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MikeandKendraMc- Cluskey had the help of friends when they branded their calves on Saturday before the rain came. Orig- inally they had planned branding on Sunday. They use a Teco calf table, in- stead of roping the calves and until about 60 or 70 years ago, all the ranchers used a calf table. Jerry Hemsted recalls how the younger men would be the workers in back, getting the calves up the chute to the table from the corral at all ranches until they started roping the calves. My father had Hereford cattle, and Wesley Leini- nger was the man he al- ways asked to dehorn the calves because he did such a good job. Dad would brand the Lazy W on the right hip, and I don't re- member who would do the black-leg vaccination. In those days we didn't have vaccine developed for pre- vention of the other ill- nesses. The calves and cows just died. The dewormers were an- other wonderful product that was developed for the cattle industry. We used to see the cows and calves running in the spring, be- cause the heel flies were biting their ankles. In the fall, there would be lumps on the back of the animals, and when you squeezed it a grub would emerge. Or they naturally made a hole in the hide and emerged to fall to the ground, becom- ing a fly in the spring. Oc- casionally a grub would in- jure the spinal cord, and the animal would be par- alyzed. Dectomax, Cydectin, Ivomec, Ivermax, and Safe- guard also controls bit- ing and sucking lice and mange mites, as well as in- ternal parasites. We used to see bald spots on a cows hide where she rubbed the itch from the lice biting. Many wonderful drugs have been developed to keep our animals healthy and happy. Terry Newport was applying the Decto- max. Mike used the Lazy W brand on the calves, while Shay applied Mult- imin, the trace minerals and One Shot for blackleg. Kendra was giving each calf a nasal dose of 1 ml in each nostril to prevent re- spiratory diseases caused by IBR , PI3 and BRSV. In- force 3 was used instead of giving a shot. When the calves were born, they were eartagged with a tag that gave the dams (mothers) number and the birth number, with an F to note the year of birth. Kevin Whelchel ear marked every calf with a notch in the lower part of the ear. All the bull calves were banded by Quentin Tatro. The band restricts blood supply to the scrotum causing it to atrophy and eventually detach. Keeping the calves com- ing up the chute to the ta- ble were Jim and Christine Parks, Ken Reineman and ElVida Newport. Jim Sauve caught the calves heads, while Mark Rubio tied the heels with the rope, and Andy New- port helped turn the table. Also present were Kenny Parks, Hunter Tatro, Maddie and Tanner Rubio, Natalie and Caylie Newport. Musical I had the opportunity to see a new musical "A Gen- tleman's Guide to Love & Murder" at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Fran- cisco. Time and place was London, 1909. The stage settings were wonder- ful. John Rapson played the part of Lord Adalbert, Reverend Lord, Lord As- quith, Henry, Lady Hy- acinth, Major Lord Bar- tholomew, Lady Salome, and Chauncey. Great cos- tumes and singers. Monty is distant heir to a family fortune, hoping to jump the line by elimi- nating the eight pesky rel- atives. As the Reverend Lord falls from the top of the Cathedral, a cousin is allergic to bees in a beau- tiful garden, and the cous- ins Lady Salome and Lady Hyacinth set off for In- dia, Africa, and other for- eign countries, the stage changed. One had a heart attack, and another was poisoned. Plus having a mistress and fiancée, Monty was busy. The mezzanine at the Golden Gate is high above the stage, with no elevator. Just steep stairs. Hard for seniors, and the gentleman two rows directly in front of us scared his wife and us, since he became stiff and didn't respond to his wife. She thought he had died. A man across the aisle called out "is there a doctor in the house" sev- eral times as the play con- tinued down below. Finally the lights came up, and three men plus a woman had come and were working with him. They laid him down on the step, and raised his legs straight up, finding a pulse. By the time the San Francisco Fire Depart- ment arrived, after climb- ing the two sets of stairs, he was responding to the men. Enjoyed the good advice "A Gentleman's Guide to Attending the Theatre," in the program. "A gentleman always powers down his mobile device lest he be tempted to text or tweet. "A gentleman never chats during the performance (unless he has something glowing to say about it.) "A gentleman always of- fers to buy his date a cock- tail at intermission, unless his date is not yet of legal drinking age. "A gentleman unwraps his candy quietly during the performance. If the actors know someone is eating candy, they will get jealous. "A gentleman never kicks the seat of the audi- ence member in front of him (unless of course, it's deserved). "A gentleman always stands to let other theatre- goers seated in his row pass by. Tripping them is optional. "A gentleman refrains from snapping photo- graphs during the perfor- mance. Everyone knows actors are shy." Scholarship auction More exciting items have been donated to the 13th annual Scholarship Auction during the 64th annual Tehama County Cattlemen's Winter Din- ner, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 at the fairgrounds. I-5 Tire Factory has do- nated a set of 4 Cooper tires, the size you need, worth $1,100. TCCA mem- ber Bengard Ranches do- nated 25 lbs. Chandler walnuts shelled. John Gumm of Gumm's Optical donated sunglasses. TCCA member John Mo- ses of Animal Health In- ternational, gave ton of Protein Tubs. An overnight fishing trip for 4 people (Sunday through Thursday) at Big Bluff Ranch given Vicky Dawley, TCCW Scholar- ship chair. Seven members of Red Bluff FFA will work four hours. Bucke's Feed and Grain in Orland, has given a choice of ton Mineral Mix, or ton of lick tubs or 1 ton of Mol mix. Bucke's are TCCA members. A handmade bead neck- lace and earrings from Margo Dawley Miller. Winning Vet in Los Mo- linos has given a $100 cash donation. We will enjoy Human Bean coffee with the Vic Woolery prime rib dinner. Tickets are $25 advance sale and are available in Cottonwood at Shasta Farm & Equipment, Corn- ing at Rabobank, and in Red Bluff at Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply, The Loft, Animal Health Interna- tional, Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale, Farm Credit, Crossroads Feed & Supply and Rabobank. