Country Lifestyles
The man behind the reins – Brice Jackson
By Judy Wade
From the Pioneer Reunion to the Pendleton Roundup, Brice Jackson and his buggy and team of horses are well known. “I have driven United States Senators and Representatives, corporate executives, Hall of Fame inductees, RFD-TV hosts, mayors, sheriffs and dozens of Pioneer Reunion presidents. I have also had the honor of driving cancer survivors on Tough Enough to Wear Pink performances at many rodeos, and I have carried three good friends to their final resting places,” Jackson shared.
Jackson’s story began in 1850 when his great-great-great grandfather came to East Texas. In the 1880s his great-great grandfather settled in the south Clay County-north Jack County area. “In the ‘40s and ‘50s my grandmother Irene (Rene) Jackson, who rode horses until she was in her 80s, bought several small places in Clay and Archer Counties. I grew up three miles east of Scotland and attended school at Archer City in grades one through three,” Jackson said.
It was there he met a man who was to have a great influence on his life. “I was named Phillip Brice after Phil Strawhorn, a retired Cavalry man and bachelor who lived in a one-room shack west of Shannon. He was a horse and mule trader who always had a team. I spent time with him in the summers when I was in grades one, two and three,” Jackson related.
The pair would drive a hitch of mules or horses to his grandparents’ house or the Shannon General Store where they would buy some bologna, Longhorn cheese and a sleeve of crackers and head to West Fork to fish. “We drove the team and wagon in the Archer City Rodeo parade every year, and sometimes we went to Windthorst and gave kids a ride in the wagon for a dime each,” Jackson continued.
“We moved, ending up in New London where I have lived for 51 years, and I didn’t see Strawhorn again for many years. He was my first influence as a young kid,” he continued.
Fast forward 30-something years, after high school, college, going to work, getting married and raising a family.
“In the late 1980s, my wife Patti and I went to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo for the first time. The rodeo may be ‘The Daddy of Them All,’ but the collection of wagons and buggies is also ‘The Daddy of Them All.’ For over 100 years, 60 or more wagons and buggies have participated in four huge parades and 10 days of rodeo performances at Cheyenne, with many of the teams invited from all over the nation to pull their wagons. I was enthralled by them, and every year I went I paid more attention,” Jackson related.
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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.
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Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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