Country Lifestyles
October 2016 Profile – George Seals: “Those Seals Boys— They were Cowboys all their Life”
By Jessica Crabtree
When asked his full name, he replied “Billy George Seals, outa’ chute number 1,” he smiles. Born August 16, 1931, to George Thomas “Bud” Seals and Willie Mae Pennington Seals, he was the older of two boys. Bobby Leon came 14 months later. The two would grow to fight, argue and fuss, but be life-long friends and brothers.
Seals has been a Denton Countian all his life. Born, raised and lived out his 85 years on the very place his father and mother settled on. Bud was born in Sanger and Willie Mae was born in Denton County but raised on a ranch in Palo Pinto County. “I’ve lived here all my life,” Seals said. “One of my first memories in the ’30s was the dirt roads that ran through here got real muddy. There were stuck cars and my daddy took his team of horses and pulled the cars out,” Seals reminisced. Seals’ fondest memories are learning to swim in Oliver Creek, riding horseback to watch rail cars be loaded with cattle, hogs or sheep and summer rodeos.
Bud was a farmer and trained horses to pull together as a team. Seals recalls the “broncs” well. Even one in particular named Queen. “My daddy had a saddle with a square skirt. Bobby and I saw a saddle somewhere that had round skirts and cut our saddle to look just like it. I still have a picture of me on Queen riding that saddle.” Seals’ father was a trader by nature. “Milk cows, horses, cows, whatever it was Daddy would trade on it. Anything to make a dollar,” Seals said. “He had an old Model-T. He’d go all over Mansfield, Bowie and McKinney area. He’d leave with a load of stuff and come back with even more,” Seals laughed. “He knew so much about knives and guns. He was just a natural born trader,” Seals said about his father.
To read more pick up a copy of the October 2016 NTFR issue.
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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