County Cattlemen As- sociation. Plans were advanced at the meeting of the associ- ation's directors last night at the Tremont Hotel. Jake Schneider, presi- dent of the California Cat- tlemen's Association and Mrs. Schneider, president of the California CowBelles, as well as Loren Bamert of Ione, and Loren Miller have been invited as speakers for the occasion. Mrs. Schneider will dis- cuss the organization of the Tehama County unit of the California CowBelles, the women's auxiliary of the Cattlemen's association. Lyman Willard and Earl Foor were appointed a com- mittee to make further ar- rangements for the barbe- cue and Bruce McIntosh, Merle Apperson and Irene Jefcoat made donations to help defray expenses. Omar Less Sutfin and Jim Owens were appointed to arrange the April meet- ing. New members of the as- sociation are Ernie Pad- dock, Chet Flournoy, Roy Sutfin, Stewart Nicholson, J. R. McCollister, Joe McAu- liffe, and Lyle Hendricks, associate member. Attending the meeting were: Darrell Conard, Bar- bara Mitchell, Earl Foor, Ly- man Willard, Earl McKen- zie, Bruce McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Sutfin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Owens, Chet and Lew Brockman, Ray Snelson, Loren Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Apperson, Les Scott, JoAnna Mohler, Sidney Watson, Irene Jef- coat, Ruth Mitchell, Mar- ion Long, and Shirley Jef- coat. Darrell Conard pre- sided. In March, over 500 cat- tlemen, their families and guests attended the TCCA barbecue at the fairgrounds. Preceeding the barbecue meal which was prepared under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lourence, the regular March meeting was conducted by associa- tion president Darrell Co- nard. Other speakers included Schneider, and immedi- ate past state president Lo- ren Bamert of Ione. Loren Miller, local cattleman also spoke to the group. Earlier in the day an ex- hibition rodeo was staged at the Rosser Roping Corrals, with the following jackpot awards. Bulldogging: Cot- ton Rosser and Dick Hem- stead; Calf Roping: Jerry Nichols, Bob Woolsey,and Laurence Lanning; Team Roping: Lloyd Harness and Bob Woolsey, Cecil Nickols and Jerry Nich- ols, Bill MacFarland and Jim Sathitte. Bareback Riding: Vernon Thurman and Jim Didio. Woodland auctioneer Howard Brown was announcer, with Joyce Snipes and Chub Bronson as timers. Music for entertainment and dancing during the af- ternoon was provided by Ozzie Johnson and his Fly- ing "C" Cowboys. Following the associ- ation meeting the ladies met with Mrs. Carroll Ow- ens as temporary chair- man and elected the fol- lowing officers for the Te- hama County chapter of CowBelles. Mrs. Jim Owens was elected president, Mrs. Lyman Willard vice-presi- dent, and Mrs. Ruth Mitch- ell, secretary — treasurer. A committee which in- cluded Mrs. Cotton Rosser, Mrs. Carroll Owens and Mrs. Tom Clayton was named to draft by-laws. April 14, 1921 Bronco Busting Draws Crowd at Long's Place Manton — A real bronco busting event was held at the Grover Long place last Sunday when eleven of the worst horses in the coun- try were mastered by the riders of this section... Nearly a thousand people were in attendance com- ing from Red Bluff, Ger- ber, Los Molinos, Jellys Ferry, Cottonwood, In- wood, Manton and from the Cattle Camps of McK- enzie Cattle Company and Lyon Cattle Company. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEAN BARTON Fires rage across Kansas, Oklahoma COURTESYPHOTO The public is invited to the Cowboy Coffee at 7:45a.m. Thursday, April 7at the Red Bluff Round-Up Museum, to enjoy morning coffee accompanied by music from Loosely Strung. The event is hosted by the Red Bluff Round-Up directors. Sand County Founda- tion, the California Farm Bureau Federation and Sustainable Conserva- tion are accepting appli- cations through July 8 for the $10,000 Califor- nia Leopold Conserva- tion Award. The award honors Cal- ifornia farmers, ranchers and other private landown- ers who demonstrate out- standing stewardship and management of natural re- sources. Given in honor of re- nowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the Leop- old Conservation Award inspires other landowners by example and provides a visible forum where farm- ers, ranchers and other private landowners are recognized as conserva- tion leaders. In his influential 1949 book, A Sand County Al- manac, Leopold called for an ethical relation- ship between people and the land they own and manage, which he called "an evolutionary possibil- ity and an ecological ne- cessity." The 2016 California Leo- pold Conservation Award will be presented in De- cember at the California Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Mon- terey. The award recipient will receive $10,000 and a crys- tal depicting Aldo Leop- old. Nominations must be postmarked by July 8 and mailed to Leopold Conser- vation Award c/o Sustain- able Conservation, 98 Bat- tery St., Ste. 302, San Fran- cisco, 94111. Nominations may be submitted on behalf of a landowner, or landown- ers may nominate them- selves. 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