There was a reason that E.M. Tiffany wrote the line “the joys and discomforts of agricultural life”. \u00a0We all have seen it. \u00a0Drought, blizzards, fire, disease and death are all part of the discomforts. \u00a0Birth, growth, sales and genetic match ups that worked are all part of the joys.<\/p>\n
The buck sale was an absolute joy. \u00a0Sure, it went well money wise. \u00a0But better yet was the # of people that found their way to Fargo, OK to look at this set. \u00a0Or they sent people here to look. \u00a0 \u00a0Or even better, the livestock legends that trusted the pictures, \u00a0what was written and said about the animals. \u00a0Even if they don’t like online sales. \u00a0I admire the trust.<\/p>\n
All that came saw every goat. \u00a0Nothing held back. \u00a0Some will say that I saved the best one for the Banners and Backdrops. \u00a0Others will disagree. \u00a0But they saw them all in their natural environment. \u00a0These goats were forged from wicked mothers, proven fathers and they dealt with heat, cold, ice storms, smoke and the ever present NW OK wind. \u00a0Several withstood strong offers to have their nuts banded. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I had wonderful phone calls from previous buyers and the success of their goat sales from bucks in last year’s sale. \u00a0I love those kind of calls. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Those that truly know me and Tammy, truly understand that it is not about the money. \u00a0Sure, it takes a pile of money just to raise a set of yearling bucks. \u00a0Over $3,000 in washing, clipping and photoing this set–money spent in one day. \u00a0Over $3,000 in feed from last July to now. \u00a0Plus commission. Then figure in the hoof trimming, time filling feeders, etc., etc., etc. \u00a0Plus the cost of the genetics assembled that made them. \u00a0Add in over a decade of doing this. \u00a0All worthwhile for us to meet new people. \u00a0Sell 9 goats to 8 different states. \u00a0California to Maryland. \u00a0Literally coast to coast. \u00a0Some of the biggest, best known breeders in the business to new breeders that only have 7 does. \u00a0And others wanting to take the next step.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And those of you, regardless of species, that sell online will understand the joys and discomforts of the pickups, deliveries and making connections with trailers to all these other places. \u00a0But, I chose this and I love it.<\/p>\n To top it off, it is getting late tonight, but it is still early. \u00a0We have first timers kidding. \u00a0One has popped out twins–buck kids (YESSS!! \u00a0Law & Order x Dirty Rain). \u00a0Another is waiting. \u00a0While another is cleaning kids–a BIG son-of-a-gun that I had to pull. (I knew that he wouldn’t make it)–discomforts. \u00a0But, he is ALIVE! (joys–so far).<\/p>\n Thanks to all that have helped along the way. \u00a0Even if I wrote a check for the help. \u00a0It was appreciated.<\/p>\n Simply put, I appreciate, get pissed at, love and abhor the joys and discomforts that are associated in the agriculture business. \u00a0But nonetheless, I thank each and everyone of you that called, came to look, sent somebody to look, bid or bought on this buck sale. \u00a0Or for that matter, the semen sale(s). \u00a0Sincerely, THANK YOU!<\/p>\n And as much as I like the buyers, bidders, lookers, friends and helpers, none of it adds up to the fact that this was a project started by Kela, built by Tammy and I and continued with Duke. \u00a0Now, there are your true Joys and Discomforts. \u00a0(and I am real sure that all 3 would rank me in the Discomfort side).<\/p>\n Thank you and have a wonderful tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was a reason that E.M. Tiffany wrote the line “the joys and discomforts of agricultural life”. \u00a0We all have seen it. \u00a0Drought, blizzards, fire, disease and death are all part of the discomforts. \u00a0Birth, growth, sales and genetic match ups that worked are all part of the joys. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}