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North Texas Fair & Rodeo – I’ts what the Cowboy’s do!
By Jessica Crabtree
When it’s summer time in Texas, the good people of North Texas head to the annual North Texas Fair & Rodeo in Denton, Texas. This year celebrates the 87th year of the nine-day fair and rodeo. Although it’s the 87th year, records indicate the event began all the way back in 1895. As many trade days and festivals began back then, this one started around horses. Originally it started with a horse track complete with buggy races, quarter horse races and a mule race .
With purses exceeding $150 to $200, perhaps the most interesting was the purse for the mule race. Nanci Kimmey, executive assistant said the mule race winner won a whopping $5 for first. However, second place won five gallons of homemade wine. It was said that once the leading rider, getting close to the finish line, almost held back for second!
The founding fathers of the original event saw that their showing livestock at the State Fair of Texas were going unnoticed. That led to the formation of a livestock show, originally called the Denton County Blooded Stock & Fair Association. When their stock placed well, they gained more recognition at the State Fair of Texas.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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