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We had a family crew for branding the calves the first Saturday of the New Year. Television weather people said it wouldn‚t rain, and they were right. It was cool with occasional sunshine. We were pleased at how healthy and large the calves were. Their hair coats were a shiny black, and lustrous in the damp air. The horseback riders, Linda and Bryce Borror, Kendra and Shay McCluskey, Quentin Tatro, plus Kevin Borror on his 4 wheel ATV brought the cows and calves in to the corral from off the hillside pasture. After the cattle were sep- arated, the work began. We did not need to give the cows any vaccinations because they received their annual boosters in October when they were moved from the permanent pasture. They were using the calf table, so Bryce caught the calf head and pulled over the chute so that it became a table. Quentin Tatro and Willie Escalante caught the hind legs with the rope. Kevin was branding the lazy w on the right hip. Granddaughter Shay McCluskey and her parents Mike and Kendra were vac- cinating. They gave a shot for prevention of blackleg, sudden death, red water and overeating with Ultrabac 8. This vaccine included Clostridials: chauvoei, sep- ticum, novyi, sordelli, per- fringens types B, C & D and haemolyticum. We used Vira Shield 6 for pre- vention of dis- ease caused by infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) cytopathic and noncytopath- ic bovine virus (BVD) Type 1, n o n c l t o p a t h i c bovine virus diar- rhea (BVD) Type 2, Parainfluenza Type 3 (PI3), and bovine respirato- ry syncytal (BRSV) viruses. The calves also had a booster shot of BoSe, sele- nium since we are a defi- cient mineral area. Defi- cient calves have a brown- ish, dull haircoat and they could have white muscle disease where they are weak. I had won a large bottle of Ivomec Plus, an injectable dewormer at a cattlemen event, and they used that on the calves. Betsy Williams ear- marked each calf with an underbit (a little notch) in the left ear, and kept a tally of the calves by sex and eartag number. There were a couple born after the cows and calves had been put on the range in October, and the new calves got a num- bered eartag. Mary Van Tichelt, Linda Borror and George Tatro kept the calves coming, up the calf chute to the calf table. Mary banded the late bull calves, and Willie was doing quality control; checking that all the bulls were now steers. They were. Bill was supervising the workers, and grand-daugh- ter Jenny was helping me make the salads and prepare lunch. We now have less than 100 cows, so the crew had all the calves branded by noon time. Mike barbecued the tri tips, and they were served with Pinnacle Pete cowboy beans, garlic bread, salads of toss green, macaroni and fruit. Linda had a made a rich chocolate cake. I doubled the recipe, and less than a cup was left over. Pinnacle Peak cowboy beans. 1 pound pinto beans 1 ham hock 1 onion chopped 1 4- oz can chopped green chile 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste 1 teaspoon chili powder (I omitted) 2 c l o v e s garlic, minced Soak beans in water to cover, overnight. Drain, cover with water. Add remaining ingredients. Recipe said to simmer 4 hours covered, then uncover and simmer 1 more hour to remove liquid, (but they were soft in three hours.) Remove hock, cut meat up and return to beans. Makes 6 servings. *** The program for tonight's scholarship auc- tion had gone to press and more items have been donated. Rick and Terri Buchner have designed an attractive booklet showcas- ing the items that were donated earlier. Silent Auction items will include 1 case of wine from Mount Tehama Winery. A western tote bag from Bar- bara Frost Kloose. Plum Crazy has given jewelry. The Loft has given a hair on satchel purse, a bird feeding kit and west- ern metal garden art. Reynolds Ranch & Supply has given hitching rods for trailer. Western appliquéd towels from Barbara Spar- gue. Lucero Oil has donated balsamic vinegar and olive oil. One gallon of olives from LaConda Ranch has been donated by Barbara Patton and The Olive Pit. One cord of firewood, not delivered by the Steve Zane family. Judy and Alfred Souza have donated an all inclu- sive steak and shrimp din- ner for two at the Flournoy Store. A potted plant and gift certificate from Red Bluff Garden Center. Mary Jane Eidman has given a Discover Earth Gift Card. Brian Christianson has donated a shoeing for one horse. Boeringer Inelheim donated a leather medicine bag with