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Show I'ase 1 1. SPECIAL SECTION. LEADER-GARLAN- TIMES, February 17. 1977 than pay the high prices in the store. "Imported beef from Argentina and Canada is hurting us too. Beef can be brought in from Canada and sold in Omaha for 27 cents per pound, while U. S. beef be sold for 51 cents per must "Old T.C. (Shorty) Omen Roche said disgustpound," will start hauling for us as edly. soon as the grass comes out "We still don't know what on the range, but there th:s drought is going to do usually isn't much before he said. "If we get the first of June. Very few ' either," some rain it might not be too cattle are driven any more," bad. I think the family farm confessed Roche. Most alwill survive if it changes to ways they are transported in meet the times, just like big semis. Although Roche everything else," he himself was a rodeo roper in the 1950's, he ropes out of the back of pickups now. "Oh, I guess some of the will still saddle up, but nowadays that is too time consuming, .in ... many-cas- es. Time flies too fast for that," he sighed. The Roches don't keep a man with the cattle all T Doug Roche them each about nine pounds of hay per day. They ardso eating off the straw - tacks thai were left by the onibine."" We always have to pull Mtnie or get some by cesar-la- n and there's always one that will come backwards," laughed Koche. "We buy a Ives from feedlots and graft thein onto the cows lhat lose theirs. We will probably lose about 10 Hoc-hpointed out. All hough I don't think we ull have much trouble with ilial this.ycaiv- - predicted" "Hie cowman. The two Roches are also Mil feeding :i(H) head of but periodic oiming yearlings that they summer, ouldn't atford to sell last checks are made on the herd lail because of the depressed where the cowboys will look iai!ie market. for injuries from lightning, hoof-ro- t, "We usually only keep 75 pink-eyetc. head of the heifers for re"We have very little placement." interjected trouble with rustlers," Koche. Roche said. "Cattle stealing This spring, after they get becomes a federal offense Ihrough calving, they will when they are transported vaccinate for Vibrio and over the state borders," he Kedwater. The calves will warned. also be branded, dehorned, Since the Roches buy all and vacc inated for Blackleg, the hay they use on the and the bull calves will be ranch, they spend the cut before being trucked to summer buying and transthe summer range in Cari-iio- u porting hay from the fields Basin across the border between June 15 and August into Idaho. 15. "We like to dehorn, when When they bring the cattle they are young calves so we back to the fall ranges they can just burn down the nubs will be vaccinated for Lepto with acid. The buyers won't (syphilis or ghonnorea), take them with horns any pregnancy checked and bled more." informed Roche. for bangs. The calves will be True to tradition. Roche is vaccinated for shipping fevfollowing in his forefather's er, culled and transported to footsteps. He is keeping market. alive the old cattleman's "The entire process then tradition of dealing with the starts again the first of the Indians. Roche is currently year when we start calving submitting a bid to lease and feeding hay," Roche Indian ground on the Fort said. . Hall Reservation. The term If this year's market is the is from April I 1977 until same as it was for the last March 30, 1982 four years, Roche figures he The ranchers bid for will again lose on every head blocks or sections of ground sold. lhat are numbered and have "There are just too many descriptions. For instance, middlemen," Roche comKoche is bidding on a parcel plained. "For instance, beef i hat can graze 700 head. If he on the hook is 66 cents per gets it. he will probably have pound and the cut and to pay $30 per head and a wrapped steak costs $3 per lercent of the total. Along pound," he added. More and with the $6 per head transmore people come out to portation fee, it's no wonder places like his and get their ranchers like Roche can't beef lor around 66 cents per afford to sell at the market. pound on the hook rather " per-aiH- ." . old-time- . .DOUG ROCHE and his son, at his Fielding ranch. Jeff perform daily checks during feeding-tim- mm e, , on the herds GO GsweSI &to D7 8DEft) 8 1 & kSlfl to WlM) C 3H0 SUfflfc P 3326 mm FJti to milt at MACK'S DRIVE INN Home of delicious sandwiches, drinks ice cold & dishes at a price Bring CALL 2573712 POt the your MORS chicken, cream favorite ice everybody family fried in 10 GO. afford can today Sir. in? IDi 3 i 56 "J 3) EI - PETERSON BIROS HEREFQTOS ! ! HEM0KTOH, 51 P.O. BOX UTAH Rulon Ptlerion Phona: 801731-216Lowell Perton Phona: 60V731-217- 8 0 308-OGD- EN, UTAH "The Big Bull Place" 84402 Ranch Laeatlam- Waahakla batwaan Plymouth and Portaoa. Utah Roy, Utah lonatraa, Wyoming e |