Country Lifestyles
July 2018 Profile: The Snow Sisters — Who We Are
By Jessica Crabtree
The last name Snow has a new-found popularity since the airing of the hit show “Texas Flip N Move” in 2014. What some may not know is that the Snow name associated with moving houses has been around for decades. C.A. Snow originated the house moving business back in 1942. His son, H.D. Snow, entered into the business after his father fell ill. After C.A.’s passing in 1966, the company changed to H.D. Snow House Moving, Inc., and finally changed to the present H.D. Snow and Son House Moving, Inc. when H.D.’s own son Gary came aboard.
Today perhaps the best known Snows are Donna (Snow) Landers and Toni (Snow) Barksdale from the hit reality show “Texas Flip N Move.” What is more impressive than the ratings, is the years of experience behind the Snow family house moving company and the values that have been established and upheld through the multiple generations. Their daddy H.D. only had one other job in his entire life. Daughter Donna explained, “When he [Daddy] was in high school, he worked in a soda shop as what he called a ‘soda jerk.'” Laughing, Donna continued, “He said that he only lasted one day after dropping a tray of sundaes and breaking all the glass.”
As a second generation house mover, H.D. was only seven when his father went into business for himself. That allowed H.D. to experience such moves as army barracks, libraries, homes, historical buildings and much more in and throughout what is now Fort Worth. Marrying his wife Carlene, the devoted couple has been married 64 years. Together they raised their three children in Haltom City, a suburb of Fort Worth.
Living only one block from school, there were very few times the children ever missed. Memories of their childhood flood the minds of Donna and Debbie Smith’s (a high school friend and current employee) minds, such as spending summers helping their father on what they called a 4″X”4 (four-by-four) crew. Donna said, “We were cheap labor; he just had to feed us!” she laughed. Donna admitted that she, her sister Toni and brother Gary, “grew up learning the [house moving] industry. This is what we do for a living.”
That lifestyle accounts for many memories such as Donna’s first horse, “I got my first horse when Daddy traded moving a greenhouse for it,” she laughed. Learning to ride at a young age, Donna said there was no saddle in the trade, so riding bareback was the only option. “You either held on or fell off,” she finished.
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Siblings, the Snow children, Donna (Snow) Landers, Gary Snow and Toni (Snow) Barksdale.
H.D. Snow and son, Gary Snow.
Donna (Snow) Landers and her father H.D. Snow, digging a Ditch.
Donna (Snow) Landers as a young child in one of her grandfathers old pull trucks.
Donna (Snow) Landers and her truck, affectionately labeled for her by her father, H.D.
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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