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4A – Daily News – Saturday, April 24, 2010 Agriculture & farm The 89th Red Bluff Round-Up is history. The arena had dust rising, while Wednesday before the rodeo we had 0.4 inch- es of rain. The grounds crew did a marvelous job of sucking up the water in the arena with pumps and then drying with a heli- copter. Rodeo veterans remembered when the calf ropers and steer wrestlers were covered in mud, but not this year. Thanks to Foothill Dis- tributing for bringing the Budweiser Clydesdales to the rodeo and parade. Wish I could have seen them coming down Ante- lope Boulevard to the fair- grounds. I enjoy the tv commercials featuring the clydesdales. We paid our $5 for parking each day and got an Official Souvenir Pro- gram with 130 pages of colored ads and no day sheet of who was compet- ing that day. Since they wanted us to pay $2 more for a day sheet, it would have been smart to have someone selling them at the park- ing gates when they collected our money. Last year I called it a Sears Roebuck catalog, and this year the announcer called it a coffee table book. Loved the timing of the fly- over by the 3 or 4 aircraft from the 101st Fighter Attack Training Squadron from Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar. They would fly over as the last of the Star Spangled Ban- ner was sung each time. So pleased to see Nellie Courtesy photo Two cloned yearling bulls were displayed by Don and Janelle Kish at the Red Bluff Round-Up. National Finals Rodeo. Thanks to the directors having Dave Chrisman, Theresa and Tifini with their ATV’s giving the senior citizens a ride to and from the parking lots at each rodeo perfor- mance. Jean Barton This year the rodeo commit- tee had Sheriff Clay and Lily Parker available to drive rodeo visitors and competitors back to their motel or the f airgrounds after enjoying an evening in town or at the Blackha wk dance. George Gro wne y Motors fur- nished a vehicle and cell phone and I understand it was used by the visitors each evening. I agreed when Lily said that getting home at 3 a.m. is late now days. Williams of Cottonwood place 4th in the girls barrel racing, and currently 13th in the standings. She was one of our District 1 Cali- fornia High School Rodeo kids not too long ago. Other former District 1 members in the three per- formances at Red Bluff were A J Hamre in bull riding; Josh Ruda of Chico and Danny Webb of Cot- tonwood with an 80,cur- rently 20th in the stand- ings in bareback riding; Justin Davis of Cotton- wood in team roping and last year in the Wrangler The Round-Up Mixer had a good turnout. Cattle- men bartenders Chris and Al Marenco, Martin Matti- la, Arlo Stroing, Steve McCarthy, Jeff White, Steve and MaryAnn Mon- tandon, Curt Friedricks, Tony Turri were in the center bar area. Wally and Billie Roney, with Dick and Chris O‚Sullivan were busy filling the Budweiser beer cups. Vic Woolery with Mike Collins, grandson Jon Woolery and Tony Welch were grilling 200 pounds of tri tip, and Daniel Ascencio was warming the 1,000 tortillas on a grill. Bob Lester sliced the tri-tip, and his wife, Pem, was keeping the meat trays filled with beef. Tehama County CattleWomen were making the burritos. Joyce Bundy was chair- man with assistance from Carol Enos, Jeanne Smith, Marguerite Kutz, Una Jor- dan, Paula Holden, Irene Fuller, Nancy Enos and Cathy Tobin. There will be a Range Tour on Saturday, May 1, to view the test plots that Josh Davy of University of California Cooperative Extension in Tehama County and co-sponsors Tehama and Glenn/Colusa County Cattlemen have put together. It will start at 9 a.m. at the Turri Ranch, 13810 Paskenta Road, Flournoy. A tour of the estab- lished range perennials, and discussion of forage production ideas is on the agenda. They have tried three different kinds of orchard grass — Berber, Paiute and Kara. There is Perla Koleagrass, Jose Tall Wheatgrass, plus annual clovers, Blue Wildrye, Dryland Alfalfa, annual ryegrass, Gala Grazing Brome, Forage Brassica, Grouse Chicory, Grazing Plantain and Flecha Sum- mer Dormant Fescue to see how they are growing. Tom and Terri Ben- gard’s Gallatin Ranch on Gallatin Road, Red Bluff will be the 11 a.m. stop to view the weed control Jerry Hemsted, tour host has achieved by burning in past years and the pro- posed burn for this year. Following lunch cour- tesy of Bengard Ranches, we will learn about the problems associated with barb goatgrass, a noxious weed and if the fertilizer plots help control it. If weather permits we will tour the annual clover planting. ranch Round up of the Round-Up For a lunch head count, please phone 527-3101 before Wednesday April 28 with name, phone num- ber and number attending. I had a scam phone call the other day. The phone rang and I picked it up and said “hello,” and there was silence. Then a male voice said “hello,” then faintly there was “grandma, grandma.” Our grandson doesn’t call me grandma, so I hung up. Thanks to the Daily News and the Sher- iff’s Office’s warnings of these phone calls. There will be an Angus sale at the Tehama District Fairground on Saturday May 8. TCCA members David and Paula Holden have called it “The Gath- ering at Red Bluff.” Guest consignors of the 65 female lots include Ray- Mar Ranches, Oakdale; Amador Farms, Modesto; Sammis Ranch, Dorris; Century Farm, Pleasanton; Sunbright Angus, Gary and Patsy Ford of Red Bluff; Tehama Angus Ranch, Gerber. TCCA member Merle Newton will be at the Horse Expo at Cal Expo in Sacramento June 11-13. A new addition beside horses is the Dogs Pavilion, with educational seminars, and demonstrations Newton will be a presenter on stock dogs and sponsored by Purina. The brochure mentioned a stock horse competition for $25,000. an art show, a trade show, and disciplines featured in the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Ken- tucky this fall with dres- sage, jumping, reining, eventing, para dressage, driving vaulting and endurance. Each time I start to plant my tomatoes the ground is either too wet or the north wind is blowing. I am not complaining about the rain because there is water in the creeks, the grass is still growing on the range and the calves are getting fat. Since we no longer go to the mountains for summer grazing on federal lands, we will fenceline-wean the calves and then sell them at Shas- ta Auction Yard. Fence- line-weaning means that the calves will be on one side of the fence and the mothers are on the other side. They can see and hear each other, but within a day or two they had adjusted to the separation. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. 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