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Theseconddayofthe Western Livestock Jour- nal Texas "Legacy" Tour started with the National Ranching Heritage Cen- ter in Lubbock. It is a 19 acre historical park and museum on the campus of Texas Tech University. There are 48 relocated, re- stored structures from the early days of ranching. The bronze longhorn steers in different poses commemorate the trail drives of the 1860 to 1870s. The rangy animals were driven from South Texas to rail points in the Mid- west. Everyone was com- menting on the life-size bronze of a cowboy on a horse, as the horse drank from a stream of water. It was so lifelike. There were stone and log cabins, school house, bunk house, Queen Anne style two story mansion, etc. The dog-trot house, 1855-56 with a breeze- way between two log cab- ins. An 1870 home of cut sandstone, mud mortar, mesquite with walls 33 inches thick. It was a sin- gle room, one door, no windows, and six small gun ports. There was a dug-out in a hill, and the Blankenship CowChip House, where cow chips were stored in 1907. A large horse barn donated by 6666 Ranch, different style windmills, a train and depot. Very interest- ing museum. The 6666 Ranch — Bur- nett Ranches LLC, Guth- rie was our next stop. Founded by Captain Sam- uel "Burk" Burnett in 1868. The ranches are owned and operated by Anne Burnett Marion, the great-granddaughter of Captain Burnett. Anne Marion, the only child of Anne Burnett Tandy, "Little Anne" was raised in Fort Worth, to be a strong business woman. She spent her summers on the Four Sixes in Guthrie, Texas. "At a young age, she earned the respect of the cowboys as she learned to ride and do the things they did." "When her mother, Miss Anne, died in 1980, Anne took the reins of the vast Burnett ranches. She also inherited a legacy linked to the American Quarter Horse Association. Anne inherited four ranches spanning 275,000 acres in West Texas. "In 1993 Anne brought racing back to the Four Sixes by purchasing rac- ing champion Dash for Cash and securing Special Effort and Streakin Six for stud duty." She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007 and was featured in a special exhibit about trailblazing women of the AQHA. The 6666 Ranch has been the recipient of AQHA Best Remuda Award and as an AQHA All-Time Leading Breeder of Performance Horses and race money earners and winners. We arrived at lunch time, and that was first or- der of business, with ta- bles and chairs outside in the shade of the trees. De- licious certified Angus beef brisket, pinto beans, potato salad, hot jalapeno peppers, Polish pickles, sliced onions, rolls, butter, white chocolate chip cook- ies and iced tea or water. Cindy Jewel, assistant office manager and Bruce O'Neill, who has been on the ranch 27 years told us about the ranch. They raise cattle on ranches in Nevada, Wyo- ming, Nebraska and three ranches in Texas. One hundred years ago, it was Hereford cattle, but since the 1990s it is Angus. They handle the cattle by horseback, and brand by roping. O'Neill mentioned that at branding the steers will receive a 6666 brand, but the heifers will have a year brand. If they are replacement heifers as a yearling they will receive a 6666 brand. The ranch has a policy of never sell- ing a Four Sixes female. When the cow is sold, it is to a meat packing plant, and never as a breeding animal. They used to sell the steers and cull heifers as yearlings, but now it is as calves. It sounded like they use fence line wean- ing. Horses were a feature at this ranch, since the cattle were turned out in pastures of 10 to 12,000 acres with a set of corrals in each. 30 acres per cow and we didn't see any cat- tle. They don't feed hay, but range cubes are fed January to March. They use a chuckwagon, with teepees for sleeping dur- ing the five weeks of branding. The horses are branded on the right side, and cat- tle on the left side. The two year old geldings are saddle broke and the cow- boys ride only geldings. In fact they don't ride mares on the cow side of the ranch, and fillies are saddle broke on the horse side. Kelly Nash is the Stallion Manager and is responsible for the daily care and maintenance of all the stallions at the 6666 Ranch. There were 15 stallions at stud, includ- ing several million dollar stallions that have been retired here for breeding. Racing stallions were Big- time Favorite, Captain Courage, Mr. Jess Perry, One Famous Eagle and Hez Our Secret who has won $1,900,000, a seven- year-old grey. Performance stallions were Bet Hesa Cat, Guth- rie City Limits, Jesses To- paz, Natural Bottom, Pad- dys Irish Whiskey, Pla- yin Attraction, Rockin W, Sixes Country, Sixes Pick and WR This Cats Smart. I enjoyed hearing about the different stallion's per- sonalities, since she said that Rockin W was not a humble horse. Sire was Dual Rey and Boon San Kitty. He preferred mares that were Appaloosa, or