Biomycin. One gallon Ultrabossl insecticide with 40 Saber Fly Tags from Intervet/Schering Plough. A surprise package from Joyce Bundy. A Tehama County Commodities bas- ket donated by Ag Land Investments. The evening will start at 6 p.m. with wine tasting for TCCA and TCCW mem- bers and their guests with purchase of a commemora- tive wine glass. This year we are delighted to feature wines from New Clairveaux, Burnsini Win- ery, Indian Peak, Mount Tehama Winery and Cline Cellars. There will be olive oil tasting from Lucero Olive Oil in Corning and Pacific Sun Olive Oil, at Gerber. Chad Bushnell will entertain with his songs before dinner. Vic Woolery and Crew will be serving a prime rib dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets at $ 25 will be avail- able at the door. Adult bev- erages will be served by Red Bluff Elks Lodge. The Explorer Scouts will be pouring coffee that Beth Chaney has made in the large coffee maker. Shelley Macdonald will present scholarships to senior Beef Ambassador Bailey Miller and junior Beef Ambassador Stacy Stroing during the short program. Rick Buchner will pre- sent the Cattlemen scholar- ships to Emily Andreini, Seth Stroing, Jamie Marron Kaylia Conrad. Jamie Carter and Nicki Humphrey who will also receive schol- arships from the Cattle- Women scholarship chair- man Vicki Dawley, Rochelle Borror and Austin Wagner will receive TCCW scholarships, also. The public is invited to attend, 6 p.m. at fairground auditori- um. Jean Barton can be reached at jbar ton@theskybeam.c om. Saturday, January 9, 2010 – Daily News – 5A 530-528-8120 10 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff Corner of Antelope & Gilmore 530-528-8120 10 Gilmore Rd. Red Bluff Corner of Antelope & Gilmore Limited time offer expires Dec. 31, 2009. Other conditions and restric- tions may apply. See store for full details. Offer valid only at NorCal AT&T Authorized Retailer stores. Rebate debit card offer. Price before mail-in rebate is $149.99. M u s t p u r ch a s e B l a c kBerry Unlimited Plan and sign new 2 year service agreement ot qualify for discounted pricing and rebate. Retail price Blackberry Pearl 8110 is $399.99. 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The event is co-sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, the Tehama County Ag Commissioner's Office, and Chuck Crain. Walnut Day is a University of California Coopera- tive Extension Program designed to provide orchard information to growers, PCA's and related agri-busi- ness people. Anyone interested in Walnut production is encour- aged to attend. Handicapped facilities are available. 2.00 hours (1.5 other and .5 laws) of PCA credit has been requested. The day will include 8 a.m. registration, walnut marketing board update by Dennis Balint, Tehama walnut research update: Husk fly and blight by Richard Buchner, new materials for walnut husk fly control by Bill Coates and Tehama County Ag Com- missioner presentation and regulatory update by Doug Compton. Also included will be irrigation water quality for walnut production by Allan Fulton, Using puffers for codling moth suppression by Joe Grant, new walnut varieties and the UCD Walnut Breeding Program by Chuck Leslie followed by a buffet lunch. For more information call Richard Buchner or Cindy McClain at the Farm Advisor's Office at 527-3101. The $15 registration covers lunch and meeting costs on a break-even basis. Register online at cetehama.ucdavis.edu by going to orchard crops- upcoming meetings. Please register by Jan. 22 so enough lunches may be ordered. Angus breeders recognized Tehama Angus Ranch, Gerber, David J Holden and Anne Byrd, both of Red Bluff, own bulls listed in the Spring 2010 Sire Evalua- tion Report published by the American Angus Asso- ciation in Saint Joseph, Mo. Tehama Angus Ranch owns 15 bull, Holden one and Byrd two listed in the evaluation. Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report features the latest performance information available on 4,607 sires, and is accessible at www.angus.org. "This report provides both Angus breeders and commercial cattle produc- ers using Angus genetics with accurate, predictable selection tools for improv- ing their herd," says Bill Bowman, association chief operating officer and direc- tor of performance pro- grams. Expected Progeny Dif- ferences are generated from the performance database of the association, which includes information sub- mitted by nearly 9,000 Angus breeders this past year through the associa- tion's Beef Improvement Records program.