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Proverbs 27:23

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I have heard recently by more than one person "I don't know why anyone would have cattle."  I understand, of course, that raising cattle is not for everyone, and that everyone has not been raised around it like yours truly. I know those not in the cattle raising life see the late nights and early mornings, fence fixing, losing calves and cows, having to get home to feed or check cows, spending money on this or that for the cattle, etc.  The words of these people resonated with me, though, because I could go on for days naming the good things that have come out of my life raising cattle.  Let me introduce ya'll to one of the many. This is Mel.  I call him my Halloween miracle baby. He was born on October 28th very weak.  We fed him colostrum and a bottle, and things were looking up.  Then, the day before Halloween, I took my boyfriend out to see our new baby calf.  He was laying flat on the ground and was so still that we thought he was dea...