Paint, and did not like bays or browns. Paddys Irish Whiskey is 25 years old, and his nickname was "Conway Twitty." We were impressed at how enthused the six col- lege age female interns were about their jobs, and excited about what they were doing. They had been selected from more than 100 internship appli- cants. Kelly, Jessie and Chelsey led the three groups, and everyone got to see the stallions, a race mare be- ing bred by artificial in- semination, and palpita- tion of another mare. The breeding season is Febru- ary to July. The ranch is a USDA facility for collec- tion of frozen semen. All the ranch mares are bred by AI, but they foal out on pasture. It was 103 degrees at 6666 and extremely hu- mid. I heard they had 13 inches of rain in the last two months. The stal- lions had fans and coolers in the barns. The town of Guthrie had 828 residents, with post office, school, ball field, employee hous- ing, and the rock "castle." We stopped at the 6666 Store, which was started in 1908 for the workers. We were told they sell everything from horse shoes to Post Toasties. It is a very small build- ing and only our lead- ers Pete Crow, Jerry York, and Devin Murnin could get off the busses to buy the ice, for our beverages enroute to Wichita Falls. Disappointed shoppers were told that they could buy 6666 items online. We drove past hundreds of steer calves in a large pasture that had been cleared of mesquite and ponds of red water some- where enroute. Then nine miles out of Wichita Falls, there was a large bill board "Thank You Lord, for the rain," but I missed the sponsor's name. It was still 91 de- grees at 8:30 p.m. and felt like 101 degrees. Calling home we heard Adin was 56 degrees and Mineral had a chance of snow on Wednesday. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Western Livestock Journal Texas Legacy Tour, day two SACRAMENTO The Cali- fornia Dried Plum Board, whose mission is to unite growers and handlers in supporting the vitality of the California prune in- dustry, today announced the election of new offi- cers to the Board and the Prune Marketing Com- mittee. Joe Turkovich is the new Chairman-elect of the Board responsible for presiding at all meetings and providing general su- pervision of the affairs of the Board. "To be selected to lead the Board is quite an honor," said Turkov- ich. "I'm inspired by the Board's strategic focus on the nutritional value of prunes, improving effi- ciencies through produc- tion research, and uni- fying a prune industry that's facing many chal- lenges." Turkovich is a sole proprietor fruit and nut farmer from Davis. The family-owned farms, lo- cated in Winters consist of prunes, walnuts, and wheat. Turkovich has a Bachelor of Science in Ag Business Manage- ment from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He serves on the Board of Directors of Sunsweet Growers, Inc. and chairs the California Dried Plum Board's Pro- duction Research Sub- committee which over- sees projects designed to provide growers with bet- ter ways to produce high- quality prunes, enhance profitability and conserve resources. Past business and leadership posts in- clude being a California Ag Leadership Fellow, Board Chairman of Sun- sweet Dryers Cooperative, President of the Kiwifruit Growers of California, and Board Member of the Yolo County Farm Bureau. Ranvir Singh has been elected Vice-Chairman of the California Dried Plum Board and Chair- man of the Prune Mar- keting Committee. Singh, having just completed two consecutive terms as Chairman of the Board, helped lead the Board during a renaissance in nutrition research and development of market- ing strategies to pro- mote prune products as ingredients. He is a Sut- ter County prune, walnut and almond grower and is the President of the Prune Bargaining Association. "I am proud to be serving as both Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Prune Marketing Committee," says Singh. "The staff and the Board work tirelessly to deliver programs that focus on expanding the visibility of the wonders of Califor- nia prunes with consum- ers and key influencers." "We have strong lead- ership in place and we couldn't be more pleased with these appointments. Each have deep experi- ence and commitment to our industry and pro- grams," says Donn Zea, executive director of the California Dried Plum Board and Prune Market- ing Committee. In addition to the above, the California Dried Plum Board elected Dan Bozzo as Secretary and Bob Kolberg as Trea- surer. The Prune Market- ing Committee elected George Sousa, Jr. Vice- Chairman, and other ap- pointments are pend- ing the December Board meeting. For more information, and to find recipes and videos, visit www.cal- iforniadriedplums.org and www.eatdriedplums. com. Follow the CDPB on https://www.facebook. com/CaliforniaDried- Plums and https://twitter. com/CaDriedPlums. 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