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4A – Daily News – Saturday, November 20, 2010 Agriculture & farm Farm conference scholarships Today’s agriculture and economic environments demand that farmers become expert business managers and marketers to be successful operators. Their success extends to their local communities’ economic health. Knowing this, the organizers of the Small Farm Con- ference in March 2011 are committed to offering a robust scholarship program in three categories: farm- ers, farmers market managers and college age students. About 100 scholarships will be awarded on the basis of limited income. They include meals, registration, work- shops and the Sunday evening Wine and Food Tasting. Lodging is offered depending upon the distance traveled from San Jose. The Sunday Field Courses are offered at a discounted rate of $20 to scholarship recipients. Applicants may download an application at califor- niafarmconference.com or call 1-888-712-4188 to request an application by mail or fax. All applications must be received or postmarked by Jan. 5, 2011. Recip- ients will be notified by the end of January 2011. Scholarship Advisors are available statewide to assist in completing the applications. A list may be found on the website. Scholarships are generously funded by grants from USDA. The conference holds an annual auction to earn funds to contribute to the scholarships. The wild grapes and sycamore trees were show- ing their fall colors against a blue sky on north side of the corrals at Antelope Creek Cattle Company when the annual branding was held at this historic ranch. You will recall that the ranch has been known as the Edwards Ranch since 1956 when Henry Edwards and family purchased the Cone Ranch. In 1868 Joseph Cone bought 16,000 acres of the Mexican land grant known as Rio de los Berrendos, when Job F. Dye had finan- cial difficulties. Dye had been granted the land in 1844. Eventually Cone owned more than 100,000 acres, from Hogsback Road south to Los Molinos. The pickups and trailers started arriving shortly after 6 each morning for four days. The cowboys and cowgirls gathered the cows and calves off the perma- nent pastures, since the cows and calves were in dif- ferent pastures for each days brandings. Each day Nancy Weber had hot coffee, chocolate or tea with dough- nuts, cinnamon rolls, muffins and pastries for the break after the gathering of the cattle and before the sepa- rating of cows and calves. First order ranch Autumn is branding season Courtesy photo Branding at Antelope Creek Cattle Co. on the third day with Walt and Tracy Brown on horseback and Wyatt Garner holding the calf down. Company vaccinates their cows with TrichGuard V5L, a killed vaccine that provides protection against T. Foetus, 3 strains of vibrio and all 5 leptos. This one shot costs nearly $4 per cow but gives the cows immuni- ty to abortion caused by Tri- chomonosis, as well as lepto and vibrio. The cows also Jean AMERICAN SELF-STORAGE ★★ ★ 64 Mulberry Ave., Red Bluff • 527-1755 • Fully Fenced • Onsite Manager • Well Lit Property website: www.americanselfstorage.biz • RV & Vehicle parking now available $ 20 MOVES YOU IN Some restrictions apply CALL NOW FOR RATES! offer expires 12/31/10 SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS! SATURDAY –––– November 27! –––– SMALL BUSINESS Nationally promoted campaign supported by American Express, advertised in newspapers, magazines and online, urging Holiday Shoppers to “shop local” and support local small businesses! Will your business get its share of spending in Small businesses in Tehama County on that day? 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People vaccinate their children to keep them safe from illness, and cattlemen vaccinate their cattle for the same reason, to prevent ill- ness. Barton receive BoviShield Gold FP 5 for pre- vention of IBR, BVD (1&2), PI3, BRSV. One shot Ultra 8 way vac- cine for preventing Clostridium chau- voei (Blackleg), Cl. septicum- malig- nant edema, Cl. haemolyticum- redwater, Cl. novyi-black dis- ease, Cl. sordelli & perfrin- gens Types C& D for enterotoxemia. To take care of mineral deficiencies, Mineral Max a solution of manganese, selenium, cop- per was given in a shot. Instead of using a pour- Antelope Creek Cattle on, they used Ivermac Plus injectable for control of internal and external para- sites. Giving the cow vacci- nations were Walt Brown, Willie Staggs, Danny Brown, Dave Bennetts and Don Brown. Helping with gates and keeping the cows moving were Logan and Cole Robinson, Lester Gon- zales, Eric Twyford, Brady Carlon while Harry McClure released the chute full of cows. Then they set up the branding iron heater with propane tank, placing the three pilot wheel branding irons in the flames to heat. With so many calves to be branded, the irons were rotated so Jim Edwards would always have a hot iron and he could quickly apply the brand, replace the branding iron and grab another iron for the next calf. They set out the bucket of water for the “calf fries,” sharpened the knives with whetstone, and assembled the vaccines and syringes. One of the men ropers while on ground crew would do the ear marking with a sharp knife, while another man would be cas- trating the bull calves. Then the roping began with 25 calves in the pen, and five or six ropers per rotation that were both young and old. You had to catch two hind legs. If you caught just one leg you had to shake it off and try again. There were 170 calves so everyone had two opportu- nities to rope calves in rota- tion. 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When they were not roping you saw Kris Cun- ningham, Harry McClure, Tracy Brown, Brittany Rohl pick up the extra syringe and give shots. The ground crew was very important and included Deacon Murphy, Brady Carlon, Lester Gonzales, Cole Robinson, Logan Robinson, Eric Twyford, Wyatt Garner, Danny Brown, Joe Hampton, Wyatt Brown, Tyler Reed, J D Bryngelson, Patrick Froome. Barbecue chef this year was Ron Weber. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.com. 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) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. 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