Dates to Remember:
On the Edge of Common Sense By Baxter Black, DVM
OCA Board of Directors Nomination, Internship Application & Replacement Female Sale Entry Deadline
October 1
Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation Scholarship Deadline
October 31
Ohio Cattlemen’s Calendar Advertising Deadline
Rich Farming If wheat gets up to seven bucks I’ll hoard it, yessiree Till the grain bin’s overflowin’ Or it gets back down to three. There’s too much ridin’ on it To sell it right away, The banker might call in my note They’re funny that-a-way. As long as things are nip and tuck They’ll let the balance ride. Just pay the interest on it And they’ll be satisfied.
November 8
They don’t like sudden changes Conservatives, you see, They like things they can count on Like hail and CRP.
Ohio Cattleman Winter Advertising Deadline
And if you look to go prosperous Or friends think that you are They’ll try and sell you somethin’ You’ve lived without, so far.
November 20
OCA Replacement Female Sale
November 29 OCA Spring Internship Application Deadline
January 3
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Like asphalt on the driveway Or fancy silverware Or a double-jointed tractor ‘Course, the preacher wants his share No, there ain’t no use me gettin’ rich. Knowin’ me, I’d spend it. And borrow more for land and stock. There’s plenty who would lend it. I’m better off just gettin’ by And stayin’ where I set ‘Cause the more that I make farmin’ The more I go in debt. So, if wheat gets up to seven I could sell it on the board But I won’t. ‘Cause makin’ money’s One thing I can’t afford. It’s a different kind of logic That allows a man to boast When the richest farmer farmin’ Is the one that owes the most. v
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