As I look around I know families with brothers and sisters that hate each other, I ask myself why?
Often it ends up this way over inheritance. I have decided too many parents do not promote Christian thinking when you are supposed to be caring and forgiving. But I think most parents do not instill in their kids to be givers and not takers.
Teach your kids at an early age to take cookies or something to an elderly person or someone that is experiencing grief and expect absolutely nothing in return. This world has gotten to be “me, me, me.” When I was growing up you would never see anyone taking a picture of himself. Now people take 15 different angles holding their phone way up high posing with every sexy look with never a thought of, “Oh I hope that doesn’t make me look vain.”
This past week in the cattle business has been quite a ride. And that roller coaster was heading down leaving some sick at their stomach before they could get off. After falling big the last Friday in October and several days after, then on Nov. 6, I never knew it could feel that good to only be down $2.72 per hundredweight. We have slid the fat cattle price from $230 to $218 in a very short time and most of us were really happy with $230. That’s $180 per head less and the packer and retailer don’t have to take less.
On a happier note I have heard some say that they have the best fall wheat pasture they have had in many years—maybe ever. And that green wheat shows at the auction as some calves are bringing within $100 per head of what a yearling is. You know the old saying, “Green grass has broke many ole ranchers.”
I found out the other night on Halloween that answering the door naked keeps trick or treaters away. Then I said, “Well look here we go again two of them dressed as policemen.”
Thanksgiving will soon be here. My advice is to bring up politics so you can save a lot of money on Christmas gifts.
I saw a woman at the store crying because she lost $200. So, me being the nice person I am I gave her $50 out of the $200 I had just found.
Editor’s note: The views expressed here are the author’s own and do not represent the view of High Plains Journal. Jerry Nine, Woodward, Oklahoma, is a lifetime cattleman and grew up on his family’s ranch near Slapout, Oklahoma.
