There was a beginning to this blog...it was the result of telling a friend of Dear Farmer's encounters with one specific cow...#241. If you look back, that was the first story we shared.
#241 was a mean and nasty cow. She was always ready to run down Dear Farmer, with no rhyme or reason. With a disposition so negative, bad feet and no back teeth Dear Farmer had her on the butcher-line several times. Each time she was to "go" she'd have a calf, and so she would need to stay for the survival of the calf. Dear Farmer didn't mind too much because she was an excellent mother and she gave wonderful calves...well, he wouldn't mind initially...and then he'd be running back to his tractor with an angry cow chasing him again! The two of them did this dance for four years.
This past summer #241 had a name change, we called her "Ugly". She began to loose weight and turned to a mess of bones and skin hanging. She was not looking good, really bad advertising for an organic farm. So Dear Farmer moved her to the barn and tried many remedies for her, none seemed to help. Earlier this week Dear Farmer went down to do chores, and "Ugly" was laying on the ground near the feeders, dead.
There wasn't rejoicing. Dear Farmer is a little disappointed, he would have really liked to have had the upper-hand and eaten her...but not this foe. We all gave a sigh of relief and a nod of the head. Acknowledging the passing of the enemy who gave us so many great stories...farewell to #241.
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