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Friends help McCluskeys with branding KendraMcCluskeywasapplyingInforce3,forthepreventionofrespiratorydiseases, intranasally using a syringe with the needle removed at the McCluskey branding, while Kevin Whelchel held the calf head still. Scientists at the Uni- versity of California, Da- vis, have for the first time sequenced the genome of a commercial walnut va- riety. The information should accelerate the rate of breeding and variety improvement in walnuts and help breeders select for desired traits such as insect and disease resis- tance, and drought toler- ance. UC Davis geneticists David Neale and Charles Langley worked with the California Walnut Board to develop genetic markers for use with classical wal- nut breeding. The first step was to sequence the wal- nut genome, which, unlike most major agricultural crops, had never been se- quenced. This represents the first reference genome sequence for a nut crop. UC Davis has the only walnut breeding program in California. The Walnut Improvement Program, un- der the direction of plant breeder Chuck Leslie, coop- erates with a large number of research partners to de- velop new walnut varieties. Walnuts a top export crop for California The walnut variety Chandler was used for the sequencing project be- cause it is the leading va- riety of walnut in Califor- nia. It is grown on about 50 percent of California's walnut acreage and ac- counts for more than 70 percent of the trees sold for new plantings. Califor- nia produces 99 percent of U.S. commercial walnuts, and walnuts are the state's fourth largest agricultural export. Consumer demand for nuts is growing, and nu- tritionists are touting the health attributes of mod- erate nut consumption in lowering the risk for heart disease. Walnuts are high in omega-3 fatty acids, a healthy form of fatty ac- ids, and can be part of a heart-healthy diet by low- ering low-density lipopro- tein, or LDL, cholesterol levels in blood. Growers are also striving to produce nuts more sus- tainably, particularly in the areas of pest management and drought tolerance. Genomics adds to tradi- tional breeding Commercial walnut trees are grafted onto root- stocks, usually a California native black walnut spe- cies or a hybrid, known to better withstand diseases, pests and abiotic stress. For the scion, or nut-bear- ing portion of the tree, an English walnut species is usually used, and breeders are interested in yield, nut quality, harvest date and meeting consumer prefer- ences. Having the genome sequence of the walnut should accelerate its rate of breeding and variety im- provement. Dan Kluepfel, a USDA re- search plant pathologist in the UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology, is head- ing a project to breed for walnut rootstock disease resistance. The informa- tion will help breeders se- lect for desired traits such as insect and disease re- sistance and drought tol- erance. In addition to the com- pleted genome sequenc- ing of the Chandler wal- nut variety, Neale and Langley are sequencing the walnut rootstock spe- cies. This composite infor- mation will provide addi- tional genomic resources that can be combined with traditional breeding tech- niques to develop new wal- nut varieties. Chandler walnuts, for example, are harvested late in the season, and growers would like earlier harvests. Marker-assisted breeding provides an opportunity to develop early harvesting cultivars with the desirable attributes of Chandler. "The large repository of walnut genetic material at UC Davis along with new genomic resources lay the groundwork for future breeding of more-sustain- able walnut varieties that meet the growing demand for walnuts," said Neale. UC Davis and the Cal- ifornia Walnut Board, which funded the project, have made the walnut ge- nome sequencing infor- mation publicly available at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ wgig/. Major research partners in the sequencing project include Abhaya Dandekar (Department of Plant Sci- ences, UC Davis), Jill We- grzyn (University of Con- necticut), and Steven Sal- zberg (Johns Hopkins University). About the UC Davis wal- nut program The UC Davis Walnut Breeding Program was cre- ated in 1948 by pomologist Eugene Serr and his col- league Harold Forde. The five leading walnut variet- ies released by the UC Davis program (Chandler, How- ard, Tulare, Serr and Vina) cover three-quarters of the totalwalnutacreageinCali- fornia. Nearly all of the wal- nut trees sold in California nurseries are UC Davis vari- eties, and 85 percent of the California walnut tonnage production is from UC Da- vis varieties. The Califor- nia Walnut Board has es- tablished an endowment, now valued at $2.9 million, to assure continuity of the UC Davis Walnut Breeding Program into the future. UC DAVIS Scientists crack the walnut genome PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! 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