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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · March 31, 2022 · P5

Copyright 2022,
Jerry Crownover
this year, and the first real had been unable to stand, utes.”
snow of the winter had the or be licked clean by Mom. I don’t remember how
ground covered in six inch- Luckily, I found it within a we came to have the thick,
es of powder. The tempera- couple of hours of birth and plush, comforter. I can
ture was in the twenties, was able, with the help of only assume that it cov-
when an old, red cow had a neighbor, to get it load- ered the bed of one of our
given birth to a fine, little ed into the heated cab of boys, many years ago, but
heifer calf. Unfortunately, the UTV. On the way to the it has remained in a closet,
the calf had become entan- house, I phoned my wife. for some thirty years, and
gled in some brush, when “We’ve got one chilled to the is used only to warm new-
it exited its mother, and bone. Be there in five min-
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Most farmers, who raise
livestock, have had a new-
born animal inside their in the
house, at one time or an-
other. For those of us who
calve, lamb, farrow, or foal
in early spring, that prob-
ably equates to many new-
borns in our homes, over the
years—and we most like-
ly have a routine, that has
been perfected with expe-
rience. My wife and I make
use of an old comforter.
It was early February of

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