Farm & Ranch
Ranching Down Under
By Samantha Hall
A fast-paced, action- packed game played on horse back, polocrosse is a mixture of lacrosse, polo, and netball-polocrosse originated in New South Wales, Australia, in 1939 and is now played in 18 countries and has 10,000 registered players world wide.
Of those registered players, 4,500 are in Australia and belong to 140 clubs across 7 states, which makes Australia the largest polocrosse community in the world.
Polocrosse is played on a field that is 160 yards long and 60 yards wide and divided into thirds with a goal area at each end. The polocrosse racquet is a modified polo mallet with a net on the end used to pick up the rubber covered foam ball.
Each team has 6 players that are split into 2 sections of defence, centre and attack. Polocrosse games usually consist of four, eight minute chukkas.
Polocrosse is known as “king of the one horse sports” because players are limited to one horse per game/tournament.
Only if their horse is injured and therefore vetted out of competition are players permitted to ride another horse. To read more pick up a copy of the August 2016 issue.
Farm & Ranch
Managing Show Cattle Through The Winter
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.
Farm & Ranch
Double M Ranch & Rescue
By Hannah Claxton, Editor
As the sun rises each day, so do the dozens of mouths that Meghan McGovern is responsible for getting fed. Rather than the sounds of a rooster crowing, McGovern hears the bellows and bleats of a variety of exotic deer, the chortle of kangaroos, the grunts of water buffaloes, and the chirps of a lemur.
Nestled against the banks of the Red River, the Double M Ranch and Rescue, with its high game fences and deer sprinkling the landscape,s its in stark contrast to the surrounding ranches.
“Having deer is kind of like eating potato chips- you can never actually have just one,” said McGovern with a laugh.
McGovern has several herds to take care of- fallow deer, axis deer, water buffalo, goats, and bison. In smaller numbers, there’s also a few kangaroos, a lemur, a potbelly pig, a pair of zebras, a watusi, and a few horses.
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.
Farm & Ranch
Acorn Toxicity
By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
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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