Country Lifestyles
Style Your Profile – What your style cowboy hat says about you and new trends in 2017
By Jessica Crabtree
Almost immediately after seeing a hat, Jeff Biggars of Biggar Hat Store in Decatur, can tell you a lot about a person. You see, Biggars claims “that is the biggest change in the style of cowboy hats today: style and color are an extension of the individual’s personality.” He has been in the cowboy hat industry for 20 years, and has seen many styles come and go, while also researching the history of the hat.
The cowboy hat is an iconic symbol, beacon to onlookers of one’s existence, a piece that over centuries has evolved with fashion for function. The beaver hat can be traced as far back as the 1550s. The hat most cowboys wore in the 1800s looks much different than the hats worn today. It had a smaller brim and little shape. Over time, the cowboy hat literally began to take shape.
“Hats like the top hat in the 19th century were made for style and status, but weren’t very functional because they would get knocked off by branches and the smaller brims provided little protection from the sun and rain,” Biggars explained. Smaller crown hats like the bowler were the next transition towards the cowboy hat, because they were more functional while horseback. In the late 1800s brims got bigger and shapes in the crown were established to give cowboys a “handle” for their hat. Shapes on the brim started because of the way cowboys took their hats off repeatedly.
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Vintage shape crown called “Flat Hornet.” (Photos by Jessica Crabtree)
Arrow crown in pecan.
West Texas puncher.
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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