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Beef
History
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larger view.
Cows and calves on
hill side (#52, 1999) pastures along south road in the early
1960's. These pastures were cleared in 1959 and planted to
bermuda grass in 1960. Act #464 of the 1954 Louisiana
Legislature provided $72,250 to establish a beef cattle program
at the Hill Farm.
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Cattle corral in a
picture that is similar to the one that appeared on the cover of
the April, 1963 issue of Progressive Farmer
magazine. The individuals are (clockwise from bottom)
Rodney Foil, Neils Robinson, Ray Davis, John Brown,
unidentified, and Bob Merefield.
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Hereford cows and
calves in May 1965. This was near the time the purebred
Hereford herd was discontinued and a crossbreeding project
involving Hereford, Brahman, and Brown Swiss began to produce
cross-bred cows.
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Holding pens for the
corral in May, 1971. This is located just north of the current
(1999) Powder River Corral.
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| Hereford cattle
grazing in pasture #53-7 (1999), just east of the pump house
pond. |
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Calf creep gate into a
temporary pasture in the early 1960's located in pasture #59
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Cattle in feedlot in
pasture #95A (1999). These cattle were part of a grass-fed
beef project. They were only fed whole shelled corn for a
short time in this feedlot.
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