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Ranching
Ranching is an extensive way of raising livestock, primarily grazing cattle, sheep and horses, but also involves production of many other animals. The term ranch is used loosely as it is primarily up to the owner's discretion whether his/her locale is a farm or ranch, but it is commonly known as a very large tract of land that is often used in its native state. The historical and current practices of ranching and rangeland management among other things pertaining to ranching can be discussed in this category.
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What is the most frequent cause of death with horses?
The most frequent cause of death in horses is diarrhoea caused by intestinal infections i would have to think that it is diarrhea, because the horses eat to much, they become colic, and they get diarrhea, and they will die if they do not get better. -i _luv_horses
When do horse hooves need to be trimmed?
It completely depends on your horse and what you plan to do with him. Some horses never need to be clipped, either because they have naturally short hair or because they don't work hard and don't need to be clipped. People who show horses often shave them a little before show season (in the spring or summer) to give them a glossy, clean-shaven look. Show horses often need their whiskers cut, and their ears and ankles shaved before every show. Show horses with fast-growing hair need their bodies shaved several times a year, some only need to be shaved once or twice. If a horse doesn't work very hard, it is preferable to leave him unshaven during the winter. If a horse works hard and trains during the winter, however, it may be a good idea to shave him when it's cold to prevent him from overheating during workouts. If you do this, you need to make sure to put more and heavier blankets on him- and prepare for him to be a bit frisky for a while! You cut a horses hair with horse clippers. :)
What is the difference between ranching and farming?
While it is not an absolute, ranching typically refers to breeding and production of new beef calves on open range or pasture, and fattening is the final stage of beef production done in the feedlot. In the case of grass-fed beef, the final stage is done on open range.
Ranching is also a word that sometimes is used more in the western US than in other areas. In some places of the west, even crop farms are called ranches.
What are the disadvantages of cattle ranching?
There are many, like the claims of overgrazing, deforestation, production of methane, and even false claims of animal abuse and neglect etc., which are mere claims in themselves and not actual fact (for the most part, of course depending on where you stand and where you live), but the actual real disadvantage of cattle ranching is that it is 90% hard work and 10% satisfaction. It is not a high-profit venture, unlike most would like to believe, nor is it nearly as romantic as many books and movies make it out to be. Cattle ranching involves far more responsibilities and levels of skill than a simply job at the office or in the construction business entails.
Basically, if you want to run cattle and make a lot of money and don't want to work hard, don't run cattle at all. Cattle ranching is a way of life and a business, and something that shouldn't be delved in head-first if you've no idea what you're doing or what you what you're getting into.
What is the difference between a rancher and a farmer?
There is a great deal of overlap between these two terms. However, ranchers are generally individuals who are working with primarily live animals such as cattle or horses. In contrast, a farmer is generally an individual who primarily works with plants such as corn or wheat.
Why did the cattle ranchers and homsteaders come into conflict?
conflict between the homesteaders, Indians, cowboys
What do cattle ranchers do every day?
The most obvious is check cattle and fences. But in reality, day-to-day activities are never the same on a ranch, and neither are two ranches the same in day-to-day activities nor in how things are run.
What was true about bonanza ranchers?
Cowboys that care cared for horses and broncos were called wranglers.
They called orphaned calves dogies.
They rounded up the cattle and drove them to market every spring.
How did the open range system of ranching work?
owners branded cattle that roamed freely, and then cowboys rounded them up
A cow town would be a town where the main industry would be cattle ranches. That would be the town's main source of income. Cowboys and ranchers would come into town to buy supplies get their mail and socialize. If the cowboys got a drunk or got a little rowdy that was often over looked because they were the towns main source of income, so cow towns got the reputation of being a rough place.
What is Another name for ranch style homes?
A ranch-style house tends to be low to the ground, frequently only one story tall. The house is usually wide so that all of the rooms fit on one floor. Ranch houses also usually have a combined kitchen and dining area.
What is the plural form of ranch?
It is ranch.
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What a proper English question! The proper English answer is, of course, Ye old ranch. The history of proper English Ranches is long and varied. Since time immemorial English ranchers have cowboyed across Britain and Europe on their cattle drives, living under the sky, where the buffalo roam and seldom is heard a discouraging word. Americans, who were really just spoiled upstart Anglophiles, tried to rewrite history with their own version of the Ye old English ranch, but the truth cannot be suppressed. History will, in the end, remember England for her Royalty and her ranches.
How did early ranchers get their cattle to cities in the east?
Because there was no other way or method to get their cattle to market. Trucks never existed back then, railroads were too slow to be built on time to get their cattle from their ranch all the way to the market, and the cattle trails provided an easy way to find their way from the ranch to the market place.
How did the railroad effect the ranching companies?
The railroads meant the rancher had a shorter journey to cattle markets. Instead of a cattle drive having to go a long distance, taking many days, the cattle were driven to the nearest railhead or cattle yard and loaded onto cattle trucks.
What do ranchers do in their daily lives?
When you're working outdoors, your subject to all sorts of weather and temperature changes, from really hot to really cold. It's not all sunshine and rainbows working outdoors you know. You as a rancher will have to work when it's storming, windy, raining, snowing, foggy, etc.
Not only that but ranching (not to mention farming) is the definition of hard work, of physical labor where you will need to do a combination of walking, sometimes running, sitting, standing, kneeling, squatting, bending, lifting, etc. Work can be fast-paced or really slow, depending on the season.
One thing though, ranching is not for everyone.
