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What It Takes To Be A Cattleman

What It Takes To Be A Cattleman

Plain and simple, here is what it takes to be a cattleman.

(I think my grandfather would have chuckled.)

Last week I saw this sign hanging on the wall of the Branding Iron Steakhouse in Safford, Arizona:

#1.
A wide-brimmed hat, a pair of tight pants, and a pair of $200 boots.

#2
At least two head of livestock, preferably cattle, one male, one female.

#3
A new, air-conditioned pickup truck with automatic transmission, power steering, trailer hitch, push-button radio for listening to football games.

#4
A gun rack for the rear window of the pickup truck, big enough to hold a walking stick and a rope.

#5
Two leopard dogs to ride in the bed of the truck.

#6
A $40 horse and a $400 saddle.

#7
A gooseneck trailer, small enough to park in front of the cafe.

#8
A place to keep the cows and a little land too poor to grow crops.

#9
A spool of barb wire, three cedar posts, and a bale of prairie hay to haul around in the truck all the time.

#10
Credit at the bank.

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