Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

This last week I have had two calls about cattlemen losing animals. This is not that uncommon, but when an animal dies, you have lost all chance of profit from that animal.

Name:  Crockett Ward, 11 years old
Family:  Parents:   Sebrena Cannada-McAdams and Dale Ward, Brothers:  Devin and Anthony
4-H Club:  Marshall Lucky Clover 4-H.

Donna Crawley

Shiloh Saddlery

Owners:  Stacy (pictured below) and Kelly Autry
Location:  Springdale, Ark.

I feel like I’ve gone a million miles since my last column. Truth be told, I haven’t gone anywhere, I’ve just been “busy.” I just love that word. Busy. We’re all so busy. August was over before I even knew it, and where did September go? My garden was mildly neglected this year and my level of helping at the farm was diminished to about zero.

For the past quarter century, Dan and Peggy Eoff have hosted a Labor Day event on their ranch, a few miles west of Clinton, Ark. This year that event saw its 24th year of running the National Chuck Wagon Racing Championship. And, despite concerns about the economy and rain, over 30,000 folks dropped in to sip a taste of the largest equine event in the world anyone knows about. Five thousand, six hundred some horses and mules were checked in at the gates by officials for their current Coggins test papers.