Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/17586
4A – Daily News – Saturday, October 9, 2010 Agriculture & farm How bull sales have evolved since Tehama Angus Ranch’s first sale 36 years ago. The first pri- vate auction of Angus bulls in California was originated by Tehama Angus Ranch’s Dale and son Bill Borror at the ranch headquarters in Ger- ber on Tehama Avenue. Don Doris was a fieldman for Western Livestock Journal, and in his sale report he wrote “It was a barn burner sale, on a real hot day” when 55 regis- tered Angus bulls sold for an average of $1,300.. The auctioneer for the first three years was Jim Baldridge of Nebraska, and now it is two world champion auctioneers, John Rogers and Rick Machado from California. The sale was held in the shop after Bill Borror had his sons Chester, Kevin, Aaron and Eric move the equipment and clean up the shop. The first few years the sale ring and panels were rented, and portable bleachers were borrowed from Chico State. Panels were strung from the old corral and barn to the shop, and a return row of panels from the sale ring. Now there is a sale barn, with built- in sale ring and auction block, plus large fan for cooling, and small office. Outside are ten pens in a fan shape around the sale barn with water and feed bunks for the cattle on sale day. Bleachers are owned by the ranch and chairs for the buyers are still bor- rowed. The tubs of soda pop and beer used to be consumed and now it is cases of chilled bottled water, while the beer and soft drinks remain in the ice chests. Instead of a rotating fan with the sale lot number displayed, clipped with a clothes pin, showing the lot number of animal in sale ring, the person on the sale block with the auc- tioneer has a laptop com- puter and the lot number, price with buyers name is immediately displayed on the video screen. FREE! •COATS • HATS • GLOVES • SCARVES • BLANKETS • COLD WEATHER CLOTHING Free Goodies & Info Everyone Welcome SAT. NOV. 13th 8 a.m. to Noon At Bethel Church 625 Luther Rd, Red Bluff HELP US SPREAD THE WORD Call 527-2151 for more information Sponsored by associates of the Pulled Pork Sandwich $5.99 An event you don’t want to miss! THURS., OCT. 14 5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. ranch Bull sales; then and now Conservationist joins Red “Mindy brings experience and expertise working with landowners and agricultural pro- ducers in conservation planning and the development of conser- vation plans,” said Larry Bran- ham, District Conservationist. Mindy was raised in Siskiyou County and comes from a ranch- ing family. Previously she worked for NRCS in Mendocino and Lake Counties as a Range- Bluff NRCS Field Office Mindy Nicoletti, soil conservationist, recently start- ed work in the Red Bluff Field Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Nicoletti Courtesy photo Beth Whittier and Mary Van Tichelt were shucking corn for the Tehama Angus Ranch presale dinner, while the bull calves and their mothers grazed nearby. The shop is still cleaned, but it is the dining room for the Certified Angus Beef New York steak dinner the night before the sale for over 125 guests, when the prospective buyers and sale personnel gather to visit and listen to a speak- er. Jean Barton This year Jen Johnson, from the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Man- agement pre- sented her research on cow size and its affect on effi- ciency on the cowherd. Bill Borror had heard her pre- sentation at the 2010 BIF Con- ference in Mis- souri in May. As Kevin said “She is the pret- tiest speaker we have ever had,” since in previous years it was always a man. Thirty-six years ago the presale dinner was held at The Crystal in Red Bluff for about a dozen people. Then Bill and Sandy host- ed the dinner in their home until the crowd became too large. Grandmother Inez Borror and later Grandmother Anne Willard-McNabb would make the homemade yeast rolls for the dinner. One year we dined by candle- light because the power went out in the rain storm. Don’t Miss Out! FREE MEAL Some years it is hot, and/or the north wind blows. This year everyone was commenting on the lovely weather in the high 80s, with no north wind. Some buyers from the mountain area said they had their “first freeze of the year, and the wife lost her tomato garden.” Linda’s kitchen crew consisted of Ruth Wittorf, Joyce Bundy, Mary Van Tichelt, Joan Allen, Beth Whittier and Ev McDo- nough. They had prepared the baked potatoes, toss green and fruit salads, the sliced garlic bread and shucked the delicious corn from Bill Borror’s garden. Eric Borror and John Moore grilled the Certified Angus Beef New York steaks. Callie Borror had baked the chocolate, carrot, white and banana sheet cakes that were served with coffee. Her grand- mother Sandy had arranged pots of colorful miniature mums, baskets of freshly harvested almonds, beef recipes on the colored cloth table covers. Sale day the kitchen crew had prepared a color- ful, delicious tostada lun- cheon at noon that has become a tradition, with watermelon chunks and cookies. Just before noon on sale day last month an air- plane circled the sale barn and landed on the Borror landing strip. It was Cal- lie’s job to meet the air- planes, and Cam Hewit- son had flown in from Avenal. Another plane was met at the Red Bluff airport when John Boekenoogen flew in from Carmel Valley, and auctioneer John Rogers flew into Corning airport. Local buyers at the 36th Tehama Angus sale were Michael Andersen, Vina; Herb Holzapfel, Willows; Antelope Creek Cattle Co; Red Bluff; Bill Crain, Los Molinos; Shannon and Kelly Douglas, Orland; and Ken Heiber, Red Bluff. Volume buyers were Boston Ranch, Exeter 12 bulls; Marshall Hendren, Bodega Bay 10 head; Cam Hewitson, Avenal 8 bulls; Camatta Ranch, Santa Margarita 7 head; Ante- lope Creek Cattle Co; Red Bluff 6 bulls. Buying 5 bulls each were Hamilton Brothers, Dixon; Vogel Land & Livestock, Shandon; John Tiscornia, San Andreas and Leroy Rader, San Andreas. High selling bull was Lot 1, Tehama Marquee X807 selling for $ 22,500 to Genex CRI, Shawano, Wis., and Kiamichi Link Ranch, Finley, Okla. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. Conservation deadline set The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has set the application deadline for Fiscal Year 2011 Farm Bill conservation programs funding as Nov. 12. The deadline includes all California Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habi- tat Incentives Program (WHIP) priorities, except the EQIP Organic Initiative. For information contact the office at 527-3013, Ext. 3, or at 2 Sutter St., Ste. D, Red Bluff. Cornerstone Community Bank The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 347-4441 COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2995 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. Lunch Special Pulled Pork Sandwich Served on a french roll with fries & your choice of soup or salad Served 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri. No substitutions $599 7875 HWY 99E LOS MOLINOS, CA 384-1265 land Management Specialist and in Klamath County as a Soil Conservationist. NRCS an agency of USDA, works with agricultural producers on a voluntary basis to conserve natural resources, soil, water and plants, animals and air. This is achieved through conservation planning. Conservation planning is a process of working with producers to inventory their land and if needed make recommendations on techniques to maintain or enhance the resources based on the goals and objectives of the producer. More information on conservation planning is avail- able at the Red Bluff NRCS Office, 2 Sutter St., Suite D or by calling 527-3013, Ext. 3. ORDERS TO GO